Hospice

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Mission

 

Myrtue Medical Center Hospice believes in quality of life and that a person in the final phase of a terminal disease should be able to live his/her life as fully and comfortably as possible. We regard dying as a normal process and will neither hasten nor postpone death. We believe in enabling the dying client and his/her family to make personal choices which lead to a fuller, more meaningful life.

 

The mission of Myrtue Medical Center Hospice is to enhance quality of life for terminally ill individuals and their significant others by providing physical, psychosocial, and spiritual support before, during and following the individual's death.

Philosophy

• Hospice affirms quality of life, not quantity.
• Focuses on the individual not the disease, with emphasis on physical,
  emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
• Provides up-to-date pain and symptom control in the comfort of one's home.
• Involves the entire family in care and decision-making.
• Supports the patient's desire to remain in the home setting as long as
  physically and emotionally able.
• Hospice Team Approach:

 

Myrtue Medical Center Hospice team consists of:

• Registered Nurses
• Attending Physician
• Medical Social Worker
• Spiritual Counselor
• Bereavement Counselor
• Home Health Aides
• Physical, Speech, Occupational Therapists if needed
• Medical Director available for consultation
• Pharmacist
• Volunteers