Hospice is end-of-life care that provides comfort and support for terminally ill patients and their families. The goal of hospice care is to make our patients comfortable and to relieve symptoms and pain for the entire length of their illness. To receive hospice, a person must obtain a physician referral stating that if the person’s disease follows its normal course, death may be expected in six months. This does not mean that care will only be provided for six months; hospice can be provided as long as the person’s physician and hospice team certifies that the condition remains life-limiting.
Hospice is paid for by the Medicare Hospice benefit, Medicaid Hospice benefit and most private insurers. If a person does not have coverage through Medicare, Medicaid or a private insurance company, Brighton Bridge Hospice will work with the person and their family to ensure services can be provided.
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Hospice is available to any individual who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and life expectancy of 6 months or less. Hospice can be obtained when treatment is no longer effective or desired. The patient’s primary care physician makes a referral to hospice. Early referral to hospice provides an opportunity for a patient and family to benefit from support and services.
Hospice care is not curative in nature. Supportive pallative (comfort) care is provided by hospice. The hospice goal is not to cure advanced, life-threatening illness, but to reduce symptoms such as pain or nausea and to provide emotional and spiritual support as requested.... View more
The hospice service comes from the caring hands of many talented people. Click here to see more about our Hospice team.