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Altamonte Springs FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of the Comforter, Seminole County - Click to request assistance
Arcadia FL - Florida pain management -- Good Shepherd Hospice, DeSoto County - Click to request assistance
Arcadia FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice of SouthwestFlorida, DeSoto County - Click to request assistance
Auburndale FL - Florida care for dying -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Auburndale FL - Florida hospice care -- Lifepath Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Bartow FL - Florida pain management -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Bartow FL - Florida palliative care -- Lifepath Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Belle Glade FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Belleview FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of Marion County, Marion - Click to request assistance
Beverly Hills FL - Florida pain management -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Citrus County - Click to request assistance
Beverly Hills FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Of Citrus County, Citrus County - Click to request assistance
Boca Raton FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of Palm Beach County Boca Raton, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Bokeelia FL - Florida hospice care -- Hope Hospice, Lee County - Click to request assistance
Boynton Beach FL - Florida pain management -- Best Health Services, Inc, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Boynton Beach FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Boynton Beach FL - Florida care for dying -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Bradenton FL - Florida hospice care -- Tidewell Hospice And Palliative Care, Manatee County - Click to request assistance
Brooksville FL - Florida pain management -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Hernando - Click to request assistance
Brooksville FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice Of Hernando-Pasco Inc, Hernando - Click to request assistance
Cape Coral FL - Florida hospice care -- Hope Hospice, Lee County - Click to request assistance
Carrabelle FL - Florida pain management -- Big Bend Hospice, Franklin County - Click to request assistance
Chattahoochee FL - Florida palliative care -- Big Bend Hospice, Franklin County - Click to request assistance
Chiefland FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice Of North CentralFlorida, Levy County - Click to request assistance
Clearwater FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of TheFlorida Suncoast, Pinellas County - Click to request assistance
Crawfordville FL - Florida pain management -- Big Bend Hospice, Wakulla County - Click to request assistance
Crestview FL - Florida palliative care -- Covenant Hospice, Okaloosa County - Click to request assistance
Crestview FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of the Emerald Coast Inc, Okaloosa County - Click to request assistance
Dade City FL - Florida hospice care -- Gulfside Regional Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
Dade City FL - Florida pain management -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
Daytona Beach FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Of The Palm Coast, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Deland FL - Florida care for dying -- Halifax Health Hospice of Volusia-Flagler, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Deland FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of VolusiaFlagler, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Fort Lauderdale FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Care Of SoutheastFlorida Inc, Broward County - Click to request assistance
Fort Lauderdale FL - Florida palliative care -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Broward County - Click to request assistance
Fort Myers FL - Florida care for dying -- Hope Hospice, Lee County - Click to request assistance
Fort Pierce FL - Florida pain management -- Treasure Coast Hospice, St. Lucie County - Click to request assistance
Fort Pierce FL - Florida palliative care -- Treasure Coast Hospices, St. Lucie County - Click to request assistance
Haines City FL - Florida care for dying -- Cornerstone Hospice Palliati, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Haines City FL - Florida hospice care -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Hialeah FL - Florida pain management -- Catholic Hospice Inc, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
High Springs FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice of the Nature Coast, Alachua County - Click to request assistance
Hudson FL - Florida care for dying -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
Immokalee FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of Immokalee, Collier County - Click to request assistance
Inverness FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Citrus County, Citrus County - Click to request assistance
Jacksonville FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Treasure Chest the, Duval - Click to request assistance
Jacksonville FL - Florida care for dying -- North CentralFlorida Hospice, Duval - Click to request assistance
Juno Beach FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of Palm Bch Resale Shop, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Key West FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of TheFlorida Keys, Monroe County - Click to request assistance
Lady Lake FL - Florida palliative care -- The Villages Hospice, Sumter - Click to request assistance
Lake City FL - Florida care for dying -- Haven Hospice, Columbia County - Click to request assistance
Lake City FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of North CentralFlorida The, Columbia County - Click to request assistance
Lake City FL - Florida palliative care -- Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center, Columbia County - Click to request assistance
Lakeland FL - Florida care for dying -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Lakeland FL - Florida hospice care -- Lifepath Hospice Palliative, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Lecanto FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Citrus County, Citrus County - Click to request assistance
Lehigh Acres FL - Florida palliative care -- Hope Hospice, Lee County - Click to request assistance
Lynn Haven FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of the Emerald Coast, Bay County - Click to request assistance
Madison FL - Florida hospice care -- Big Bend Hospice, Madison County - Click to request assistance
Marco Island FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Marco Island, Collier County - Click to request assistance
Marianna FL - Florida palliative care -- Covenant Hospice, Jackson County - Click to request assistance
Marianna FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of Emerald Coast Inc, Jackson County - Click to request assistance
Melbourne FL - Florida hospice care -- Brevard Hospice & Palliative Care, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Melbourne FL - Florida pain management -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Merritt Island FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Of HealthFirst, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Miami FL - Florida care for dying -- Douglas Gardens Hospice, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
Miami FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Care of SoutheastFlorida, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
Miami FL - Florida pain management -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
Milton FL - Florida palliative care -- Covenant Hospice, Santa Rosa County - Click to request assistance
Miramar FL - Florida care for dying -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Broward County - Click to request assistance
Monticello FL - Florida hospice care -- Big Bend Hospice, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Mount Dora FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Hope Chest, Lake County - Click to request assistance
Naples FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice Of Naples Inc, Collier County - Click to request assistance
Naples FL - Florida hospice care -- Southeast Hospice Equip Co, Collier County - Click to request assistance
New Port Richey FL - Florida pain management -- Gulfside Regional Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
New Port Richey FL - Florida palliative care -- Gulfside Regional Hospice Bereavement Center, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
New Port Richey FL - Florida care for dying -- Gulfside Regional Hospice House, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
New Port Richey FL - Florida hospice care -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
New Smyrna Beach FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Of Volusia/Flagler House, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Newport Richey FL - Florida care for dying -- Hernando Pasco Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
Niceville FL - Florida hospice care -- Covenant Hospice, Okaloosa County - Click to request assistance
North Miami FL - Florida palliative care -- HospiceFoundation Inc, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
North Miami Beach FL - Florida care for dying -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Miami-Dade County - Click to request assistance
Ocala FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of Marion County, Marion County - Click to request assistance
Okeechobee FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of Okeechobee, Okeechobee County - Click to request assistance
Orange City FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Volusia/Flagler, Okeechobee County - Click to request assistance
Orlando FL - Florida palliative care -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Orange - Click to request assistance
Ormond Beach FL - Florida care for dying -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Palatka FL - Florida palliative care -- Haven Hospice, Putnam County - Click to request assistance
Palatka FL - Florida care for dying -- North CentralFlorida Hospice, Putnam County - Click to request assistance
Palatka FL - Florida hospice care -- Roberts Hospice Care Center, Putnam County - Click to request assistance
Palm Bay FL - Florida pain management -- Pleasant Home Inc, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Palm Bay FL - Florida palliative care -- William Childs Hospice House, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Palm Coast FL - Florida care for dying -- HalifaxHealth-Hospice of Volusia-Flagler, Flagler County - Click to request assistance
Palm Coast FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of The Palm Coast, Flagler County - Click to request assistance
Palm Coast FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Volusia/Flager Resale Shop, Flagler County - Click to request assistance
Palm Coast FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice of VolusiaFlagler, Flagler County - Click to request assistance
Palm Coast FL - Florida care for dying -- StuartF Meyer Hospice House, Flagler County - Click to request assistance
Palm Harbor FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of TheFlorida Suncoast, Pinellas County - Click to request assistance
Panama City FL - Florida pain management -- Covenant Hospice, Bay County - Click to request assistance
Pensacola FL - Florida palliative care -- Covenant Hospice, Escambia County - Click to request assistance
Pensacola FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice Of The Emerald Coast, Escambia County - Click to request assistance
Perry FL - Florida pain management -- Big Bend Hospice, Taylor County - Click to request assistance
Pompano Beach FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice of Gold Coast Home Health Services, Broward County - Click to request assistance
Port Charlotte FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of SouthwestFlorida, Charlotte County - Click to request assistance
Port Charlotte FL - Florida hospice care -- Tidewell Hospice And Palliative Care, Charlotte County - Click to request assistance
Port Orange FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Volusia/Flagler, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
Port Richey FL - Florida palliative care -- Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Pasco County - Click to request assistance
Port Saint Joe FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of the Emerald Coast, Gulf County - Click to request assistance
Port Saint Lucie FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of Martin & St Lucie, St. Lucie County - Click to request assistance
Port Saint Lucie FL - Florida pain management -- Hospices Treasure Coast, St. Lucie County - Click to request assistance
Pt St Lucie FL - Florida palliative care -- Treasure Coast Hospices, St. Lucie County - Click to request assistance
Quincy FL - Florida care for dying -- Big Bend Hospice, Gadsden County - Click to request assistance
Saint Petersburg FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of theFlorida Suncoast, Pinellas County - Click to request assistance
Saint Petersburg FL - Florida pain management -- Toby Weinman Jewish Hospice Program, Pinellas County - Click to request assistance
Sarasota FL - Florida palliative care -- Tide Well Hospice and Palliative Care, Manatee County - Click to request assistance
Sebring FL - Florida care for dying -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Highlands County - Click to request assistance
Sebring FL - Florida hospice care -- Hope Hospice, Highlands County - Click to request assistance
Spring Hill FL - Florida pain management -- Hernando PascoHospice Inc, Hernando - Click to request assistance
Stuart FL - Florida palliative care -- Treasure Coast Hospices, Martin County - Click to request assistance
Summerfield FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice House At Summerfield Suites, Marion County - Click to request assistance
Sun City Center FL - Florida pain management -- Lifepath Hospice & Palliativ, Hillsborough County - Click to request assistance
Tallahassee FL - Florida palliative care -- Big Bend Hospice, Leon County - Click to request assistance
Tallahassee FL - Florida care for dying -- Big Bend Hospice Inc, Leon County - Click to request assistance
Tallahassee FL - Florida hospice care -- Covenant Hospice, Leon County - Click to request assistance
Tampa FL - Florida pain management -- Lifepath Hospice, Hillsborough County - Click to request assistance
Tampa FL - Florida care for dying -- LifePath Hospice And Palliative Care, Hillsborough County - Click to request assistance
Tavares FL - Florida hospice care -- Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Lake County - Click to request assistance
Tavernier FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of TheFlorida Keys, Monroe County - Click to request assistance
Titusville FL - Florida palliative care -- Hospice Of StFrancis, Brevard County - Click to request assistance
Venice FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of SouthwestFlorida, Sarasota County - Click to request assistance
Venice FL - Florida hospice care -- Tide Well Hospice and Palliative Care, Sarasota County - Click to request assistance
Village of Palmetto FL - Florida pain management -- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Miami-dade - Click to request assistance
Wauchula FL - Florida palliative care -- Good Shepherd Hospice, Hardee - Click to request assistance
West Melbourne FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice Of HealthFirst, Volusia County - Click to request assistance
West Palm Beach FL - Florida pain management -- Hospice Of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County - Click to request assistance
Winter Haven FL - Florida palliative care -- Cornerstone Hospice, Polk County - Click to request assistance
Winter Park FL - Florida care for dying -- Hospice of Orange-Osceola, Orange County - Click to request assistance


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About Hospice Care

    Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.

    It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.

    When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.

    When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.

    Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."

    Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.

    Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.

    - Family caregivers;

    - The patient' s personal physician;

    - Hospice physician (or medical director);

    - Nurses;

    - Home health aides;

    - Social workers;

    - Clergy or other counselors;

    - Trained volunteers; and

    - Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.

The purpose of hospice

    - Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;

    - Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;

    - Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;

    - Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;

    - Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;

    - Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and

    - Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.

    A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is:

    - eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and

    - the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and

    - the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and

    - care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.

    A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.