Doctor's Hospice offers a healthcare approach focused on the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of individuals with life-limiting illnesses, aiming to ensure comfort and dignity until the end of life. Hospice care can be provided in various settings, and includes services like symptom management, counseling, and medical equipment, while dispelling myths regarding its purpose and accessibility. Anyone can request hospice services, and the facility is accredited by the Joint Commission, emphasizing community involvement and personalized care.

1. An Introduction ToDoctor’s Hospice

2. What Is Hospice?Hospice is a healthcare approach that supports the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of those who have life-limiting illnesses.

3. The Goal of HospiceThe goal of hospice is to allow the dying process to unfold with a minimum of discomfort, and maintain dignity and quality of life until the end.

4. The Team ApproachAt Doctor’s Hospice, we have a team of professionals working together to ensure the comfort of each individual patient.

5. The Team Includes… the patienta personal physicianfamilya nursea home health aidea social worker

6. a chaplain

7. volunteers

8. our medical directorWhere is Hospice?Hospice is not a place. It is a concept of care. Hospice care can be received in a variety of places including:Personal ResidencesNursing HomesAssisted Living FacilitiesInpatient Hospice UnitsGroup Homes

9. What Hospice ProvidesSymptom ManagementCounselingMedication related to the hospice diagnosisMedical equipment Any other services deemed necessary as related to the hospice diagnosis.

10. Common Hospice MythsHospice kills people (practices euthanasia).Hospice is only for elderly or cancer patients.Hospice is only for the last few days of life.Hospice makes patients stop all medications.Hospice is only for people who are ready to die and fully accept their impending death.Hospice care is very expensive.

11. When Should I Call?Anyone can request an information visit from hospice (physician’s orders are not required).If a patient has a life-limiting illness and their physician feels like their disease process could end their life within six months hospice should be contacted.If a patient has weight loss, decrease in functional ability, decrease in cognition, decrease in mobility.

12. Terminal DiagnosesMetastatic MalignanciesHeart DiseaseKidney DiseaseLiver DiseaseLung DiseaseStroke and/or ComaAIDSNeurological Disease

13. Lou Gehrig’s Disease

14. Multi organ failure

15. Failure to Thrive

16. SenescenceRemember…Someone with a life-limiting illness who refuses or discontinues curative treatment will decline rapidly and should be evaluated for hospice IMMEDIATELY.All it takes is a phone call to Doctor’s Hospice and one of our nurses will be happy to assist in the evaluation of the patient for hospice appropriateness. We are available 24/7/365.

17. Did You Know?Doctor’s Hospice is Joint Commission accredited.All Joint Commission accredited hospice agencies are required to perform satisfaction surveys to assess the family’s feelings about their hospice experience after the death of their loved one.Do you know what the most common complaint on the survey is?

18. If I Could Change Anything…If families could change one thing about their hospice care, it would be that they had been referred to hospice sooner.

19. What MakesDoctor’s HospiceSo Special?

20. Why Doctor’s Hospice?COMMUNITYWe’re locally owned and operated.ACCREDITEDJoint Commission Accreditation.EXPERIENCE and EXPERTISE

21. Why Doctor’s Hospice?INTIMACYMore attention, personal care.DIVERSITYBroad spectrum of specialists.FLEXIBILITY and COMPASSION

22. We are hereto help youand we care…

23. Service AreaNortheast Louisiana318-325-6695Toll-Free 877-325-6695Capital Region225-667-1340Toll-Free 877-667-1340Northshore985-809-0844Toll-Free 877-801-0844Serving Northeasternand SoutheasternLouisiana from ouroffices in West Monroe,Walker, and Mandeville.

24. Helping others find peacein troubled times

25. www.doctors-hospice.com