Description: Offers supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness. Focuses on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. Enables patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so they can live each day as fully as possible.
Services offered with Hospice Care:
Doctor services
Nursing care
Medical equipment (such as hospital beds, wheelchairs or walkers)
Medical supplies (such as bandages and catheters)
Drugs to control pain and other symptoms
Home health aide and homemaker services
Social worker services
Counseling to help the patient and family with grief and loss
Bereavement counseling
Short-term in-patient care in the hospital, including respite care
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