Hospice care focuses on the quality of life for our patients who are nearing the end of their lives. At St. Margaret’s Family of Care, our goal is to provide compassionate, loving, and peaceful care for those who are facing incurable diseases.
Many people choose not to spend their remaining time coping with aggressive treatments. Our staff can offer palliative care to make our patients more comfortable, but treating underlying conditions is not the mission of hospice care. Our goal is to make the transition from life to death as peaceful and easy as possible for our patients and their families.
Our Hospice Care Includes Medical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support
Hospice care can be difficult to define because it is more than just managing a patient’s pain or helping them come to terms with mortality. Our highly skilled, specialized, and passionate team can provide a wealth of services, including medical, emotional, and spiritual support.
Our hospice care can include:
⦁ Bereavement support
⦁ Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical pain management
⦁ Providing medication, equipment, and other supplies needed for care
⦁ Grief support programs
⦁ Short-term continuous hospice care with 24/7 support from skilled nurses
⦁ Longer-term in-home hospice care
⦁ A spiritual program for patients and their families
⦁ Sitting Services
⦁ Private sitter
⦁ Respite care for temporary reprieve
⦁ Palliative care
⦁ End-of-life care
The treatment our patients receive is always coordinated with their physician and other care staff.
Hospice Care at St. Margaret’s Family of Care or In-Home
When it comes time to decide on hospice care, one choice each family or individual will have to make is whether to choose hospice care at a facility or in-home. When you choose St. Margaret’s Family of Care, you have access to both options.
Hospice Care in Our Household Model
At all of our locations, St. Margaret’s Family of Care offers hospice in a household model. No one wants to spend their final days in a cold, clinical setting. Our warm, inviting spaces offer all the comforts of home in a setting that is modeled after a peaceful retreat.
Our hospice patients have access to a wealth of amenities, depending on their needs and abilities. These can include:
⦁ Pet therapy
⦁ Yoga
⦁ Massage
⦁ Aroma therapy
⦁ Focused breathing
⦁ Meditation
In-Home Hospice Care
It is common for a patient to choose to spend their remaining days at home. We are able to provide at-home hospice services with all or most of the services we can provide in our facility.
Call or Visit Us for More Information on Making the Transition to Hospice Care
We know you are facing difficult decisions and all the options can feel overwhelming. We are here for you. Our patients are our friends and neighbors here at St. Margaret’s Family of Care, and we treat everyone with genuine love and respect.
You can call us for help in deciding on the right care. You can visit us for a free information meeting. If there are other ways we can support you during this difficult time, please let us know. We are here to make this transition as peaceful as possible.