HOSPICE CARE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA

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Hospice is delivered by an interdisciplinary team rather than a single provider. Each member contributes to one shared plan of care, and the plan changes as the patient's needs change.

Oversees the plan of care and manages symptoms related to the terminal diagnosis. Your own physician can stay involved as attending physician; you do not have to change doctors to enroll.

Visit on a schedule set by the plan of care, assess symptoms, adjust medications with the physician, and teach families what to expect and what to do. Available by phone around the clock.

Assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, and other personal care, along with light housekeeping tasks tied to the patient's comfort.

Help families work through practical problems: advance directives, benefits, placement decisions, family conflict, and planning that families often postpone until it becomes urgent.

Help families work through practical problems: advance directives, benefits, placement decisions, family conflict, and planning that families often postpone until it becomes urgent.

Work with family members before and after a death.

Provide companionship, respite for caregivers, and practical help.

Every Medicare-certified hospice offers four levels of care. Patients move between them as their condition changes — the level is set by clinical need, not by a fixed schedule.
 

The most common level. The patient is stable and symptoms are controlled. The team visits on a schedule at the patient's home, assisted living community, or nursing facility.

For periods of crisis when pain or symptoms are not controlled. Nursing care is provided in the home for extended hours until symptoms are stabilized, so the patient can stay home instead of going to the hospital.

Short-term care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility when symptoms cannot be managed in a home setting. Patients frequently return home once symptoms are under control.

Short-term care in an approved facility so a family caregiver can rest. This level is tied to the caregiver's need, not the patient's symptoms. Medicare covers up to five consecutive days at a time.