Choosing Inpatient Hospice Care

Patients typically receive inpatient Hospice care when:

• The interventions for pain and symptom management require more constant monitoring than can be provided in the patient’s residence;
• They have just completed an extended acute care hospital stay and are not yet ready to be discharged to the community;
• Their care needs are so intense just before passing away that they need to be cared for in an inpatient setting;
• Their cultural beliefs or family situations result in them choosing not to die at home, but instead, opt to spend their final days in a comfortable non-hospital inpatient setting;
• The care setting at home is unsafe or unstable or when the caregivers need respite.

The Hospice Promise

Hospice originally meant a place of shelter for travelers on a difficult journey. For patients and families faced with terminal illness, Hospice is still a safe haven where they can be embraced by a team of people who are ready to help them cope emotionally and physically with end of life concerns.

Hospice promises comfort and care, compassion and counseling when it’s most needed. Hospice helps preserve the dignity of choice and fullness of life by providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families, with a deep respect for the patient’s individual wishes.

An innovative concept in healthcare, Hospice brings together a team of specially trained professionals and volunteers who work with the patient’s doctor to provide a plan of care designed to control the pain and ease end-of-life struggles for the patient and family.

From the first days of a life-limiting illness to long past the loss of a loved one, Hospice is a mainstay of resources and respite, help and hope, that will be there for you at journey’s end.

For more information about admission to Phelps Hospice at Bethel Inpatient Unit, please call… 914-366-3325.

To schedule a visit to the Inpatient Unit, call 914-941-1767.