What is Hospice & Palliative Care?
Hospice care is a program which treats terminally ill patients, keeping quality of life a foremost concern. Palliative care is the active, full service care of those patients. Together, these help end stage patients manage pain and the other side effects of their diseases, consider the psychological and spiritual aspects of the patient, offer help for families as well as patients, coordinate professional and family care for the patient, and hold fast to the theory that the benefits of treatment must be seriously weighed against the disadvantages. Who Provides This Service? Hospice care comes in the form of a team of professional caregivers and thoroughly trained volunteers. There are nurses and nursing assistants, physicians, social workers, chaplains and a variety of others who are trained in alternative and complimentary medical techniques such as music therapy, massage, Comfort Touch, and Healing Touch. Cost Hospice accepts all patients who are medically eligible for their care. No
