If a person or a loved one has a fatal illness and all treatment options have been exhausted, hospice care might be the best option available. Contact Us to obtain additional information on the workings of hospice care and how it can assist in the provision of support and comfort for loved ones. Hospice care also gives family and friends the emotional reassurance they would need in this most trying of times.
What is Hospice Care?
Hospice Care in San Fernando Valley CA programs provides healthcare solutions made available to assist terminally ill patients to live out their remaining days in comfort and dignity. These programs are designed to assist the patient’s family (or designated hospice caregiver) to make the patient as comfortable as they possibly can be in addition to providing around-the-clock assistance in case any emergency arises.
Hospice is, first and foremost, a concept of care and not about being a specific place for care. Hospice care services are usually delivered in the patient’s own home though it can also be offered at a special hospice care residence. It is also the combination of healthcare services specially designed to address both the physical needs of terminally ill patients as well as their psychosocial and emotional needs of both patients and their loved ones. It combines symptom management, pain control, and spiritual and emotional support. The hospice care team develops a tailored and detailed care plan to address the patient’s particular needs. The hospice care team usually includes the following healthcare professionals.
- Doctors. A medical director or a hospice care doctor will supervise the entire care for a patient or loved one. It lies within the prerogative of each patient to decide the identity of his or her hospice care provider. This could be a doctor who the patient is acquainted with or any of the hospice doctors.
- Nurses. Nurses are responsible for the smooth running and coordination of the entire hospice care team.
- Home health aides. These aides offer extra support for other routine care, which will include dressing, eating, and bathing.
Other professionals included in a hospice care team are spiritual counselors, social workers, pharmacists, bereavement counselors as well as speech, occupational, and physical therapists if they are needed. Be sure to Contact us for any inquiries on Hospice Care in San Fernando Valley CA.
