Hospice Levels Of Care

This is the most common level of hospice care. With this type of care, an individual has elected to receive hospice care at their residence, which can include a private residence, assisted living facility, nursing home, or wherever the patient calls home.

Is provided for pain control or other acute symptom management that cannot feasibly be provided in any other setting. General Inpatient Care begins when other efforts to manage symptoms have been ineffective. At that time the patient would be transported to Hospice House until the pain could be reasonably managed again at home. GI Care can be provided in a Medicare certified nursing facility or hospital that has a registered nurse available 24 hours a day to provide direct patient care.

This care is provided for 8-24 hours a day to manage pain and other acute medical symptoms. Continuous Home Care services must be predominantly nursing care, supplemented with caregiver and hospice aide services and are intended to maintain the terminally ill patient at home during a pain or symptom crisis. 

Respite Care is available to provide temporary relief to the patients primary caregiver. Inpatient Respite Care is offered in our Hospice House for any Hospice patient. It may also be provided in a long-term care facility or hospital that has sufficient 24-hour nursing personnel present on all shifts to guarantee that the patient's needs are met. Inpatient Respite Care is provided for a maximum of 5 days per month.