Understanding Hospice and end-of-life care

Our hospice patients receive hospice care in their home, assisted living, nursing home, or personal care home in the Houston, or surrounding areas.

 Inpatient hospice care provides comfort and support in a hospital setting for those facing advanced illness. This is typically seen when a patient is experiencing uncontrolled symptoms. Our hospice team will visit the patient in the hospital and provide comfort measures, along with education and support for the family. This type of care is only provided for a short period of time (2-3 days).

When caregivers need time away from their caregiver responsibilities, patients can stay in a contracted facility for up to five days. Our social workers are available to assist coordinating respite care, and families are never charged for the 5 days of respite care. We will continue to provide hospice care in a patient's respite care facility. Once respite care is completed, patients are transported back home.

A Licensed Nurse and a Certified Nursing Assistant can provide 24 hour care for patients and/or patient's family in a crisis situation. This is done when symptoms are difficult to manage. Once symptoms are managed, we would return to our routine hospice care.