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What can I expect from Hospice?

In choosing Hospice, patients, families and their physicians recognize that curative treatment is no longer efficacious and their focus shifts from "cure-giving" to care giving. With Hospice's services and the physician's plan of care, patients and families can feel a sense of relief as professionals walk with them through the last phase of life. With St. Anthony's Hospice, you can expect to:

• Receive excellent care from our nurses and certified nurses assistants.
• Have expert social services available.
• Receive spiritual care from our Chaplains.
• Benefit from the caring assistance of our trained volunteers.
• Have Hospice staff respond to patient needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Know that St. Anthony's Hospice personnel are experts in managing pain and other symptoms.
• Know that we accept all patients with terminal illnesses within our service area.
• Know that Medicare/Medicaid patients will receive medications, medical equipment and supplies relative to the terminal illness, at no cost.
• Be aware that no patient has ever been refused services due to their inability to pay.
• Know that family bereavement support is provided by our trained bereavement coordinators and will continue for 13 months after the death.

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