OUR SERVICES

Hospice

Hospice care is a specialized care that focuses on supporting you and your loved ones during an advanced illness. Our emphasis is on comfort and quality of life, rather than finding a cure. Hospice care enables you to live each day to the fullest as comfortably and dignified as possible.

Providing Comfort and Support

In a nursing home setting, hospice helps patients, families, and nursing home staff by providing:

At Saint Anne Place, we help patients and families by:

Regular visits by a hospice Registered Nurse to the nursing home.
Consultations by a specialized hospice physician as needed.
Expert management of pain and other symptoms, such as problems breathing or swallowing.
Education for nursing home staff, patients and families about patients’ condition, symptoms, medications, and how to best care for patients’ medical needs during this phase of their illness.
Emotional and spiritual support for both the patient and their family during this phase of life. This includes help for the family before and after the patient dies.
Provides medications and supplies related to the patient’s terminal illness
Coordinating the patient’s care and medications across all of the patient’s medical providers, including the patient’s own doctors, hospice doctors, hospice nurses, hospice aides and all nursing home staff.