Hospice services are designed to improve the quality of life - physical, social, psychological, and spiritual - for terminally ill people of all ages during the last months of their lives. The specially trained Hospice Team includes physicians, nurses, home health aides, chaplains, social workers, and volunteers dedicated to helping patients live as comfortably as possible at their place of residence.
The Paradise Hospice House, a state-of-the-art facility with six private rooms, provides around-the-clock inpatient care in a homelike setting to all eligible individuals needing hospice care.. Hospice Services Include:
* The option for the terminally ill patient to receive care at their place of residence.
* Physician supervision of care
* A plan of care developed by the hospice team for pain and symptom management
* Twenty-four-hour,on-call availability of hospice nurse for crisis intervention
* Provision of specific medications and equipment
* Home health aide service based on patient and family needs
* Social work services to assist patients and families with social,economic,or psychological needs
* Chaplain services for counseling and spiritual support
* Volunteer services provided in the patient's home environment
* Continuous level of care only during periods of crisis,to maintain the patient at home
* Up to five days of respite care provided in a contracted facility for patients at home
* Inpatient care in a contracted facility for acute and severe symptoms which cannot be managed in other settings
* Bereavement counseling and family support groups