Cornerstone Hospice’s provides four levels of Hospice care to patients and families:

Routine Home Care

The patient continues to live at home and receive hospice services. The family is able to handle the care of the patient with assistance from the hospice interdisciplinary team. Routine hospice care is also available in many other settings including, but not limited to, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospice residential facilities, and inpatient units.

• Visits / House Calls by a Hospice physician in coordination with patient’s physician
• Regular visits by specialty trained nurses through End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
• Disease progression monitoring
• Professionally trained volunteers to sit with patients, run errands or relieve care givers
• Medications, medical equipment, and supplies related to comfort care and diagnosis
• In-home physical and occupational therapies for appropriate patients
• Continuous care (round the clock) during times of crisis
• Education and guidance for the patient and family
• Respite care
• Bereavement support
• Spiritual counseling
• Social services and emotional care
• Personal care by a home health aide
• Children’s and adolescents’ grief and loss programs
• Nutritional counseling
• Comprehensive symptom management available 24/7, by phone or visit as necessary
• Increased care as needed through availability of general inpatient, Hospice houses or in-patient units
• Life Enrichment Therapy as prescribed by physician
• Volunteer services, including but not limited to, sitting with patients; running errands; art, pet and music therapy; and, relief for caregivers
• Six-months or more of care under the Medicare benefit
• Improved quality of life, more time with family/friends, less time at doctor or hospital
• Paid for by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurers

Each new service or piece of equipment comes with an explanation and supportive reassurance.

Respite

Respite is provided in a nursing home or Hospice freestanding inpatient facility for short periods of time (up to 5 days at a time) as determined by the physician and hospice. Respite is to give caregivers needed relief to rest or be away.

General Inpatient

Inpatient care is provided in a facility (hospital, freestanding inpatient Hospice house, or inpatient units or beds in a local contracted nursing home) for symptoms or crises that cannot be managed in the patient's home. Inpatient care to manage symptoms or crises related to the Hospice diagnosis is provided for a limited period of time, as determined by the physician and Hospice staff.

Crisis Care

Skilled nursing services are provided in the patient's place of residence to help during a crisis period as determined by the Hospice staff, usually for 8 - 24 hours for a few days at a time to manage uncontrolled symptoms or provide end-of-life care.

Since each Cornerstone Hospice patient/family has special needs and requirements, we make each care plan unique for each patient/family.