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Palliative and Hospice Care Georgia

Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or suffering. Also known as end-of-life care, hospice is palliative care designed to help the patient through the last stages of a terminal illness.

Local Companies

Healthfield Hospice
770-389-5760
216 Business Center Drive
Stockbridge, GA
Azaria Personal Cre Home
(630) 730-4542
1753 Azalea Dr
Lawrenceville, GA
Atlantas Best Home Nursing Care
404-377-5600
385 N. Clarendon Avenue
Scottdale, GA
Hospice Advantage
(770) 218-1997
1925 Vaughn Rd NW Ste 200
Kennesaw, GA
United Homecare of Atlanta
(404) 299-7402
4151 Memorial Dr
Decatur, GA
Columbus Hospice & Columbus Hospice of Alabama
(706) 569-7992
7020 Moon Rd
Columbus, GA
Countryside Hospice Care Inc
(706) 638-7651
104 E Patton St
La Fayette, GA
Walton Nursing and Hospice Services Inc
(770) 943-9253
3401 Florence Cir
Powder Springs, GA
Grace Hospice Llc
(229) 333-5005
410 Cowart Ave
Valdosta, GA
Portsbridge Hospice-Conyers
(678) 413-4040
1374 Manchester Dr NE
Conyers, GA
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What It Is To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or suffering. Also known as end-of-life care, hospice is palliative care designed to help the patient through the last stages of a terminal illness. The goal is to keep pain and suffering to a minimum, not to cure the illness-by this point, the patient's doctor has determined that the patient can no longer benefit from regular medical treatment. Although hospice care is usually administered in the patient's residence, it can also take place in a hospice facility. When necessary, hospice services can be called into assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities, as long as those facilities carry a hospice waiver.

What to Expect Hospice agencies provide many services, some of which include: nursing, physical and occupational therapy; speech language therapy; medical social services; home health aides; medical supplies and appliances; drugs for symptom control and pain relief; physician services; psychological, spiritual, and nutritional counseling; group and bereavement counseling; caregiver support groups; and grief support.

Paying for Palliative and Hospice Care Medicare is the principle provider of hospice care in the U.S., but Medicare Part A only pays for hospice care provided by a Medicare-certified program. All Gilbert Guide hospice agencies are Medicare-certif...Click here to read more from Gilbert Guide

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Healthfield Hospice

770-389-5760
216 Business Center Drive
Stockbridge, GA
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