Centers for Hospice Care
Covenant Care is the only hospice provider in the region with multiple dedicated Centers for Hospice Care equipped to address the most complex cases, Covenant Care gives you and your patients solutions when a life-limiting illness is not manageable at home. Our Centers for Hospice Care provide high-intensity levels of care during brief periods of crisis, while offering comfort and support to your patients and their families during this difficult journey.
What Do the Centers for Hospice Care Offer?
Staffed around the clock by Covenant Cares interdisciplinary team of end-of-life experts, our Inpatient Centers offer the entire spectrum of hospice services, emphasizing a plan of care to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient and their loved ones – all in surroundings that are soothing and comfortable.
- Unlimited visiting hours
- Patient rooms with ample seating and sleeping accommodations for guests
- Licensed and certified hospice-trained physicians and nurses – experts in pain and symptom management
- Social workers and chaplains focused on emotional and spiritual needs of the patient and family members
- Hospice aides who provide dignified personal care services
- Specially-trained volunteers to support the patient and family
- Joint Commission accreditation
When Are the Centers for Hospice Care Utilized?
Criteria for this level of care include:
- Uncontrolled pain
- Intractable nausea
- Respiratory distress that is difficult to manage in the home setting
- Severe wounds or skin conditions requiring frequent assessments and dressing changes
- Symptoms identified by the physician as unmanageable in another setting
- Psychosocial crisis requiring frequent and ongoing assessment and interventions
