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Huntsville Hospice

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Hospice Care in Huntsville and across Northern Alabama

Our hospice care team in Huntsville understands that the decision to choose hospice can be overwhelming without help. Our team of professionals are well-versed in the steps needed when hospice is required for your loved ones.

For that reason, we have put together a team of professionals who are ready to help with any or all of the journey your loved one faces. We readily work with patient physicians, medical professionals and family members to create a comfort care plan that covers both short and long-term care.

Whether your loved one is in a nursing facility or prefers to remain in their home, we have compassionate caregivers who can help with physical, mental and/or spiritual care during these trying times.

Counties served: DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan

What Is Hospice Care?

Hospice care is a type of healthcare that aims to reduce suffering and promote comfort at the end of an individual’s life. Pain and any other symptoms are managed around the clock, and the hospice team focuses greatly on spiritual and emotional health as well.

The foundations of hospice include nursing care with an emphasis on managing symptoms, practical assistance, and emotional support. Caring for a loved one at home can be challenging. Our goal is to provide timely services to help your family make the most of your time together.

Hospice care provides:

  • Home medical equipment and personal supplies
  • Around-the-clock access to care
  • Management of complex pain and other symptoms
  • Hospice aide for personal care and light homemaking
  • Medical social services
  • Spiritual care and support
  • Physical, occupational, dietary, and speech therapies
  • Support from volunteers
  • Short-term inpatient respite care (relief) for family caregivers
  • Ongoing Grief counseling for the patient, family, and friends
  • Hospice has four levels of care, carried out by a team of professionals to ensure dignity and comfort at the end of an individual’s life.
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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.

 Your Benefits Include:

Where to Begin

 

Ascension at Home, together with Compassus, provides professional care in the familiar surroundings of the home. We work with you and your doctor to get you back on a path to recovery and better health.