No one likes to think about death and dying, but it’s something everyone has to face eventually. There’s an incredible resource in our community that provides comfort, dignity and respect to all those coping with a serious or life-limiting illness. It’s Horn Hospice.
November is National Hospice Month, a time to reach out to our community to raise awareness about the compassionate care that hospice and palliative care provide. One of the most important messages to help people understand is that hospice care helps patients and families focus on living.
The Horn Hospice team provides expert medical care to keep patients comfortable and able to enjoy time with loved ones. The hospice team answers questions, offers advice on what to expect, and helps families with the duties of being a caregiver. The team also provides emotional and spiritual support for the entire family.
Hospice is covered by Medicare, Medicaid , and by most insurance plans and HMOs. Hospice care is provided in the home, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and long term care centers. It is available to people of all ages, with any illness. Horn Hospice professionals and their trained volunteers will ask you what’s important and listen to what you say; they make your wishes a priority.
The Horn Hospice Team is made up of physicians, nurses with over 50 years of nursing experience, aides and homemakers, massage therapists, a wound consultant, chaplain and 16 trained volunteers.
If you or a loved one is facing a serious or life-limiting illness, the time to find out more about hospice and palliative care is right now. For more information, contact Horn Hospice at 712.364.7310.
