Hospice
Hospice services provide comfort care for persons with a terminal illness. A special kind of caring that includes quality of life management through symptom control and pain management.
Hospice is a philosophy of caring for persons with a terminal illness, emphasizing on sustaining the highest possible quality of life possible until death. This approach neither hastens nor postpones death, but provides genuine care by a team of professionals dedicated to providing sophisticated symptom relief along with emotional, spiritual and social support for the patient and their families.
Hospice is a special kind of caring that provides:
Quality of life through symptom control and pain management
Prescription coverage
Medical supplies and equipment
Emotional, social, physical and spiritual support
Bereavement support for loved ones
Respite care
24 hour continuous and/or crisis care
Volunteer program
In hospice, we believe in a holistic approach to health care. Therefore, we have an entire team of professionals to care for you and your family:
Physicians
Experienced Skilled Nurses
Trained Volunteers
Caring Home Health Aides
Social Workers
Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists
Dietitians
Hospice Chaplains
Bereavement Coordinators
Spanish-Speaking Staff - all disciplines
Terminal & Palliative Care
Pain Management & Symptom Control
Bereavement Care
Interdisciplinary Team
Respite Care Available
Pastoral Support & Counseling
Trained Volunteers
Care Provided Anywhere the Patient Lives
In patient Hospice & Palliative Care Facility
The Universal Hospice Department provides bereavement services to the patient’s family members and caregivers to help them cope with the losses they experience during the patient’s illness and eventual death. These losses could involve coping with the death of a loved one or changes in lifestyle and family relationships.
Bereavement services are available to any family member, caregiver or significant other involved with the patient.
These services are covered as part of the patient’s hospice benefit.
We maintain contact with our patients’ families for up to 13 months after the death of their loved one.
This contact may consist of personal visits, phone calls and providing written materials about grief and coping.
Medicare
Private Pay
Health Insurances**(pre-authorization of services required)
Workers Compensation
Medicaid
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