Residential Hospice
Superior care supporting patients’ unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
We Care Where You Are
Every professional on our hospice team has a personal “hospice story.” We understand firsthand the emotions that can come with a loved one’s serious illness, and the feelings of confusion and frustration that sometimes accompany treatment options and healthcare systems. Residential Hospice believes in the promise of hospice and our mission of making hospice more accessible to our community. Our team of hospice care experts will be with you every step of the way.
Care Focused on Optimizing Quality of Life, Comfort, and Dignity for Patients
The Residential Difference
Our Hospice team are passionate, mission-driven individuals who are expert caregivers. Equipped with advanced hospice training, they work with you and your family to create a customized plan of care.
Is now the right time for hospice?
We know there is always some apprehension about transitioning to hospice. Working with our team means getting answers to all your questions and feeling confident when you need to make the decision.
FREQUENT TRIPS TO THE ER OR A RECENT HOSPITALIZATION
NEEDING MORE HELP WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
MEDICATIONS CHANGING AND ADJUSTING AS SYMPTOMS BECOME HARDER TO CONTROL
INCREASED WEAKNESS OR FALLING
WORSENED SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR NEEDING OXYGEN MOST OR ALL OF THE TIME
WEIGHT LOSS AND DECREASE IN APPETITE
Frequently Asked Questions About Hospice Care
Hospice care is for patients with a life-limiting illness who have chosen to focus on comfort rather than curative treatment. It’s not about giving up, it’s about shifting the goal to quality of life. Care includes pain and symptom management, alongside emotional and spiritual support for both the patient and their family.
A patient may become eligible for hospice care once a doctor determines they have a life expectancy of six months or less, should the illness follow its expected course. There’s not a requirement to be bed-bound, and as long as a doctor continues to confirm eligibility, care continues for as long as it’s needed.
Hospice care is available to people of all ages with any life-limiting illness, including cancer, advanced Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, lung disease, and kidney disease. Hospice care is not limited to a cancer diagnosis.
Hospice care can take place wherever the patient calls home. That includes private residences, apartments, assisted living communities, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and hospitals.
Aggressive treatments related to hospice care is typically discontinued, but a different care approach focused on comfort takes its place. Treatment unrelated to the hospice diagnosis can continue. Medications are reviewed together by the patient, family, and nurse, based on the patient’s goals.
Hospice care is fully covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans, including medications and medical equipment related to hospice care. Learn more about paying for hospice care here.
Frequent ER visits or hospitalizations, a decline despite treatment, or a doctor mentioning comfort care are common signs it’s worth a conversation about starting hospice care. Starting early gives families more time to ask questions and make decisions without added pressure.
Yes. Patients can stop hospice care at any time and return to curative treatment. If their condition later declines again, they can re-enroll.
Yes, hospice care includes emotional and spiritual support for family members and caregivers, plus bereavement services after a loss, at no cost.
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