Omega Hospice and Palliative Care

     Considered to be the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice and palliative care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient's needs and wishes.   Support is provided to the patient’s loved ones as well.

     Considered to be the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice and palliative care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient's needs and wishes. Support is provided to the patient’s loved ones as well.

     The focus of hospice relies on the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so. The focus is on caring, not curing and in most cases, care is provided to you in your own home.

Hospice can be provided in freestanding hospice facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Hospice is available to persons of any age, religion or race.
   •    Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and, in most cases; care is provided in the patient's home.
   •    Hospice care also is provided in freestanding hospice centers, hospitals, and nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
   •    Hospice services are available to patients of any age, religion, race, or illness. 
   •    Hospice care is covered under Medicare, Medicaid, most private insurance plans, HMOs, and other managed care organizations.

     Hospice is a concept of care provided to people in the final months of their lives, primarily in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. Patients are entitled to receive individualized physical care, as well as emotional support. The dedicated hospice staff also provides the same level of emotional and day-to-day support to the families and loved ones of those touched by illness.

     The term "hospice" once described a way station for pilgrims journeying to the Holy Land. Today, hospice care is based on a philosophy of emotional, spiritual, physical support, and comfort for people in the final phase of life, usually in the last six months. It is a service for patients and their families for whom medical cure is not possible and who choose to maintain control over their personal circumstances. Hospice care is delivered in the patient's primary residence, either the home or nursing home, and provides in-patient care on a short-term basis to address symptom management. Hospice care in the United States has been evolving and growing since 1970.