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What is Hospice?
Hospice is specialized health care provided to people who are
experiencing advanced terminal illness. Hospice care focuses on promoting quality of life by providing compassionate care. The hospice care team partners with the patient’s families to provide comfort during the last phases of their illness. This team of professionals collaborate to manage the patient's symptoms so that their days may be spent with dignity surrounded by their loved ones.
Why do people choose
Ka-Dash Hospice?
Ka-Dash provides individualized care tailored toward each patient we serve by exploring every option for symptom management. Our team is available to serve our patients 24 hours a day 365 days a year, because we are committed to walking alongside patients and their families to provide clinical, emotional, and spiritual support as advocates of holistic care and quality of life.
Our Approach
01
BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING
Our bereavement counselor helps patients' families deal
with the grief they feel about their loved one's death or
diagnosis.
02
Our hospice nurse focuses on easing discomfort and quality
of life. They provide individualized care based on each patient’s needs and provide pain symptom management.
03
THERAPIES
Physical, speech, and occupational therapy will be provided as needed to our patients to help improve their overall condition during their journey through hospice.
04
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Our medical social worker provides counseling to the
patient’s family members while they walk alongside their family member on their hospice journey.
05
VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Hospice volunteers help provide our patients and families with compassionate care and support during their hospice journey by visiting patients, providing companionship, and
general assistance to patients.
06
DIETARY
A registered dietician consults, evaluates, and educates patients to promote proper diet and nutrition.
07
PASTORAL COUNSELING
Our hospice chaplain is an important member of our
hospice team, who attends to the patient's and family's
spiritual and emotional needs that arise during their
experience with hospice.
08
HOSPICE AIDE
Our hospice aide is trained to provide personal care to our patients.
09
PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Our hospice physicians determine the best methods to provide symptom management to our patients.
10
EQUIPMENT & MEDICATIONS
Our pharmacist and medical equipment companies will
collaborate with our healthcare providers and patients to furnish each patient's unique plan of care with the supplies needed to alleviate pain and treat symptoms ailing our patients.
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