Hospice Care from Visiting Nurse & Community Care
Hospice care is comfort-focused care for someone with a terminal illness, delivered by a licensed hospice agency's team of nurses, aides, social workers, and chaplains wherever the person lives, with the goal of easing symptoms rather than curing the illness.
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Visiting Nurse & Community Care offers hospice care to families throughout Arlington, MA; Bedford, MA; Belmont, MA and surrounding communities to discuss scheduling, pricing, and how this service can be tailored to your family's needs.
What's Included
- Pain control and symptom management by the hospice nursing team
- Palliative care aimed at comfort rather than cure
- Medication monitoring and management, with medication for the terminal illness covered
- Aide visits for bathing, personal care, and comfort
- Social work support for the person and the family
- Chaplain and spiritual support, offered rather than assumed
- Equipment and supplies related to the terminal illness
- Trained volunteers for company and practical help
- Bereavement support for the family, continuing after the death
Who It's For
Someone with a terminal illness who has decided that comfort matters more than continued attempts at cure, and their family, who are supported as part of the care rather than alongside it.
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Hospice care is comfort-focused care for someone with a terminal illness, delivered by a licensed hospice agency's team of nurses, aides, social workers, and chaplains wherever the person lives, with the goal of easing symptoms rather than curing the illness.
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