• What is Hospice
  
  • •  What is Hospice
  • •  The Hospice Journey
  • •  What Hospice Is and Isn't
  • •  Who is Eligible for Hospice
  • +  Is Hospice Right for You and Your Family
    • •  Is Hospice Right for You and Your Family
    • •  Talking to Loved Ones About Hospice
    • •  Choosing a Hospice
    • •  Your Familiy's Role in Hospice
    • •  Insurance Coverage & Financial Help
    
  • •  End of Life Support for You and Your Family
  
• Our Services
  
  • •  Our Services
  • +  Pain & Symptom Control
    • •  Pain & Symptom Control
    • •  Comfort & Personal Care
    • •  Personal Care Planning
    • •  End of Life Education & Planning
    
  • +  Services for Families
    • •  Services for Families
    • •  Emotional & Spiritual Support
    • •  Chaplain Services
    
  • •  Communities We Serve
  • •  Ensuring Quality Care
  • +  Caring Comfort Program
    • •  Caring Comfort Program
    • •  FAQs
    
  • •  Wings of Compassion Program
  
• Referrals
  
  • •  How to Make a Referral
  • •  How to Make a Referral to the Wings of Compassion Program
  • •  Bereavement Referrals
  • •  Palliative Care Referral
  • •  Caring Comfort Program
  
• Care Settings
  
  • •  Care Settings
  • •  Gosnell Memorial Hospice House
  • +  Hospice at Home
    • •  Hospice at Home
    • •  Your Family's Role in Hospice
    
  • +  Hospice in a Long-term Care Facility
    • •  Hospice in a Long-term Care Facility
    • •  Coordinated Hospice Care
    • •  Referral from a Long-term Care Facility
    
  
• Gosnell Memorial Hospice House
  
  • •  Gosnell Memorial House
  • •  Comforting, Homelike Setting
  
• From Our Patients & Their Families
• Resources
  
  • •  Resources
  • •  Talking to Your Loved Ones About Hospice
  • •  Advance Directives
  • •  Grief & Depression
  
• About Us
  
  • •  About Us
  • •  Our Mission
  • •  History
  • •  Annual Report
  • •  Our Physicians & Staff
  • •  Board of Directors
  • •  Isn't it Depressing to Work in Hospice?
  • •  Notice of Privacy Practices
  • •  Website Privacy Practices
  

Comfort and Personal Care

Hospice Aides are available to meet the personal-care needs of patients by assisting with grooming and bathing on an intermittent basis. The Registered Nurse establishes the Hospice Aide plan of care and oversees that it is carried out. Additionally, the Registered Nurse can teach the caregivers techniques to care for the patient.

From Our Patients & Their Families

"Our family truly appreciates the wonderful job that hospice did in order to ensure that Cathy's illness caused as little pain and discomfort to her as possible. Your help was invaluable." More...