What We Offer
When a patient is admitted to Chattahoochee Hospice, a comprehensive care plan is developed. Including some or all of the following services:
- Registered Nurse has regularly scheduled visits
- On call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Hospice Aides providing total personal care
- Medical Equipment and Supplies
- Medications related to terminal illness
- Social Workers providing emotional support, assistance with community resources and end of life issues
- Training of caregivers in meeting patients' needs
- Chaplains providing spiritual care for patients, families and friends
- Volunteers providing companionship and support to patients and caregivers
- Physical, Occupational and Speech therapies for palliative needs
- Respite Care – relieving the caregiver for up to five days at an approved facility
- General Inpatient – hospital care for symptom management that cannot be achieved at home
- Grief Counseling for individuals and in group settings
- Bereavement services offered to families and caregivers
All services listed above are available to patients and families wherever the patient calls home.
Choosing Chattahoochee Hospice means working with a team of compassionate, expert health professionals dedicated to meeting the needs of the patient and the caregivers.
Chattahoochee Hospice regards death as part of the continuum of life, neither prolonging life nor hastening death. We provide personalized services, information and caring professionals to assist with challenges that often accompany caring for someone at this time of life. Chattahoochee Hospice's providing excellent symptom management allows you to address:
- End of life concerns
- Life Review
- Relational issues
- Spiritual meaning
- Saying "good" goodbyes