What services does Hospice provide?
Hospice provides the following services: • seamless patient comfort and pain control • nursing visits • medical/social assessment • family, individual and group psycho-social and spiritual counseling • coordination of equipment and supplies • support for caregivers • physical, occupational, speech, or alternative methods of therapy, if requested, such as pet therapy, music therapy, acupuncture, in some cases.
Physicians (the patient’s own physician and Hospice physicians, who are specialists in controlling pain and other symptoms of a terminal illness) prescribe medications and other methods of pain and symptom control.Nurses who are trained in maintaining patient comfort, assess the patient frequently to provide care and help the family members by providing the necessary support.Certified Nursing Assistants/Home Health Aides provide personal care and help the patient and family with activities of daily living. They also provide valuable emotional support.Social Workers coordinate community resources and help patients and families with non-medical concerns. They can help family members with relationship issues, plan for the future and ease other emotional difficulties.Chaplain and Pastoral Care Counselors help patients and families cope with spiritual questions and concerns at the end of life, either directly, or by coordinating services with the patient and family advisors.Bereavement Faci
Since each patient’s needs are unique, hospice offers individualized plans of care for every patient. Hospice uses an interdisciplinary team, which includes physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, special therapists, clergy and volunteers, to help the patients and their families with their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. At the Jacob Perlow Hospice, a member of this team is always available by phone, on call 24 hours every day. Although the range of services vary from program to program, Medicare-certified hospices are required to provide nursing care, social services, physician services, medication, spiritual counseling, home care aides, homemaker services, nutritional counseling, short-term inpatient care, physical and occupation therapies, speech-language pathology services, trained volunteers and bereavement services. Pain control is one of the most important concerns and, for many patients, this means the use of medication. Hospice strives to relieve pain
Since everyone’s needs are unique, hospice creates an individualized Plan of Care for each patient. Hospice’s interdisciplinary teams physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, special therapists, clergy and volunteers help our patients and their families with their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. A member of the interdisciplinary team is on call 24 hours a day.
