Yes. If your condition improves or you decide to seek further curative treatments, you may be discharged from hospice at any time. At a later time, should you seek to return to hospice care, Medicare and many private insurance companies allow for coverage for additional hospice care.
Hospice of the Valleys offers a variety of bereavement and counseling services to the patient and family both before and for at least one year after the patient’s death.
Hospice care neither prolongs life nor hastens death. Hospice professionals provide compassionate support, comfort care, and education through the presence of the hospice team, and bring specialized knowledge to the patient and family during this very difficult time. Our purpose is to control pain and its symptoms, and to assist both patient and family with emotional, social, and spiritual needs during the end-of-life journey. We seek to honor the dignity of the patient while we respect the natural process of dying.
