The Hospice Circle of Care is a patient-centered model that emphasizes the continuum of services delivered by our professionals. Our caregivers work together as a team to ensure that they assess and meet the needs of our patients, families, and caregivers.
Hospice Circle of Care
Physicians
Faith & Family Hospice physicians work in conjunction with the patient’s attending physician to meet the patients goals and allow for the continuation of the established patient-doctor relationship.
The hospice physician collaborates with the patient’s primary care physician to address specific care needs requiring specialized hospice training. Additionally, the patient may elect to have our hospice physician assume the role of his/her attending physician.
Our hospice team provides exceptional medical attention with ample resources to care for and support patients.
Nurses
Our hospice nurses provide a seamless coordination of services from the team. The nurses manage the patient’s medical needs and are specially trained in complex symptom management. The nurses also work with the patient’s family, friends, and caregivers teaching them how to care for, nurture, and support the patient.
Social Workers help clients and their families navigate planning for end-of-life care; understand their treatment plan and be vocal about their needs; manage the stressors of physical illnesses, including emotional, familial, and financial; overcome crisis situations and connect to other supportive resources.
Chaplains help provide spiritual support to patients, families, and caregivers of all denominations. During the end-of-life process, a hospice chaplain honors and nurtures a patients, family, and caregivers spiritual needs.
Upon request, our chaplains are available to perform funeral services.
Other services include:
Volunteers – available to offer companionship and service to families.
Dietician – physical, occupational, speech, and other therapies – available for consultation.
Medications – for symptom management needs as related to the primary hospice diagnosis.
Medical equipment and supplies – as needed and determined by the approved plan of care.
Bereavement support – grief counseling is offered to anyone impacted by the death of the patient for a minimum of 13 months.