High-Acuity Hospice, Wherever Home Is
Every day, emergency departments face the challenge of caring for patients with advanced illness who cycle through repeated hospitalizations.
VITAS® Healthcare can help.
As a national leader, we have the resources and expertise to initiate or continue complex modalities for aggressive symptom management wherever a patient calls home.
Case Study:
Patient with Advanced Heart Failure
In consultation with the ED physician, the patient and family agreed to a discharge plan for hospice care in the patient’s nursing home.
The interdisciplinary hospice care team created an individualized care plan and supported facility staff in managing the patient’s cardiac symptoms. Over the next five weeks, the patient received routine visits from a hospice aide for personal care, and a hospice nurse and respiratory therapist for symptom management. Symptom exacerbation required one instance of continuous care (24-hour Intensive Comfort Care®) at the patient’s bedside. A social worker and chaplain provided support to the patient’s family with funeral arrangements and anticipatory grief.
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If you're ready to schedule a hospice evaluation for your patient, you can refer securely online to VITAS Healthcare. Discover why we’re the nation’s leader.
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