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Comfort Hospice
Spanish Speaking
Available Serving Southern
California
Available Serving Southern
California
Comfort HospiceWe understand the process can seem a bit complicated, that’s why we’ve put together
resources to provide clarity and help you navigate the hospice process.
Our expertly trained staff works around the clock with family caregivers and clinicians in assisting through this transitionary process.
Hospice Overview
Hospice care is services that aid you or your loved ones in their last season of life. Hospice is for affirming life and dignity in passing. While you or your loved one is in hospice, their symptoms will be treated and managed as needed and according to their requests. Hospice does not hasten nor postpone the end, but it does help the transition be comfortable and gives its participants control back over their final moments.
Hospice utilizes family-centered ideals and allows the family to partake in all major decision making should the person in care request it. Hospice typically is for those who have been given six months or less left in their lifetime, and it is important to note that not all people who go to hospice will pass. Some do recover, and studies have shown that hospice is often not started soon enough because it helps bring back quality of life to the person in need.
Comfort Hospice employs a wide range of different services, seeking to provide all that one may desire in their final moments. End of life care is meant to make you or your loved one feel safe, dignified, and comfortable. This is meant to be a place of peace and honor for the one who may pass. The specialized approach includes mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual treatments to provide the person with their every need.
Hospice care covers all medication, medical supplies, and is often not just for the patient. Comfort Hospice provides arrangements for patient families who need emotional and spiritual support. These services extend beyond their loved one’s final moments as well. We ensure that our out of pocket costs are close to nonexistent, because we understand the hardship of losing one we love.
Our expertly trained staff works around the clock with family caregivers and clinicians in assisting through this transitionary process.
Who Pays for Hospice Care?
Who pays for hospice care or end of life care? This is a frequent question asked by our patients and family members. Hospice care is fully covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most major private insurances. There are no out of pocket expenses when qualified within programs. For those who are ineligible to receive medicaid or do not have private insurance, there are many assistance programs to cover costs.
Our program is an end to end hospice care service, and those who enroll into the program will be receiving complete hospice care. This means all staff visits, evaluations, medical equipment, medical supplies, medications, emotional therapy and inpatient care are covered 100%. We also offer bereavement care past the end of life care for family members.
Hospice is meant to ease your stressors and provide comfort to you and your family. We offer multiple programs for those in need because we know that it is important for you to be able to focus on what is truly important in your end of life care: making memories with those you love.
Do not hesitate to reach out, we are here to help.
Please call the Comfort Financial Staff to help answer any financial related concerns at 1-877-301-3338
Our expertly trained staff works around the clock with family caregivers and clinicians in assisting through this transitionary process. In addition to hospice care, Comfort Hospice & Palliative Care also provides palliative care to ease the pain for the patient and alleviate ongoing symptoms.
These illnesses include Cancer, Stroke, Kidney Disease, Heart Disease, ALS, AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Depending on where the patient is, hospice care can be provided at their location. Therefore, whether the patient is at home, assisted living community, or an inpatient setting, the patient can be cared under a hospice program.
After a patient is admitted for hospice care, they can opt out of receiving their hospice at any time, no questions asked. In addition, should the patient decide to reinstate hospice care, they can do so, as long as they still meet the requirements for hospice care.
This means continuing the same devices or medications used to treat the patients symptoms. If you are concerned with certain therapies or medications, please contact your physician for further evaluation before enrolling in a hospice care program.
Hospice physicians not only prescribe medications for their patients, they also provide the lowest dose required to treat their symptoms. This means that hospice physicians will find substitute medications that are less aggressive, when possible. Medications can also be covered by Medicare or private insurance.
Since the patient will be at home, the family will take responsibility as the primary caregivers, but aided with support from a hospice team as needed. As the team makes regular visits to check the patient, they also educate and instruct the family caregivers for treatment recommendations.
Although the typical timeframe for hospice is six months or less, hospice care may be extended for the patient. Statistically speaking, hospice has been proven to help patients live longer compared to other hospice eligible patients who do not receive hospice care.
Equipment such as hospital beds, shower chairs, and other supplies, in addition to all medication are provided by the hospice. Most of the time, all of the supplies are delivered directly to the patient’s home and covered by Medicare or private insurance.
Comfort Hospice & Palliative Care staff arranges counseling services for patient families who are in need of emotional and spiritual support. Our bereavement support can continue long after the death.
Hospice expenses are usually covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and majority of private insurance plans and covered 100% of all hospice expenses. This includes all visits, supplies, and medications related to the terminal diagnosis.
The following questions may help guide you in understanding if hospice care is appropriate:
Does the patient have any of the following life-limiting diseases?
The following are common conditions associated with hospice care:
Many other conditions are also common, please contact us to find out if hospice care is the right plan for you.
In addition, observing if the patient is demonstrating any signs of deterioration is also helpful. Signs include body weight loss, excessive hospitalization or emergency room visits, decline in physical activity and/or mental alertness.
Lastly, speaking with the patient to understand what they have requested can be helpful. In the case of access to supporting documents, such as a living will, the patient may have made it clear their desires to either receive interventions not. The hospice staff work with the patient to devise a plan to honor the patient’s wishes and desires, while improving the quality of time that remains.
Hospice is a method to care and treat people who are terminally ill by utilizing paint relief and symptom management.
When the patient can no longer receive curative care, it may be time to consider using hospice. Usually a physician will determine the life expectancy of the patient. If they conclude an expectancy of six months or less, calling a hospice may help in adding comfort and solace.
A free hospice evaluation is provided upon request. At times, a physician or clinician may refer in addition to other options so that family can decide the best path moving forward.
The hospice will schedule a time to sit and discuss with the family, providing an overview of the care options and answering any questions. An admissions nurse will review the patients diagnosis and evaluate the patient, in addition to answering any questions from family members. A treatment plan is then prepared and presented to the family.
If the family decides to proceed with hospice care, the required admission paperwork is provided for review and once signed, the hospice staff begins to schedule visits and start the treatment.
Hospice care is fully covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most major private insurances. There are no out of pocket expenses when qualified within programs. For those who are ineligible to receive medicaid or do not have private insurance, there are many assistance programs to cover costs.
Please call the Comfort Financial Staff to help answer any financial related concerns at 818-296-8586
The hospice nurse will work with the family and patient in deterring the level of treatment required, and will create a schedule that works. This will determine how often staff members will visit, and how the duration of each visit.
Nearly everything is managed and provided from the hospice team. This includes equipment, such as beds and shower seats, in addition to all medication required for symptom relief, which is delivered directly to where the patient lives. All that is required from the family is to work closely with the team in informing on updates about the patients health info, and activities. As the family will generally be the primary care givers, it is important that they work closely with the hospice staff as a team.
We proudly service all through out major
counties of southern California
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