For Caregivers

Visit our location pages to speak with a local expert about hospice, palliative care or home health. Whether you need immediate assistance or you're seeking information, we're here to listen and help.

Compassus is taking extraordinary precautions to protect our patients, families and colleagues. Our care teams continue to visit our patients because we understand it’s at times like this that they need us most. We also continue to monitor and follow all guidance from the CDC.

• How we're keeping our patients and our colleagues safe (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Phone and computer apps for staying connected with family  (PDF, 630 KB)
• Nine steps to minimize COVID-19 risk at home (PDF, 1.4 MB)

• Is it the right time for hospice
• Frequently ask questions
• The Medicare benefit for hospice
• The hospice benefit for veterans
• The right hospice fit for your family
• Helpful hospice care timeline

• Referrals
• Hospice eligibility
• Hospice care at home
• The realities of hospice care
• Preparing your home for hospice
• 10 hospice myths
• Palliative care information
• Hospice vs palliative care
• End-of-life signs

Visit our locations page page to find a program near you. Call the location 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. We'll help you learn about the process or schedule a free consultation.

Our admissions coordinator will promptly contact all responsible parties to plan consultations or patient assessments.

We work directly with you and healthcare professionals on a personal plan for care. We bring hospice care to where the patient calls home, whether in a private home, nursing home or other care facility.

• 24/7 access to care and the hospice team
• Home medical equipment and medications
• Personal care supplies
• Care coordinated with your doctor
• Physical therapy, dietary counseling, occupational therapy and more
• Respite care (relief) for family caregivers
• Spiritual care and support
• Medical social services
• Specialized care for veterans (PDF, 300 KB)
• Hospice aides for personal care and homemaking services
• Continuous skilled nursing care for a brief time to help patients through a crisis, while honoring their wish to stay at home.
• Inpatient care at a nursing facility when home caregivers are unable to manage symptoms.
• Ongoing grief support

The loss of a significant person in your life is difficult. Compassus is here to support you.

Compassus is offering new options for those whose regular grief support groups have been suspended due to social distancing recommendations. Led by David Kessler, one of the world's foremost experts on healing and loss. Join the private Facebook group and participate in a weekly Facebook Live events with David Kessler.

Compassus Online Grief Support, Thursdays at 1 p.m. Central.

Group members can comment and interact with one another, but all conversations are visible only to approved group members.

Join Group: www.facebook.com/groups/CompassusGriefSupport