Services
What is Hospice & Palliative Care?
Hospice is a program of Health Care & services designated to meet the needs of patients & their loved ones, when the patient is diagnosed with a disease for which they do not elect aggressive treatment.
Palliative Care is a medical specialty which focuses more broadly on relieving suffering, improving life & providing comfort to people of all ages with serious, chronic &
life–threatening illnesses.
Who is Eligible for Hospice Care?
Recipient of Services:
- Patients that live within our geographical boundaries
- Have a life–limiting illness & seek medical, spiritual, psychological & personal support
- Have a Primary Care Physician
The Hospice Circle of Care
The Hospice Circle of Care depicts the holistic continuum of care rendered by hospice professionals and trained volunteers working together as a team to assess and meet the patient’ s and family’s unique needs as the end of life draws near.
Medical Director
- Co-certify the terminal prognosis with the attending physician
- Lead the interdisciplinary team in the development of the plan of care
- Provide consultation to other Physician regarding Hospice Care
Attending Physician
- Certify the terminal prognosis
- Assess patient’s needs, symptoms & treatment
- Direct and approve the plan of care
- Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team
Social Worker
- Assess patient’s & family’s emotional, social, spiritual & financial needs
- Develop a plan of care to meet identified needs
- Provide direct counseling or refer patient & family to appropriate community agencies
- Provide bereavement support
Chaplain
- Assess patient’s & family’s spiritual needs
- Develop a plan of care to meet identified needs
- Provide direct counseling
- Assist with memorial preparations
- Provide consultations to community clergy
Volunteers
- Provide companionship & support to patient & family
- Provide needed nonmedical services, letter writing, errands & respite time for family
- Provide support at time of death & during bereavement
Home Health Aide
- Provide direct personal care to patient
- Provide comfort measures & report identified needs to RN Case manager
- Provide emotional support to patient and family
Registered Nurse
- Assess patient and family needs
- Develop the plan of care to meet identified needs
- Coordinate team visits & ensure implementation of approved plan of care
- Coordinate care with attending physician, primary care giver, and/or
- Agency Staff
- Ensure symptom control & pain management
- Provide patient/family teaching as needed
Please read more about the hospice care services we can provide. Visit these individual links for more information:
How is Hospice Care Started?
Help is only one phone call away. The attending physician, patient, family member, friends, clergy, social workers, hospital discharge planner, or any person concerned with a patient’s well-being can make a referral. If you call us, we will contact the patient’s physician for approval. Services will be started immediately. You can reach Solace Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. at 847-250-5036.