Our Agency affords the greatest dignity, privacy, gentleness, consideration and family support to its dying clients. Although our Agency is not a Medicare Hospice agency, it services end of life care to clients as needed.

Palliative Care:

The active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Control of pain, of other symptoms, and of psychological, social, and spiritual problems is paramount. The goal of palliative care is the achievement of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families." Palliative care: affirms life and regards dying as a normal process;

It is also important to make clear what hospice is not – hospice is not hastening death. Instead, it is about celebrating what time the patient has left, and making them as comfortable as possible.

Death In the Home

If the patient is found dead or should die in the presence of agency personnel, the employee will check for signs of life and, if appropriate, summon emergency assistance and initiate emergency procedures. If DNR status is unknown, the employee shall initiate CPR and call for 911 help.