Providing Compassion and Care with Dignity
Hospice is a special kind of care that changes the end-of-life experience for patients who are not expected to recover by shifting the focus from curative treatment to comfort and quality of life.
Hospice care provides symptom and pain management, comfort and support to people who are in the final stages of advanced illness as well as supporting their loved ones.
Patient-Centered Care
Hospice of Havasu supports the patient and family when they need it most by providing:
- Palliative Care – manage pain, shortness of breath, anxiety, nausea/vomiting and other symptoms to ensure comfort
- Physical Care – bathing and personal care
- Medical Supplies – medication, hospital bed, oxygen, bedside commode, and more
- Emotional & Spiritual Support – guide patients and their loved ones through the emotional aspects of the final stages of life
- Social Services – advance directives, body donation, final arrangements, and community resources
- Respite – breaks for family and caregivers
- Volunteers – friendly visits
- Educate – help the family understand the dying process and how to provide the best care for their loved one
- You are Not Alone – We’re available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Hospice Care does not change the outcome, it changes the experience.
When is it Time for Hospice Care?
Signs that it might be time to consider hospice care:
- Treatment is no longer working and/or has led to a significant decline in quality of life
- Increase in calls to health care providers, ER visits, or hospitalizations
- Physical decline, weakness, falls, or weight loss
- Pain, nausea/vomiting, or shortness of breath are not effectively managed with current treatments
- Recurrent infections
- Struggles with activities of daily living
- Majority of the day is spent in bed or chair
What are the Next Steps?
To discuss goals of care, disease progression or non-curative treatment options, please call 928-453-2111