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Why Would I want to use Hospice?
Hospice care may be appropriate if you or a loved one:
- Has been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness
- Is experiencing pain
- Desires to remain at home
- Needs financial relief
- Decides to forgo curative treatment
- Has been told by a physician that further treatment would be futile
- Experiences frequent Hospitalizations
- Requires frequent telephone calls, doctors office, or emergency room visits
Hospice can provide:
- Expert relief of physical, emotional, and spiritual pain
- The ability to stay at home
- Significant financial relief
- Home visits, thereby decreasing the need for doctor or emergency room visits
- Telephone support, offering expert advice and dispatching assistance when required
- Respite care, to allow the caregivers the opportunity to rejuvenate
- Ongoing bereavement support for family and friends following the illness
If you would like more information to decide whether or not hospice may be right for you or your loved one, please call the Hospice admissions office at 800-717-3811.
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