ANYONE CAN INITIATE A REFERRAL
By calling the hospice office. Usually, patients choose hospice care with their family and physician when it is decided that there are no cures for the disease. Comfort measures and quality of life become the priority. The patient's physician must approve admission to hospice and work closely with the hospice staff as a member of the team, caring for the patient and family. The hospice medical director is available as a consulting physician.
What kind of Illness?
Hospice provides care to all patients with end stage diagnosis. May include, but are not limited to:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Cancer
- Cerebral Vascular Accident / Stroke or Coma
- Heart Disease / CHF
- HIV Disease
- Huntington's Disease
- Liver Disease
- Lung Disease / COPD
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Renal Failure Chronic
