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Hospice Austin is a
non-profit organization that serves terminally ill and bereaved persons in Central
Texas with integrity, compassion and respect.
We have been serving the community with our multi-cultural, multi-linqual
staff for over 25 years. Because we are
one of the oldest and largest hospices in Texas, we are respected leaders in
hospice and palliative care.
We offer a full range of
health care services including pre-hospice assistance, medical and nursing care,
spiritual and emotional support, social work, personal care, special therapies,
and volunteer  and bereavement services.
Our services are designed to improve comfort, manage symptoms and deal
with other difficulties such as emotional distress and grief.
Hospice Austin also provides important
emotional and spiritual support to families and friends as they cope with
caring for a loved one with an advanced illness and the grief they experience
after their loved one dies. We offer support groups, individual counseling, and
a free summer camp for children grieving the loss of a loved one.
Thousands of terminally ill
patients and their families have experienced the high standards of
compassionate care provided by the staff and volunteers of Hospice Austin. In 2002, Hospice Austin won the inaugural
Ethics in Business Award conferred by the Samaritan Center and St. Edward’s
University.
We care for all who need and
seek our care in Austin and Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties,
regardless of age, diagnosis, or ability to pay. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are Medicare
Certified.
Hospice Austin’s Christopher House
 Hospice Austin’s Christopher
House, a state-of-the art inpatient facility, has been accredited since 1998,
first by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO) and in 2001 by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP).
Hospice Austin's Christopher House provides care in a warm, home-like setting. Our inpatient facility offers the comfort of home while providing round-the-clock, expert medical care.
Christopher House is available to help when symptom control is temporarily beyond that which can be handled at home.
Each
of the fifteen patient rooms at Hospice Austin’s Christopher House is
designed and equipped to provide patients and family members with the
amenities of home.
From microwave ovens, refrigerators, cable TV and
VCR’s to fold-out sofas, each room is furnished to feel and function
like the patient’s home away from home. Hospice Austin's Christopher House is located at 2820 E Martin Luther King Blvd
in Austin.
Call us when you need our
services at ( 512) 342-4700 or Toll Free:
1-800-445-3261 or complete our Request for Information form
below .
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