Southside Hospice
Primary Services:
Hospice CareCounties Served:
Blount (eastern portion), Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb (southern portion), Etowah, Marshall (southern portion)
Hospice in Gadsden since 2001
Hospice care is not about letting go, it's about letting others step in to help you and your family live each day to the fullest. Your care includes physical, practical and emotional support.
Our goal is to help patients manage pain and other symptoms, reduce unnecessary hospital visits and enable them to live with dignity, all the way to the very end.
Medicare-certified support is provided through geographically assigned teams for faster response times. Call us for a no-obligation consultation. We're here to help you make well-informed decisions.
Your benefits include:
- 24/7 access to licensed nurses
- Home medical equipment, medication and personal care supplies
- Care coordinated with your doctor
- Physical, dietary and other therapy services
- Medical social services
- Spiritual care and support
- Respite care (relief) for family caregivers
- Pre-bereavement and ongoing grief support
- Care provided wherever you call home, whether it be a hospital, nursing home, assisted living or your personal residence
Hospice is a Medicare benefit you have earned
Hospice is a Medicare benefit you have earned
Did you know that hospice is fully covered by Medicare? That’s right, you can rest assured that nursing services, medications, supplies and equipment are covered when there is a diagnosis requiring hospice care.
