AT GANDEN HOSPICE WE OFFER FOUR LEVELS OF CARE ROUTINE HOME CARE
- Nurse visits
- Certified nurse aide visits to assist with personal care
- Physician and nurse on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Social worker assists with community resources, mobilizing support and counseling
- Chaplain provides faith-based spiritual suppo
- Volunteers visit or provide caregiver breaks
- Speech, physical and occupational therapists available as needed
- Counseling services — spiritual and dietary therapy
- Homemaker visits
- Bereavement Services
GENERAL INPATIENT CARE
- Temporary inpatient care in a hospital or care facility, when necessary, to treat pain or other acute symptoms, when routine home care or continuous care is not sufficient
- A team member coordinates care with hospital staff
- Aimed at making the patient comfortable then transitioning back to home setting
- Includes daily visits by a team member to ensure services are provided according to hospice plan of care
INPATIENT RESPITE CARE
- Allows for the patient to be placed in an inpatient setting for up to five days to give family/caregiver relief and prevent caregiver fatigue
- Hospice will coordinate care with inpatient team to ensure continuity of care
CONTINUOUS CARE
- One-on-one nurse and nurse aide care provided in the home setting during brief periods of crisis for pain control and acute symptom management