Comprehensive Hospice Care Services

2. Hospice Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Care

CNAs provide essential, hands-on care that preserves patient dignity and comfort:

• Personal Care Assistance: Bathing, grooming, oral care, dressing, and toileting.
• Comfort & Positioning: Safe transfers (bed, chair, wheelchair) and repositioning to prevent pressure ulcers.
• Observation & Reporting: Direct observation of subtle physical changes reported immediately to the nursing team.
• Caregiver Relief: Easing physical burdens for family caregivers so they can focus on quality time.

3. Medical Social Workers

Assist with the non-medical, emotional, practical, and financial complexities of end-of-life care:

• Counseling & Family Support: Safe space for discussing grief, anxiety, and resolving caregiver stress or conflict.
• Advance Care Planning: Guidance with advance directives, living wills, and healthcare powers of attorney.
• Community & Benefit Navigation: Connecting families to meal programs, transportation, respite care, Medicare, and Medicaid.

4. Hospice Spiritual Counselor (Chaplaincy)

Addresses spiritual, religious, and existential concerns for people of all faiths, spiritual beliefs, or no religious affiliation:

• Emotional & Spiritual Support: Compassionate presence for life reflections, fears, hopes, and questions of meaning.
• Faith Coordination: Prayer, sacred readings, sacraments, or coordinating with community faith leaders.
• Life Review: Assisting patients in reflecting on values, finding closure, reconciliation, and celebrating legacy.

5. Bereavement Coordinator & Grief Support

Comprehensive grief support provided to families prior to loss and continuing for up to 13 months following the patient's passing:

• Individualized grief assessments and short-term counseling outreach.
• Facilitation of specialized support groups (spouses, children, families).
• Anniversary, holiday, and milestone bereavement check-ins and memorial services.

6. Registered Dietitian (RD / RDN)

Focuses exclusively on comfort, symptom relief, and enjoyment of food rather than restrictive disease management:

• Evaluating appetite, swallowing, and suggesting appealing, comfort-focused food/beverage options.
• Managing nutrition-related symptoms (nausea, dry mouth, mouth sores, constipation).
• Educating families on the natural reduction of food/fluid intake near the end of life to alleviate caregiver worry.

7. Therapies: PT, OT & Speech (Under Comfort Care)

Therapeutic interventions directed toward comfort, safety, and maintaining functional independence: