Making Every Moment Count
Marian Hospice is designed to provide support, compassion, and care for people in the final phase of a terminal illness, allowing them to live as fully and as comfortably as possible. Under the guidance of a medical director, an interdisciplinary staff is trained to understand and attend to the special needs of dying patients and their loved ones. Hospice care, sensitive to the emotional and spiritual needs of individual patients, is centered on both the patient and family. Hospice focuses on caring, not curing, but we do not take away hope. A patient may improve or stabilize to a point where Hospice care is no longer needed. Hospice also provides bereavement services for a full year after a loss. Our trained bereavement team provides support by phone calls and mailings to help families cope with the loss of their loved one. A highly skilled team of health care professionals provides a continuity of care.
The Hospice interdisciplinary team includes:
- Two medical directors
- Hospice nurses
- Home health aides
- Medical social workers
- Spiritual Advisors
- Dietitian
- Volunteers
- Physical, occupational and speech therapists
Marian Hospice services include:
- Home Health Aides who assist with personal care such as bathing, grooming and exercise
- Homemaker service for light housekeeping and occasional respite for primary caregivers
- Spiritual Advisors
- 24-hour on call nurse
- 13-month bereavement support, including grief classes and support groups
- Nutritional guidance
- Hospice-trained volunteers who accompany patients for short periods of time, so caregivers can get rest or do errands.
- Therapy, including Physical, Occupational and speech
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical equipment and supplies
For more information about Marian Hospice, please call (805) 739-3830.
To learn more about becoming a hospice volunteer, please e-mail our volunteer coordinator at Diana.Vea@chw.edu.
