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Abingdon VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Support Services of Washington County , Washington County Click to request assistance
Abingdon VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice & Palliative Care of Virginia , Washington County Click to request assistance
Abingdon VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice of Southwest Virginia , Washington County Click to request assistance
Abingdon VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice of Southwest Virginia , Washington County Click to request assistance
Abingdon VA - Virginia hospice care -- Total Home Care & Hospice , Washington County Click to request assistance
Bedford VA - Virginia pain management -- Bedford Hospice Care , Bedford County Click to request assistance
Berryville VA - Virginia palliative care -- Blue Ridge Hospice , Clark County Click to request assistance
Berryville VA - Virginia care for dying -- Blue Ridge Hospice , Clark County Click to request assistance
Blacksburg VA - Virginia hospice care -- Heritage House The , Montgomery County Click to request assistance
Charlottesville VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice Of The Piedmont , Albemarle County Click to request assistance
Charlottesville VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Of The Piedmont , Albemarle County Click to request assistance
Chesapeake VA - Virginia care for dying -- Comfortcare Hospice , Norfolk County Click to request assistance
Christiansburg VA - Virginia hospice care -- Good Samaritan Hospice , Montgomery County Click to request assistance
Clifton Forge VA - Virginia pain management -- Medi Home Health & Hospice , Alleghany County Click to request assistance
Clifton Forge VA - Virginia palliative care -- Mountain Regional Hospice , Alleghany County Click to request assistance
Colonial Heights VA - Virginia care for dying -- Crater Community Hospice , Chesterfield County Click to request assistance
Culpeper VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Of The Rapidan Inc , Culpeper County Click to request assistance
Culpeper VA - Virginia pain management -- Family Care Home Health & Hospice , Culpeper County Click to request assistance
Deltaville VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Support Care Of Middlesex County , Middlesex County Click to request assistance
Emporia VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice Support Group of Southside Virginia Inc , Greensville County Click to request assistance
Fairfax VA - Virginia hospice care -- Heartland Hospice Services , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Fairfax VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice of Northern Virginia , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Falls Church VA - Virginia palliative care -- Community Hospices Of Virginia , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Falls Church VA - Virginia care for dying -- Capital Hospice , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Falls Church VA - Virginia hospice care -- Capital Hospice , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Farmville VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice Of Virginia , Prince Edward County Click to request assistance
Fishersville VA - Virginia palliative care -- AMC Hospice Of The Shenandoah , Augusta County Click to request assistance
Fredericksburg VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice Support Care Inc , Spotsylvania County Click to request assistance
Fredericksburg VA - Virginia hospice care -- Community Home Health & Hospice , Spotsylvania County Click to request assistance
Fredericksburg VA - Virginia pain management -- Mary Washington Hospice , Spotsylvania County Click to request assistance
Galax VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Of Twin County , Carroll County Click to request assistance
Galax VA - Virginia care for dying -- Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care , Carroll County Click to request assistance
Glen Allen VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Community Care Inc , Giles County Click to request assistance
Gloucester VA - Virginia pain management -- Riverside Tappahannock Hospice , Gloucester County Click to request assistance
Grundy VA - Virginia palliative care -- Special Care Hospice & Home Health , Buchanan County Click to request assistance
Leesburg VA - Virginia care for dying -- Capital Hospice , Lodoun County Click to request assistance
Lexington VA - Virginia hospice care -- Rockbridge Area Hospice , Rockbridge County Click to request assistance
Lynchburg VA - Virginia pain management -- Gentle Shepherd Hospice , Campbell County Click to request assistance
Manassas VA - Virginia palliative care -- Capital Hospice , Prince William County Click to request assistance
Martinsville VA - Virginia care for dying -- Amedisys Home Healthcare Of Martinsville , Henry County Click to request assistance
Martinsville VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Of Memorial Hospital , Henry County Click to request assistance
Newport News VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice Community Care LLC , Warwick County Click to request assistance
Newport News VA - Virginia palliative care -- Heartland Hospice Service , Warwick County Click to request assistance
Newport News VA - Virginia care for dying -- Riverside Hospice , Warwick County Click to request assistance
Norfolk VA - Virginia hospice care -- Personal-Touch Home Care And Hospice Of VA Inc , Norfolk County Click to request assistance
Norton VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice & Palliative Care Of VA , Wise County Click to request assistance
Parksley VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Of The Eastern Shore , Accomack County Click to request assistance
Pulaski VA - Virginia care for dying -- Preferred Hospice , Pulaski County Click to request assistance
Radford VA - Virginia hospice care -- Carilion Hospice Services , Montgomery County Click to request assistance
Richlands VA - Virginia pain management -- Total Home Care & Hospice , Tazewell County Click to request assistance
Richlands VA - Virginia palliative care -- Preferred Hospice , Tazewell County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia care for dying -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia hospice care -- Heartland Home Health and Hospice Services , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice Care Of America , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Of Central Va , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice Of Central Virginia , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia hospice care -- Medi Home Health & Hospice , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Richmond VA - Virginia pain management -- Bon Secours Hospice , Henrico County Click to request assistance
Roanoke VA - Virginia palliative care -- Carilion Hospice Services , Roanoke County Click to request assistance
Roanoke VA - Virginia care for dying -- Good Samaritan Hospice Inc , Roanoke County Click to request assistance
Rocky Mount VA - Virginia hospice care -- Carilion Hospice Services , Franklin County Click to request assistance
Rocky Mount VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice of Franklin County , Franklin County Click to request assistance
Rural Retreat VA - Virginia palliative care -- Virginia's Hospice Care , Wythe County Click to request assistance
Salem VA - Virginia care for dying -- Adventa Hospice , Roanoke County Click to request assistance
South Hill VA - Virginia hospice care -- Community Memorial Home Health & Community Hospice , Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Stephens City VA - Virginia pain management -- Blue Ridge Hospice , Frederick County Click to request assistance
Sterling VA - Virginia palliative care -- Evercare-Hospice & Palliative Care , Lodoun County Click to request assistance
Suffolk VA - Virginia care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Nansemond County Click to request assistance
Suffolk VA - Virginia hospice care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Nansemond County Click to request assistance
Tappahannock VA - Virginia pain management -- Hospice Of Central VA , Essex County Click to request assistance
Tappahannock VA - Virginia palliative care -- Bon Secours Richmond , Essex County Click to request assistance
Tappahannock VA - Virginia care for dying -- Riverside Tappahannock Hospice , Essex County Click to request assistance
Urbanna VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Support Care of Middlesex County , Middlesex County Click to request assistance
Vienna VA - Virginia pain management -- American Healthcare Professionals , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Vienna VA - Virginia palliative care -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Vienna VA - Virginia care for dying -- HomeCall Hospice Services Inc , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Vienna VA - Virginia hospice care -- Evercare-Hospice & Palliative Care , Fairfax County Click to request assistance
Virginia Beach VA - Virginia pain management -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Prince Anne County Click to request assistance
Warrenton VA - Virginia palliative care -- Hospice Of Fauquier County Inc , Fauquier County Click to request assistance
Warsaw VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice Support Services , Richmond County Click to request assistance
Williamsburg VA - Virginia hospice care -- Hospice Support Care of Williamsburg , James City County Click to request assistance
Winchester VA - Virginia pain management -- Blue Ridge Hospice Inc , Frederick County Click to request assistance
Woodstock VA - Virginia palliative care -- A Butterfly's Touch , Shenandoah County Click to request assistance
Wytheville VA - Virginia care for dying -- Hospice Of Southwest Virginia , Wythe County Click to request assistance
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Contact Virginia Hospice Care
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About Hospice Care
Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.
It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.
When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.
When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.
Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."
Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.
Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.
- Family caregivers;
- The patient' s personal physician;
- Hospice physician (or medical director);
- Nurses;
- Home health aides;
- Social workers;
- Clergy or other counselors;
- Trained volunteers; and
- Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.
The purpose of hospice is the following:
- Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
- Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
- Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
- Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
- Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
- Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
- Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.
A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is
- eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
- the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
- the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
- care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.
A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.
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