Hospice is a patient-centered philosophy of care that includes expert medical treatment, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support specific centered around the wishes and needs of your or your family member.

Hospice care is available wherever you reside – a private home, extended nursing home, assisted living facility, the hospital, or in UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice’s McClure Miller Respite House.

When is it time to begin hospice?

handsWhen you or a family member is coping with a serious illness and a cure is no longer possible, hospice provides the type of care most people say they want at the end of life.

If you or a family member is in the last months of life, hospice allows you to live comfortably, surrounded by loved ones and familiar sounds and smells of home.

 

Hospice Care Services

To support you and your family, hospice care can provide:

  • Expert pain and symptom management from experienced nurses
  • Medications related to your hospice diagnosis
  • Medical supplies and equipment (e.g. hospital bed, oxygen, bedside commode, wheelchair)
  • Personal care and comfort measures
  • Respite for family caregivers
  • Spiritual and emotional support for you and your family
  • Homemaker services including light housekeeping, meal preparation, laundry
  • Bereavement support for surviving family members
  • Coordination of short-term inpatient care if pain or other symptoms become too difficult to manage at home

Care is delivered by a team of professionals including nurses, social workers, licensed nursing assistants, trained volunteers, chaplains, support staff, a bereavement coordinator, and physician.

Hospice Outreach and Education information can be found here.


Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about hospice care?

Call our team, or use the contact form to the upper right.

(802) 860-4410