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Abilene TX - Texas hospice care -- Hendrick Hospice Care, Taylor County      Click to request assistance
Amarillo TX - Texas pain management -- Bsa Home Care and Hospice, Potter County      Click to request assistance
Amarillo TX - Texas palliative care -- Hospice Care of The Southwest, Potter County      Click to request assistance
Angleton TX - Texas care for dying -- Iph Hospice Care Inc., Brazoria County      Click to request assistance
Austin TX - Texas hospice care -- Robinson Creek Home Care & Hospice, Travis County      Click to request assistance
Beaumont TX - Texas pain management -- Compassionate Care Hospice, Jefferson County      Click to request assistance
Carrollton TX - Texas palliative care -- Samaritan Care Hospice, Denton County      Click to request assistance
Chandler TX - Texas care for dying -- Compassionate Care Hospice Inc, Henderson County      Click to request assistance
Cleveland TX - Texas hospice care -- Compassionate Care Hospice, Liberty County      Click to request assistance
Corpus Christi TX - Texas pain management -- American Medical Home Health Services , Nueces County      Click to request assistance
Corpus Christi TX - Texas palliative care -- Christus Hospice & Palliative Care-Spohn, Nueces County      Click to request assistance
Dallas TX - Texas care for dying -- Autumn Journey Hospice , Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Dallas TX - Texas hospice care -- Horizon Hospice Care Inc., Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Dallas TX - Texas pain management -- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Denton TX - Texas palliative care -- Bluebonnet Hospice Care Inc, Denton County      Click to request assistance
Desoto TX - Texas care for dying -- Home Care Network Hospice Inc., Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Desoto TX - Texas hospice care -- Hospice Care, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Desoto TX - Texas pain management -- Ngozi Hospice Care, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Dickinson TX - Texas palliative care -- Compasion Care Hospice, Galveston County      Click to request assistance
Duncanville TX - Texas care for dying -- Care United Hospice, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Duncanville TX - Texas hospice care -- Spirit Hospice Care LLC, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
Eagle Pass TX - Texas pain management -- Fort Duncan Home Health & Hospice Care, Maverick County      Click to request assistance
Eagle Pass TX - Texas palliative care -- Ft. Duncan Home Health & Hospice Care, Maverick County      Click to request assistance
Eagle Pass TX - Texas care for dying -- Remnant Hospice Care Inc., Maverick County      Click to request assistance
El Paso TX - Texas hospice care -- Global Hospice Care, El Paso County      Click to request assistance
El Paso TX - Texas pain management -- Hospice Of El Paso , El Paso County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield TX - Texas palliative care -- Thee Hospice Home Health Care, Freestone County      Click to request assistance
Fort Worth TX - Texas care for dying -- Covenant Hospice & Palliative Care, Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Fort Worth TX - Texas hospice care -- Odyssey Healthcare Inc , Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Fort Worth TX - Texas pain management -- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Gilmer TX - Texas palliative care -- Kinsman Hospice Care, Upshur County      Click to request assistance
Grand Saline TX - Texas care for dying -- Autumn Wood Hospice Care, Van Zandt County      Click to request assistance
Harker Heights TX - Texas hospice care -- Heritage Care Hospice, Bell County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas pain management -- Asperion Hospice Of Houston , Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas palliative care -- Christus VNA Hospice & Palliative Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas care for dying -- Compassionate Care Hospice of Houston, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas hospice care -- Deliverance Health & Hospice Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas pain management -- Evercare-Hospice & Palliative Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas palliative care -- Faith Hospice Care Inc., Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas care for dying -- Houston Solari Hospice Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas hospice care -- Life's Solutions Hospice Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas pain management -- Memorial Hospice Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas palliative care -- Miracle Heatlh Care Home Health & Hospice, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas care for dying -- Palliative Care Center of Houston, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Houston TX - Texas hospice care -- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Harris County      Click to request assistance
Hurst TX - Texas pain management -- Bishop Hospice , Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Hurst TX - Texas palliative care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice, Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Jasper TX - Texas care for dying -- Lakes Area Hospices , Jasper County      Click to request assistance
Lake Jackson TX - Texas hospice care -- Hospice Care Team Inc, Brazoria County      Click to request assistance
Livingston TX - Texas pain management -- Hospice Care of The Southwest, Polk County      Click to request assistance
Livingston TX - Texas palliative care -- Hospice Care of The Southwest, Polk County      Click to request assistance
Longview TX - Texas care for dying -- Heart's Way Hospice of Northeast Texas , Gregg County      Click to request assistance
Midland TX - Texas hospice care -- HospiceMidland , Sabine County      Click to request assistance
Mount Pleasant TX - Texas pain management -- Cypress Basin Hospice Inc , Titus County      Click to request assistance
New Braunfels TX - Texas palliative care -- Hospice and Palliative Care of Connecticut, Comal County      Click to request assistance
North Richland Hills TX - Texas care for dying -- Samaritan Care Hospice, Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
North Richland Hills TX - Texas hospice care -- Vista Care Hospice, Tarrant County      Click to request assistance
Odessa TX - Texas pain management -- Home Hospice , Ector County      Click to request assistance
Odessa TX - Texas palliative care -- Odyssey Healthcare , Ector County      Click to request assistance
Orange TX - Texas care for dying -- Southeast Texas Hospice , Orange County      Click to request assistance
Paris TX - Texas hospice care -- Attentive Care Hospice, Lamar County      Click to request assistance
Paris TX - Texas pain management -- Paris Regional Hospice Care, Lamar County      Click to request assistance
Plano TX - Texas palliative care -- Advance Hospice Care of America Inc., Collin County      Click to request assistance
Richardson TX - Texas care for dying -- Home Care Network Hospice Inc, Dallas County      Click to request assistance
San Antonio TX - Texas hospice care -- Hospice Care at Heartland Home Health Care, Bexar County      Click to request assistance
San Antonio TX - Texas pain management -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Bexar County      Click to request assistance
San Antonio TX - Texas palliative care -- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Bexar County      Click to request assistance
San Marcos TX - Texas care for dying -- Hospice Care, Hays County      Click to request assistance
Sanger TX - Texas hospice care -- Bluebonnet Hospice Care Inc, Denton County      Click to request assistance
Sherman TX - Texas pain management -- Always Better Care Hospice, Grayson County      Click to request assistance
Sugar Land TX - Texas palliative care -- Levak Hospice & Health Care S, Fort Bend County      Click to request assistance
Texarkana TX - Texas care for dying -- Hospice Cares, Bowie County      Click to request assistance
Texarkana TX - Texas hospice care -- Wadley Care Source Hospice, Bowie County      Click to request assistance
Texas City TX - Texas pain management -- Evercare Hospice Physician Hospice Care, Galveston County      Click to request assistance
Texas City TX - Texas palliative care -- Primary Preventative & Palliative Care, Galveston County      Click to request assistance
Tyler TX - Texas care for dying -- Genesis Homecare , Smith County      Click to request assistance
Weatherford TX - Texas hospice care -- Interim Healthcare LLC , Parker County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Hospice Care

Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.

It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.

When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.

When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.

Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."

Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.

Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.

  • Family caregivers;
  • The patient' s personal physician;
  • Hospice physician (or medical director);
  • Nurses;
  • Home health aides;
  • Social workers;
  • Clergy or other counselors;
  • Trained volunteers; and
  • Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.

The purpose of hospice is the following:

  • Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
  • Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
  • Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
  • Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
  • Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
  • Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
  • Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.

A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is

  • eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
  • the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
  • the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
  • care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.

A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.

 
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