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Aseracare, our approach to hospice care services
ensures that the needs
and wishes of the entire family are being met.
Hospice is about living. Hospice neither
hastens nor postpones death, but rather it affirms life, emphasizes dignity, and
enhances the quality of the remainder of a person’s life. Hospice adds life to
days at a time when days can no longer be added to life.
Hospice treats
the person, not the disease . . . focuses on family and friends, not just the
individual . . . and emphasizes the quality of life, not the duration.
Our
hospice program consists of both palliative and supportive services that provide
physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill persons
and their families. It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented
program that accentuates pain control and symptom management for patients who no
longer respond to routine aggressive medical care.
Each patient has individual needs, and our
team looks at the whole person, not just the physical manifestations of the
disease process. It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented
program that accentuates pain control and symptom management for patients who no
longer respond to routine aggressive medical care. The focus of hospice care is
palliative rather than curative in nature.
If you are
confined to the home but need ongoing medical care, our home health staff can
design a comprehensive healthcare program to meet your needs. And
doctor-prescribed hospice care is a compassionate alternative for terminally ill
patients and their families.
When
to Contact Hospice
 Hospice care begins when a person’s terminal
illness no longer responds to routine, aggressive medical treatment. Care can
take place in a private home, or it may occur in an assisted living center, a
nursing home, a hospital or other long-term care facility.
Our common goal is to reduce the stress and pressure on you and your family . .
. allowing you to make the most of the time you spend together.
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Your
doctor directs the medical care. |
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Nursing staff helps manage physical
symptoms, and provide the doctor with important clinical information.
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Social workers counsel families and patients to help them understand
the emotions they will experience during this difficult time.
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Volunteers give one-to-one attention to patients, sharing the valuable
gift of time. |
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Spiritual coordinators support the patient’s spiritual
beliefs, and assist in meeting spiritual end-of-life needs. |
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Physical,
occupational and speech therapists provide rehabilitative support.
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Home health aides and homemaker services address the patient’s
personal needs. |
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Dietary staff provides nutrition counseling to the
patient and family. |
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Bereavement staff counsels families for 13 months
as they cope with grief and loss after a loved one’s death. |
Paying
for Hospice
Hospice care is a benefit under Medicare, Medicaid (in some states) and many
private insurance companies. As such, the patient or family will see cost
savings on certain medications and equipment related to the terminal illness.
Regardless of the family’s ability to pay for hospice, no patient is ever denied
services because of an inability to pay for them.
This is also
a common misconception about hospice care. It is not necessary for
hospice patients to have signed a DNR/DNI order prior to admission. The hospice
team will continue to educate the patient and/or provide them resources
regarding advance directives and end-of-life decisions.
 If you think someone you know could
benefit from hospice, or if you would like more
information about our company, please contact us or complete our Request
for Information form below.
hospice
"Emphasizing
the quality of life ... not the duration."
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