Home Health vs. Hospice

Home Health services are intended to rehabilitate, stabilize, and return patients to optimal health and independence. We:

• Assess and monitor the disease process.
• Teach early signs of exacerbations and when to contact physicians about changes in condition.
• Teach nutrition, diet needs, and how to make healthy choices.
• Perform medication reconciliation and education on dosage, safety, side effects, toxicities, and adverse reactions.
• Offer rehabilitative therapy programs.
• Assist with activities of daily living.
• Provide tools such as emergency plan and red flag indicators to help reduce hospitalization admissions.

Hospice services provide patients and families support and comfort as patients near the end of life. We:

• Provide pain and symptom management.
• Provide medications, equipment, and supplies related to the terminal illness.
• Coordinate with physicians to decrease the need for 911 calls and hospitalizations.
• Provide four (4) levels of care based on patient needs: Routine Home Care, General Inpatient Care, Continuous Crisis Care, Inpatient Respite Care.
• Assist with personal care (bathing, shaving, etc.).
• Help decrease anxiety, depression, and other common emotions associated with terminal illness.
• Offer psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual support to patient and family.
• Focus on comfort.