Hospice & Palliative Care

We provide enhanced care through symptom management, pain control, spiritual support and unconditional love in a restful environment. This holistic approach serves to alleviate worry and apprehension for both our resident and their loved ones, allowing families to spend time together, creating precious memories and celebrating life.

Hospice and palliative care at Saint Therese have fundamental components in common: compassionate care and a commitment to quality of life.

Palliative care does not depend on life expectancy and is often pursued at the same time as curative efforts. It’s for anyone living with a decreased quality of life due to symptoms and pain of chronic illness or ongoing treatments.

Hospice is for terminally ill residents as diagnosed by a physician citing a prognosis of about six months or less. When choosing hospice care, focus shifts completely from medical treatment to comfort measures and bereavement support. 

Hospice and palliative care services are typically covered by most insurances, including Medicare , but it may not cover room and board. Contact us to learn more about various financing options specific to yours or your loved one’s needs.

Our skilled hospice nurses specialize in administrating and monitoring medications used for pain management. Using the right dosage of prescribed medication heightens quality of life for residents with chronic or life-limiting illness—promoting sleep, relieving stress and anxiety, reducing rehospitalization and easing a multitude of physical discomforts.

Your physician will prescribe the proper medication and dosage for effective pain management while our skilled nursing team will properly manage medication while making sure your personal needs and preferences are met. Most palliative and hospice care residents maintain Saint Therese residency for up to six months—which isn’t typically long enough to develop an addiction if medication is properly managed by a care team. With that being said, the more common concern expressed is the fear a resident will be overly medicated and unable to enjoy the time they have with their family and friends.

Take comfort in knowing Saint Therese works closely with your loved one, your family and any preferred medical teams to coordinate the right services and medications to support your loved one’s journey through hospice or palliative care. Contact us to learn more.

It’s not easy to discuss serious illness or end-of-life with your loved ones. Making the decision to begin hospice care is a difficult, emotional process. Choosing hospice care does not mean you’re giving up. It means you and your loved one have decided he or she is deserving of the very best experience possible—with compassionate, personalized clinical and emotional support.

In addition, this allows you to move from caregiver to quality family time with your loved one to create lasting memories.

Once a physician and his or her patient have decided to stop curative treatments, hospice is a resource available to help maintain an ideal quality of life.

Individuals with terminal illness need much more than symptom management and pain control. Because our work is our calling, Saint Therese is wholeheartedly committed to empowering our residents to live as they choose in an environment of support, comfort and love. We offer residents and their family members a host of support beyond clinical needs including pastoral care services, ongoing bereavement support and more. Let’s talk about how we can support your next steps.