In medieval days, hospice was a place for weary travelers...a place to rest, eat, and be comfortable.  That concept still exists today.  In today’s society, hospice is not a place; it’s a concept of care.  Hospice in His Hands believes that each of us is on a journey, and our services help to ensure that a patient’s journey is a comfortable one.  Hospice care is not a “new age” thing or a place to “go and die.”  Most patients don’t want to pass away in a hospital or nursing facility, hooked up to life prolonging devices.  The terminally ill patient would like to reach the final destination in life’s journey pain and symptom free and in their own personal environment where comfort is of the utmost importance.  We help to accomplish that goal for our patients. 

Our interdisciplinary team consists of your family physician, our medical director, RN’s, LPN’s, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and others.  Hospice in His Hands treats the patient and the family, not the disease.  

Hospice in His Hands also has a bereavement program that is available to survivors in an effort to promote a healthy healing process. During this time, a survivor faces many emotions and issues.   The bereavement program confronts issues such as coping with the loss, learning to adapt, and more.   Losing a loved one is something that you do not have to cope with alone.

“As sickness progresses towards death, measures to minimize suffering should be intensified.  Dying patients require palliative care of an intensity that rivals even that of curative efforts…even though aggressive curative techniques are no longer indicated, professionals and families are still called on to use intensive measures …extreme responsibility, sharp skills, extraordinary sensitivity, and heroic compassion”

  Eric Cassel, MD, New England Journal of Medicine