Compassionate Support for Patients and Their Loved Ones
At Harbor Health Home Care, our commitment is to our patients and their loved ones. We provide compassionate support, symptom management, and holistic care within an environment that respects their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Hospice Services
Our hospice services include:
- Skilled Nursing
- Nursing Aides
- Medical Social Work
- Volunteers
- Spiritual Care
- Pharmacy
- DME Products
Hospice Qualifications
Hospice care may be appropriate when:
- The patient has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
- The patient and family participate in the plan of care.
- The patient refuses or is not eligible for aggressive care for a terminal illness.
Volunteer Opportunities
At Harbor Health Home Care, we recognize that volunteers are an integral part of our care solutions team.
Volunteer services include:
- Patient/Family Support
- Administrative/Office Assistance
- Community Outreach
Hospice Indicators
The following may be indicators that a patient could benefit from hospice care:
- Confusion
- Loss of appetite
- Recent fractures
- Wounds that are not healing
- Not “bouncing back” after an illness
- Observation of ill-fitting clothing
- Excessive sleeping during the day
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
- Pain that is poorly controlled
- Inability to swallow food to maintain weight
- Multiple hospital/ER stays in the past six months or increased ER visits
- Frequent changes in medications
- Difficulty breathing even at rest or with supplemental oxygen use
- Infection not responding to treatment
- Weakness during activities of daily living
- Unplanned weight loss with/without feeding tube
- Loss of interest in activities or unable to self-care
- Excessive swelling of the legs and ankles, even when feet are propped up; weight gain
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