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Palliative Care Services: Alternative therapies; Assistance with making medical decisions and choosing treatment options; Coordination of your care team, including care from any other doctors you see; Counseling, including emotional, psychosocial and spiritual support for you and your family; Medications to control symptoms like pain, nausea and anxiety Physical and occupational therapy

Palliative care offers medical and emotional support to those living with a serious illness—such as heart disease, Parkinson’s, dementia, cancer and many others—palliative care providers can: Treat symptoms, including pain, depression, nausea, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, anxiety and anything else causing distress or discomfort. Coordinate care with different providers, including other medical providers and community resources. Offer emotional support to caregivers and loved ones feeling distress or burden. Help you and your family to clarify what matters most to you and convey that to your healthcare team. HopeHealth Palliative Care provides services wherever patients and families need them, including: Inpatient care provided in select hospitals, Home-based care, Long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and skilled rehabilitation facilities

Palliative care offers medical and emotional support to those living with a serious illness—such as heart disease, Parkinson’s, dementia, cancer and many others—palliative care providers can: Treat symptoms, including pain, depression, nausea, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, anxiety and anything else causing distress or discomfort. Coordinate care with different providers, including other medical providers and community resources. Offer emotional support to caregivers and loved ones feeling distress or burden. Help you and your family to clarify what matters most to you and convey that to your healthcare team. HopeHealth Palliative Care provides services wherever patients and families need them, including: Inpatient care provided in select hospitals, Home-based care, Long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and skilled rehabilitation facilities

The Palliative Care program provides home health services to patients with serious and progressive health conditions who want to continue active treatment, seeking a cure or remission. Patients in this program often have life-threatening conditions such as: Cancer; Cardio-pulmonary disease; Lung or kidney disease; Neurological diseases such as Parkinson or Alzheimer; Other serious progressive diseases. Patients in this program may continue any level of active treatments for their diseases in the comfort of their home. The Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice supports patients and their families in the following ways: Manage complex pain and symptoms; Manage medications; Coordinate care with other health care professionals; Provide support for treatment decisions; Ease stresses and anxiety for patients and families during life-threatening disease.

Home-Care, for adult patients under the care of a licensed physician, with acute, chronic, or terminal illnesses. Services available to patients and their families include skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, social work, wound care specialist, Certified Nursing Assistant and nutrition consultation. Community Programs Health Clinics for senior citizens, home nursing visits to families with newborns. JCAHO Accredited. HomMed™ Home Telemonitoring: Technology that monitors vital signs daily while at home and automatically transmits them to the South County Home Health office where a registered nurse reviews them. Income Source: Insurance; federal and state programs; direct patient fees; town allocations; private donations; grants