Many people focus on the negative aspects of life-limiting conditions, but hospice care providers can help seniors and their families embrace life in the time that is left. Because hospice approaches care differently, care providers can prioritize quality of life, comfort, and dignity as seniors edge closer to the end of life. This makes a big difference in mindset and perspective, helping hospice patients embrace life in the time they have remaining.
Moving from Cure to Comfort
The core of hospice care involves making the shift from curing illness to offering comfort. When curative treatments are no longer an option, focusing on managing symptoms, reducing physical discomfort, and addressing emotional needs brings peace to both patients and their family members. Seniors can spend time and energy enjoying the time that they have left.
Embracing Connection and Joy
Even while dealing with illness and uncertainty, patients can find moments of joy and connect with others around them. These moments bring a lot of fulfillment. This could involve patients engaging in meaningful activities, spending time with the people they love, or just enjoying simple pleasures as they arrive. During a time that could be dark and negative, hospice offers a chance for families to look for positive experiences and embrace the lighter moments as they appear.
Honoring Personal Wishes
This stage of life means making big decisions about care, treatment options, and end-of-life care planning. Sometimes patients are late to making these decisions simply due to the difficulty they have facing up to the situation as it stands. Because it takes so much time and energy to make these decisions, seniors have to be able to trust that their wishes will be followed. Hospice helps to preserve as much control as possible for seniors as they face a difficult transition.
Offering Emotional Support
Facing the end of life means dealing with some difficult emotions, including sadness, fear, and uncertainty. Hospice care offers access to emotional support that helps patients and their families work through those difficult feelings. Addressing emotional and spiritual needs with compassion promotes healing and acceptance for everyone in the family.
Creating Meaningful End-of-Life Experiences
Every moment that seniors have left is a precious one. Hospice care works to create experiences that are as meaningful as possible for patients dealing with life-limiting illnesses. Family gatherings, fulfilling final wishes, and more all help families and patients create end-of-life experiences that are memorable and full of love, dignity, and purpose. This helps to celebrate the patient’s life with compassion and intention.
Hospice care helps patients to have an empowered end-of-life experience that focuses on living as fully as possible in the time that they have left. Each person’s experiences are unique and different, and so each hospice experience will also be different. However, hospice care services have access to the resources that can help to make this goal a reality for all of their patients, no matter what challenges they are facing.
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Home Care Advantage provides quality Non-Medical Home Care for seniors and families in Danbury, Bethel, Easton, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Southbury, Weston, Westport, Wilton, and surrounding areas.
With over 25 years of healthcare experience working with seniors, our model and approach to non-medical home care services are straightforward, providing you with the compassionate care you deserve. Providing care from the heart is what we are all about; we proactively work with you and your family to develop a care plan designed to meet your specific need for assistance and budget.
In addition to having an extensive work background in healthcare, my recent educational experience allowed me to earn my Doctorate Degree in public healthcare. This achievement enhanced my knowledge of the ever-evolving healthcare delivery system and heightened my awareness that you cannot go it alone to get the best outcome. Additionally, I have seen how some of my family members struggled and were overwhelmed with ensuring that their parents were safe and their needs were met. They did not know who to trust or where to turn for reliable and affordable help. I have made it our mission to be part of the solution allowing seniors to remain independent and be treated with the respect they deserve.
We are committed to providing excellent care for our clients, just as we would care for members of our own families. Please be assured that I will use my knowledge and background to protect and be a trusted resource for seniors and their families.
You can be confident that our caregivers are carefully screened, dependable, and selectively chosen to meet the specific needs of our clients. They are experienced and highly trained to provide excellent quality care and follow a strict professional code of conduct and ethics.
Our caregivers are competitively paid directly by our agency; there is no additional charge to you. Home Care Advantage files Social Security/Medicare, Federal and State Withholding Tax, and Unemployment Insurance for our employees. Workers’ compensation insurance and a fidelity bond cover the caregivers and supervisory staff.
Our caregivers are here for you and will work hard to assist you with your specific needs in the comfort of your own home. It is said that “Home is where the heart is.” Let Home Care Advantage provide care that will enrich your life and help you maintain an independent lifestyle in the comfort of your own home, “where you want to be.” Call us now! We look forward to working with you and your family.
Dr. Beverly J. Ruekberg, DHP, MPH, MA, Ed.
President/Geriatric Care Manager
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