Hospice Advantage

When you need the help of hospice...
...Look to Hospice Advantage.

Hospice Advantage helps in so many ways.
Talented professionals comprise each interdisciplinary Hospice Advantage team. In coordination with the physician you have chosen, we provide:
- Specialized Nurses:
To administer and oversee palliative care and address the unique care needs associated with life-limiting illnesses.
- Counselors and Therapists:
To help patients and their families process the many emotional end-of-life issues.
- Social Workers:
To ensure that patients and their families receive the appropriate care and resources to cope with the problems caused by serious illness.
- Home Care Aides:
To provide personal care services and to assist with the basic needs like nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.
- Volunteers:
To provide companionship, run errands, and provide general assistance.
- Chaplains:
To offer spiritual guidance and comfort.
- Bereavement Counselors:
To provide comfort and support for families through call, visit, mailings, support groups, and a memorial service.

Hospice Advantage delivers daily contacts from at least one and sometimes several staff members.

Hospice Advantage helps patients wherever they may be.
Hospice isn't a place - it's a kind of care that can be administered wherever a patient might be living. Whether it's at home, select nursing homes and hospitals, or an assisted living facility, our team will travel to be with the patient. Continuous care can be provided to qualified patients. We have the resources to tend to patients throughout a large geographic area. If you have questions about our coverage, please call us or click here to go to the contact us page.

Hospice care can benefit patients and their families for a long time.
Too many people think of hospice only in the last days or hours of a person's life. To ensure the greatest benefit, it is much better to contact Hospice Advantage now to learn how we can help.

Diagnoses indicating that hospice might be appropriate:

-Cancer

-Advanced Dementia

-End-Stage Pulmonary Disease

-End-Stage Cardiac Disease

-HIV-Related Diagnosis

-End-Stage Liver Disease

-End-Stage Renal Disease

-End-Stage Hemorrhagic Stroke

-End-Stage Neurology Disease

-Decline in Health Status

 

We provide ongoing support for loved ones.
Hospice Advantage is committed to caring not just for the patient, but the patient's family and friends. Beyond providing counseling during the patient's illness, we also provide special bereavement care for loved ones for 13 months after a patient's death.

Hospice care is your right... and is often covered by Medicare.
Though many people don't know it, hospice care - including all medications, equipment and supplies related to terminal diagnosis - is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and frequently private insurance. Hospice Advantage is familiar with the various rules, regulations, allowances and benefits, and will help ensure that you receive the care that you need.

 

We don't restrict care, we enhance it.
Though most patients at the hospice stage choose to become DNR, Hospice Advantage never requires it. And we are one of the few hospices that provide comprehensive services including palliative radiation, chemotherapy, antibiotics, hydration and artificial nutrition for symptom management. 

The benefits of Hospice Advantage can last a long time.
Too many people think of hospice only in the last days or hours of a person's life. To ensure the greatest benefit, it is much better to contact Hospice Advantage now to learn how we can help.

Hospice Advantage can help educate staff, residents and families about hospice.
We will be happy to visit your facility to give educational presentations, or to meet with residents and their families to help them understand the benefits of hospice and palliative care.

We help patients by....

-Providing comfort and controlling pain.

-Enhancing their quality of life.

-Enabling them to make choices regarding their care.

-Assisting them with everyday tasks.

-Eliminating many financial challenges.

-Providing support and instruction in care giving.

-Providing both companionship and counseling to help them cope with the prospect of dying.

We help families by...

-Assuring that their loved one is comfortable and cared for.

-Helping them to understand their care benefits and funding options.

-Dealing with sensitive or unresolved issues.

-Providing bereavement care, both "anticipatory" and for 13 months after the death of their loved one.

-Assisting with funeral arrangements, when necessary.

 

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