Hospice Facts

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• St. Bernards Hospice has assisted over 5,000 families since 1999
• Over 1 million patients were served by hospice in 2005
• Cancer is involved in only 60% of hospice cases
• The average length of stay in a residential hospice facility is 16 days
• Most private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid will cover hospice services
• Where hospice care is provided:
  • Home
  • Nursing facility
  • Assisted living facility
  • Hospital
  • Hospice residential unit
  • Meets the patient where ever they define "home"
• The Hospice Team includes:
  • The patient's personal physician
  • Hospice physician (medical director)
  • Nurses
  • Home health aides
  • Social workers
  • Clergy or other counselors
  • Trained volunteers
  • Speech, physical and occupational therapists
• "When medical science can no longer add more days to life, hospice adds more life to every day".