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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".
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