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Written by Larry Troxclair
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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
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The team at Comfort Care Hospice would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and educate you on the benefits of hospice. Hospice services are designed to help manage the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Comfort Care Hospice is pledged to raising the awareness of early hospice intervention so that patients may experience greater comfort, dignity, and peace in the final stage of life.
Our Team is composed of local physicians, nurses, and support staff. We offer a wide range of services to meet every patients needs. Comfort Care team members are dedicated to providing the highest quality of hospice care. We focus on comfort measures rather than curative interventions and we recognize that healthcare choices and decisions are made by the patient, family and physician. Our team is available to assist you and your family in any way we can. Our nurses are on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week to assist you. We are committed to providing quality care in the security of familiar surroundings, where the patient feels most comfortable. Services are provided in patient's homes, in long-term care facilities, or in hospitals.
Comfort Care Hospice offers palliative care and support to all terminally ill patients and their families without regard to age, gender, national origin, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, handicap, or religion. If you or someone you know needs more information on the benefits of hospice services, please contact us.
Michael and John Barbee
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 )
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The Comfort Care Way
Concept
The Hospice concept of care is focused on assisting patients and their families who are coping with terminal illnesses. This concept is based on the belief that through compassionate, appropriate care and the support of a caring community, terminally ill patients and their families can begin to prepare mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to face the inevitable challenges ahead.
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Team
Our team of caring professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality of Hospice care. We recognize that healthcare choices and decisions are made by the patient, family, and physician.
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Services
Comfort Care Services are provided to terminally ill patients with a wide range of diagnosis and focuses on palliative care rather than curative care. These services are provided in the patient's home, a nursing home, or a hospital.
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Admissions Criteria
To be eligible for Comfort Care Hospice Services, patients must agree that they wish to receive palliative rather than curative care. The attending physician and the Comfort Care physician must also concur that the patient has an estimated life expectancy of six months or less, if the illness runs its normal course. Our trained professionals perform patient evaluations to help determine if hospice services are appropriate for all referred patients. There must be a caregiver in the patient's residence available to provide 24 hour care when the patient can no longer care for his/her self.
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Payment
Comfort Care Hospice accepts the Medicare and Medicaid hospice benefits as payments for its services. We work closely with private insurance companies and manage care organizations to maximize the available hospice benefits. This includes payment for professional staff visits and services, medications for pain and symptom control equipment and supplies related to the patients terminal illness and included in the hospice plan of care.
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