Hospice Care
Now Offering At-Home Hospice Care…Wherever You Call Home
OnCare Home Health & Hospice now provides at-home senior health care services to people – and their families – facing end-of-life illnesses.
In collaboration with a patient’s own physician and our dedicated Hospice Medical Director, we focus on each patient’s quality of life. Our goal is simple: We strive to keep our patients as comfortable and as pain-free as possible while providing expert medical care, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support. Not only for our patients, but also for their family and loved ones. We provide stability, compassion and comfort when and where it’s needed most.
What Is Hospice Care?
Hospice Care is a specialized health care option for patients and families who are faced with a terminal illness.
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- Hospice Care controls the pain and symptoms associated with the illness.
- Hospice Care focuses on the patient’s comfort and quality of life.
- Hospice Care offers a compassionate alternative to exhaustive treatments, incorporating the wishes of both patients and their loved ones while making end-of-life decisions.
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Hospice Care services are provided wherever the patient lives, whether it’s in their private residence, a nursing home or an assisted living community.
If, at any time, the patient’s condition improves or they decide to pursue aggressive treatment, the patient can be discharged from Hospice Care.
The Heritage OnCare Hospice Team.
We believe the key to providing quality, compassionate Hospice Care is to create a comprehensive plan that involves a multidisciplinary team of caregivers – and at HEritage OnCare, that is exactly what we’ve assembled. Care is managed by a patient’s personal physician. Our hospice team includes:
- Nurses to monitor pain, manage symptoms and guide caregivers in providing care for the patient
- Social workers to help the patient and family cope with the stresses of the
terminal illness and connect them with available community resources - Trained volunteers to assist with a variety of patient and family support activities
- Spiritual care coordinators to provide emotional support and counseling
- Hospice aides to provide personalized patient care and companionship
Every person on the Heritage OnCare Hospice Team shares a common goal: to positively affect the lives of every person we touch.
Our Mission
The OnCare Home Health & Hospice Team believes that the key to providing quality, compassionate Hospice Care is to create a comprehensive Care Plan that involves a multidisciplinary team of caregivers – and at OnCare Home Health & Hospice , that is exactly what we’ve assembled. Care is managed by each patient’s personal physician and provided by our dedicated hospice team.
Our caregiving team includes:
- Nurses to monitor pain, manage symptoms and guide caregivers in providing care for the patient
- Social Workers to help the patient and family cope with the stresses of the terminal illness and connect them with available community resources
- Trained volunteers to assist with a variety of patient and family support activities
- Spiritual Care Coordinators to provide emotional support and counseling
- Hospice Aides to provide personalized patient care and companionship
Why Hospice Care?
- Eases pain and helps to manage emotional stress for patients and caregivers while allowing families to experience a patient’s end-of-life together
- Focuses on the whole person (physically, emotionally and spiritually), not the disease
- Ensures pain and symptom management wherever a patient calls home
- Provides guidance and support to patients, families and caregivers
- Enhances the quality of remaining life
- Care is covered by Medicare
Why Choose OnCare Hospice Care?
- Eases pain and helps to manage emotional stress for patients and caregivers while allowing families to experience a patient’s end-of-life together
- Focuses on the whole person (physically, emotionally and spiritually), not the disease
- Ensures pain and symptom management wherever a patient calls home
- Provides guidance and support to patients, families and caregivers
- Enhances the quality of remaining life
- Care is covered by Medicare
Our Hospice Service Area Locations
We provide Hospice Care services in the following Nebraska counties: Douglas, Dodge, Cass, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington.
Complementary, Holistic
and Bereavement Services
Complementary services are available to further assist with symptom management and psychosocial well-being. Examples of services may include music therapy, healing touch, pet therapy and massage therapy. Services are provided as appropriate and in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
Bereavement services are available for loved ones prior to a patient passing and for at least 13 months afterward.
Our Hospice Service Area Locations
We provide Hospice Care services in the following Nebraska counties: Douglas, Dodge, Cass, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington.
Complementary, Holistic
and Bereavement Services
Complementary services are available to further assist with symptom management and psychosocial well-being. Examples of services may include music therapy, healing touch, pet therapy and massage therapy. Services are provided as appropriate and in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
Bereavement services are available for loved ones prior to a patient passing and for at least 13 months afterward.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Hospice?
Hospice is a kind of care, not a place. Hospice Care is provided wherever you live. It is specialized care for people whose life expectancy is six months or less. People nearing the end of their lives often have many changes happening in a short period of time. There may be changes in medications, sleep habits, fatigue, diet and family roles – to name just a few. Hospice Care addresses these changes as they occur, to make the quality of life the best it can be.
Is Hospice Care Just for People with Cancer?
Hospice Care is for anyone. In fact, most people in hospice don’t have cancer. They may have emphysema, Alzheimer’s disease, heart failure, kidney disease, COPD, Parkinson’s or any other disease that reaches a point when treatment can no longer cure or control it.
How Can I Manage To Care for My Loved One at Home?
Our team provides care during visits and teaches you what you need to know to provide care at home. We can also provide resources if additional help is needed.
Receive Dignified Hospice Care at Home.
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