Hospice Care

Description:

Hospice Care gives supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focuses on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fully as possible. Home-based care is provided or care can be provided away from home in a 24-bed free-standing hospice facility. The philosophy of hospice is to provide support for the patient's emotional, social, and spiritual needs, as well as medical symptoms as part of treating the whole person. The hospice program uses a multidisciplinary team approach, including the services of a nurse, doctor, social worker and clergy in providing care. Additional services provided include drugs to control pain and manage other symptoms; physical, occupational, and speech therapy; medical supplies and equipment; medical social services; dietary and other counseling; continuous home care at times of crisis; and bereavement services. Although hospice care does not aim for cure of the terminal illness, it does treat potentially curable conditions such as pneumonia and bladder infections, with brief hospital stays if necessary. The program also offers respite care workers, people who are usually trained volunteers, who take over the patient's care so that the family or other primary caregivers can leave the house for a few hours. Volunteer care is part of hospice philosophy. Office Hours: M-F 8:30 am-4:30 pm Accepts: Medicare, Private Insurances, Does not refuse on ability or inability to pay. *See Notes section for locations.
304-414-0890

Address Listings

Town:

Charleston

Phone Numbers

Miscellaneous

Provider Service Area

• WV

  Boone (serves entire county)

Braxton (serves entire county)

Clay (serves entire county)

Fayette (serves entire county)

Greenbrier (serves entire county)

Jackson (serves entire county)

Kanawha (serves entire county)

Lincoln (serves entire county)

Mason (serves entire county)

Monroe (serves entire county)

Nicholas (serves entire county)

Pocahontas (serves entire county)

Putnam (serves entire county)

Roane (serves entire county)

Summers (serves entire county)

Webster (serves entire county)