Hospice

Hospice

Helping You Feel Confident With Your Decisions….So You Can Embrace Life When It Matters Most

Comfort. Care. Support. 

Perhaps nothing is more challenging than making end-of-life decisions for yourself or for someone you care about. These are deeply personal decisions that require careful thought and guidance. You do not have to approach it alone. We are here to help you with dignified, compassionate, and highly skilled acre for you and education and assistance for your caregivers, family, and friends. 

The staff at Upland Hills Health Hospice is highly experienced in providing exceptional care to patients of all ages who are diagnosed with advanced illnesses or injuries. We start by listening to and understanding your priorities. From there, we develop a personalized plan that follows your wishes and those of your family members to enable the best possible quality of life. 

We understand the special needs that you or your family have during this time. The level of care that is given is determined by the patient, or if they are unable to communicate directly, by the caregiver or family members. We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You are never alone. When you need us, we are there in person or on the phone. 

You always remain in control of all decisions. We respect your wishes. We want to help make every moment the best it can be for you. 

The Upland Hills Health Hospice team is staffed by physicians, social workers, pharmacists, therapists and palliative acre by the Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses and Nursing Assistants Association.

We Provide:

  • 24-hour registered nurse coverage for assistance 7 days a week. 
  • Any needed equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, air mattress, electric bed, oxygen or other supplies is made available 
  • Necessary and appropriate medications. 
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What is Hospice Care Like?

Betty Baxter’s husband Leland (Lee) lived with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for many years.

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Hospice Volunteers

Hospice volunteers provide personal comfort and support that supplements the care provided.

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Misconceptions about Hospice

Myth: The patient must be actively dying in order to be admitted to Upland Hills Hospice.

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  • Assists families to cope with grief 
  • Helps prepare family for managing their loss before death and follows their adjustment for up to 13 months after death 
  • Provides information to families and community groups on the grief process, coordinates grief support groups, provides individual grief counseling and makes referrals as needed
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  • Works closely with community clergy to provide spiritual guidance and support as requested
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  • Provides nutritional counseling to help patients build strength
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  • Provide personal care for patients 
  • Perform light housekeeping tasks
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  • Coordinate a plan of care for each patient and instruct family members in the care and management of the patient
  • Provide comfort through pain and symptom management and emotional support to both the patient and family
  • Provide hands-on care for assessment, intervention and teaching Are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
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  • Work with patients to sustain mobility and relieve pain or discomfort 
  • Teach family members to maneuver patients with restricted physical abilities
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  • Works with the patient’s personal physician and hospice team to approve patients for admission and ensures the most effective care 
  • Serves as a liaison with other physicians and is a medical resource for the hospice team
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  • Counsels patients and families to help them handle social and financial stresses 
  • Recommends additional community resources and financial assistance
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  • Provides supportive counseling to patients and families to help them come to terms with the dying process and grief issues
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  • Offer a wide range of services from companion visits and meals to transportation 
  • Assist with bereavement activities 
  • Provide special skills in community education, fundraising efforts and hospice library service

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Why Choose Upland Hills Health?

Patient-First Care Every Patient. Every Time.

We are committed to providing the safest and best possible experience for every patient that enters our clinics, our hospital, our nursing and rehab center, our medical equipment store, or who invites us into their home through Home Care or Hospice services.

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