Does Choosing Hospice Mean Giving Up?
We often speak with families who are making decisions for their loved ones, and educate them on their options for end-of-life care. When the topic of hospice comes up, it’s often met with [...]
Hospice is a Special Kind of Care
Hospice is compassionate, patient-centered care, helping people and their families live with a life-limiting illness. Hospice care is focused on maintaining dignity, increasing quality of life, and providing comfort, including pain and symptom management.
At Butte Home Health and Hospice, we’ve been meeting this special need since 1987. Butte Hospice is one of the largest hospice providers in Northern California, offering personalized care and support to hundreds of patients and families each year.
Our teams of caregivers consist of registered nurses, physicians, hospice aides, homemakers, social workers, spiritual caregivers, bereavement counselors and trained volunteers. They provide palliative care to ease pain and discomforting symptoms. In addition, they provide psycho-social and spiritual support for both patients and their loved ones. Patients typically receive our services in their own homes, in nursing homes, or assisted living facilities.
Explore our site or call us to find out how we can help you. We have a nurse in our Intake Department who can tell you more about hospice and answer questions. We also have Educators, and even RN’s who can visit you and your loved one to discuss your options and answer questions.
In talking with families, the consensus is that it’s never too early to empower yourself with knowledge, and we have caring people dedicated to that mission.
If you’re just researching options at this point, you might find the following articles of help. These three articles are the most popular on our site:
The Hospice Benefit Includes:
Medicare also provides other unique levels of hospice care, as well:
If you qualify for Medicare, hospice care is usually covered 100%. If you have insurance coverage other than Medicare, we would be happy to check your coverage for you.
Hospice Myths & Facts
Many people have misconceptions about what hospice care is and is not. Hospice provides specialized care that addresses the unique needs of a patient facing the end of life. The focus is on caring, not curing.
Hospice professionals are skilled not only in controlling the pain and symptoms related to a life-limiting illness, but also in providing the comfort and support to ensure the highest quality of life possible for both the patient and their family.
Below is a link to our complete list of myths & facts.
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