Compassionate Care With a Whole-Person Approach
You are not your illness. As much as your condition has overwhelmed your life, your daily routines, and your feelings, you are still you. You’re not just a diagnosis. You deserve to be seen and supported for everything you are, and that’s what hospice provides.
If you have a life-limiting illness, and you qualify for hospice care at home, you can receive care that supports your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, so you can experience deep comfort.
Hospice Begins By Taking Care Of Your Physical Needs
When your doctor has determined that you have a condition with a life expectancy of six months or fewer, and you’ve decided the best course of action is to focus on comfort and symptom management rather than aggressive treatment, you qualify for hospice care.
The first step that your hospice team takes is developing an individualized plan of care. Your team’s goal is to provide as much relief from discomfort and pain as possible, so you can avoid the challenging cycle of emergency room and hospital visits because of your symptoms.
Your hospice team will bring medical supplies and equipment to your home to help with symptom and pain management. Your nurses will make routine visits and provide on-call care as needed.
Although treating your physical symptoms is where hospice begins, this is certainly not where your benefits end.
Opportunities For Emotional Support During Hospice
Hospice care is not just about helping you with physical symptoms. Your emotional life matters just as much. Many people in hospice go through a wide variety of feelings while receiving care.
You may find that you start reflecting on your life, feel fear about the unknown, or have uncertainty about the road ahead. You may also have worries about what your family is going to experience during this time.
Social workers and trained volunteers are available to help you with your emotional needs. These helpers will connect with you at an emotional level, while providing companionship, support, listening, sharing stories, and more.
Trusted providers of hospice care near you, like Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, understand that although the symptoms of your condition may primarily be physical, everyone at this phase of life has emotional needs, too.
Spirituality Is a Cornerstone Of Hospice Care
When you qualify for hospice care at home, you are entitled to a chaplain, who will tend to your spiritual wellbeing. You don’t need to be a member of a church or a certain denomination or even be religious to benefit from a chaplain’s support. A chaplain’s role is to help connect you with the spiritual part of yourself to help you feel comforted.
Depending on your wishes, chaplains may:
- Pray with you.
- Read to you from spiritual texts.
- Listen and answer your questions about spirituality.
- Offer spiritual-based comfort and perspectives.
- And much more.
A chaplain will be able to speak the language of spirituality in a way that makes sense to you, so this aspect of your life is fulfilled, and you feel at peace.
Compassion and Support Is Also Available For Your Family
Hospice also supports your family’s needs during this phase of your health journey. Your loved ones can receive:
- Respite care: If your family is involved in caring for you, there will be times when they require a break to prevent caregiver exhaustion or to attend to other responsibilities. During respite care, you can spend time in a hospice center, like a nursing home, for up to five days at a time.
- Spiritual care: Families benefit from meeting with a chaplain for spiritual support. Chaplains provide hope, encouragement, guidance, and wisdom to families in this time of need.
- Bereavement: Grief counseling is available for your family as they walk through the stages of grief.
- Follow-ups: Your hospice provider will check in with your family for an extended period of time to see how they are coping with grief. Phoenix Home Care & Hospice can follow up with multiple family members for as long as 15 months, depending on their particular needs. Most other hospice providers only commit to follow-ups for just 12 months.
You deeply care about your family’s wellbeing, and you want to ensure their comfort while you’re receiving hospice care at home. Phoenix Home Care & Hospice’s team will help you coordinate benefits for your family, so they can receive emotional and spiritual help.
Choose a Hospice Provider That Offers Patience, Honesty, and Compassion
When searching for hospice care near you, look for a provider that emphasizes patient-centered care.
If you choose hospice care at home from Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, you’ll find that our team is deeply committed to your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. We show our dedication through our core values:
- Patience: Phoenix Home Care & Hospice offers a calm, peaceful presence, while delivering expert healthcare services.
- Honesty: Our team believes in open, clear communication, so you feel assured that you have a steadfast partner for hospice care.
- Compassion: We serve our patients with our whole hearts, offering empathy and understanding.
If you and your doctor are discussing hospice based on your condition and your wishes for addressing your illness moving forward, consider Phoenix Home Care & Hospice. Contact us online or call (855) 881-7224 to get started on this journey with our team.
