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| Pacific Hospice Care Is... |
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Skilled nursing services |
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Physician services |
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Medical social services |
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Home health aide and homemaker services |
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Spiritual, dietary, and other counseling |
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Physical, occupational, and speech therapy |
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Trained volunteers |
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Medicine for controlling pain and other symptoms |
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Medical supplies and appliances |
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Continuous care at home during periods of crisis |
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Special services for grief counseling |
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Short-term inpatient care |
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Respite care |
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| Pacific Hospice Care... |
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Manages the patient’s pain and symptoms |
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Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and
spiritual aspects of dying |
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Provides needed drugs, medical supplies, and equipment |
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Coaches the family on how to care for the patient |
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Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when
needed |
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Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms
become too difficult to manage at home |
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Makes respite care available when the caregiver needs respite time |
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Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends |
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