Pocatello Hospice Care

What is hospice?

A terminal disease can drain the well-being of an individual, including their loved ones, especially towards the end of life. This is where hospice care is needed. Hospice is specialized care dedicated to a person living with a terminal illness. The main focus of hospice is delivering quality care in distinctive categories, primarily in emotional, spiritual, physical, and psychological dimensions.

These categories are the key foundations defining the care provided at Pocatello Hospice Care. Our care delivery takes a personalized aspect by understanding each patient’s needs in their last stages of life. With this approach, we fulfil our mission of improving the quality of life through compassionate care. However, it’s vital to understand that our care services at Pocatello Hospice Care do not reduce or extend the patient’s life.

As we strive to provide care with utmost compassion, honesty, and integrity, we also aim at educating the community on the wonderful benefits of hospice. These include creating a balanced life for the patient and the family while helping them live a fulfilling life in the process.

Hospice primary goal

When a terminal illness’s emotional, psychological, and physical destructive nature escalates, an advanced form of care is needed all through to its final stages. The provision of this compassionate care, improving the quality of life, is hospice’s primary goal. The purpose is to provide and make a patient and their loved ones as comfortable as possible. Hospice care begins when all other curative procedures have failed and instead focuses on managing pain and other symptoms while helping the patient live comfortably.

All this is possible and available at Pocatello Hospice Care. Our services are facilitated by a team of experts that include:

  • Nurses
  • Doctors
  • Medical social workers
  • Bereavement professionals
  • Chaplains
  • Volunteers

This team of professionals aims at facilitating advanced care for comfort, focusing mainly on the patient’s needs, well-being, and desires. Pocatello Hospice Care is open and always ready to dispense patient care in their locations. We provide care in hospitals, nursing homes, and independent and assisted living centers through a collaborative program. Our hospice services also endeavor to ensure the family and the patient receive the best and desired support.

Who needs hospice care?

Patients with terminal illnesses in their final phases of life primarily need this type of care. Here at Pocatello Hospice Care, our mission for improving quality of life through compassionate care is supported by the top standard hospice services that include:

  • 24/7 Access to care
  • Comfort and family support
  • Companionship
  • Individualized plan
  • Pain management
  • Counseling

However, there are specific factors observed for patients with an incurable disease to qualify for hospice services. Pocatello Hospice Care considers terminally ill patients with a prognosis of six months and those who:

  • Struggle with pain management
  • Find it difficult accomplishing daily tasks
  • Have a chronic life-limiting illness
  • Have Medicare Part A, Medicaid, or Private insurance

Besides these considerations, there are also top common terminal conditions that qualify one for our services. These incurable conditions don’t only affect the patient, and because we know that our Pocatello hospice care includes loved ones as well. This care is continuous, helping them remain fulfilled despite the circumstances through emotional, spiritual, and physical support.

In this case, Pocatello Hospice Care highly considers people with:

  • Cancer
  • Dementia
  • Neuromuscular Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • HIV Disease
  • Heart Disease
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Renal Disease
  • Stroke
  • Liver Disease and other chronic and terminal neurological diseases

How hospice facilitates comfort

Terminal diseases are devastating, fatal, and cause a lot of turmoil in patients and their relations. It is a state that requires compassionate support and care since it leads to the end of life. Also, at this point, many people are struggling with psychological acceptance of the condition, pain, and other chronic symptoms that destroy the quality of life. Pocatello Hospice Care understands this state fully guided by our mission of improving quality of life through utmost comfort and support.

Our team of experts is well qualified through specialized training to understand the associated discomforts, distress, and pain, consequently helping the patient manage the conditions. Through nursing care, doctor visits, counseling, social work services, grief, and bereavement support, our professionals at Pocatello Hospice Care help the patient manage such conditions comfortably.

We also bring the patient’s medical providers on board to help facilitate any vital therapy, medication, and other care-based plans. Our team regularly reviews every patient’s care schedule with necessary adjustments to ensure that comfort remains the primary goal.

Personalized Care Plan

Pocatello Hospice Care has a dedicated, personalized care plan that brings the family members, staff, and patients together to achieve a common goal. This plan helps the patient get everything they need by prioritizing the most important needs. In this plan, everything is set according to the patient’s expectations and needs, like the frequency of staff visits.

Paying for hospice services

Individuals eligible for Medicare and Medicaid can comfortably pay for hospice services at Pocatello Hospice Care. We also have payment schemes set with several other private insurance entities and private pay. Also, Medicaid and certified private insurance companies can cover payments at minimal personal costs. With Medicare beneficiaries, there are no out-of-the-pocket settlements or co-pay costs.

The Pocatello Hospice Care Professional Team

Our care center is always ready through a dedicated, qualified, and compassionate team of experts to meet all patients’ needs and support the family. With our keen understanding of the difficulties involved, we are set to provide and offer the best services to help any patient remain comfortable. To better understand this, our consultations are free, and we are ready to respond to any questions.