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In its earliest origins, hospice was a place of shelter for travelers on a difficult journey. For patients, families and friends faced with a terminal illness, hospice means a place to turn to and people to be by your side as you travel through this part of life’s journey. Often people think of home care when they think of hospice and in many ways it is just that.
Hospice care is built on the concept of individual choice. One of the choices that Hospice care provides is the ability for a patient with a life-limiting illness to stay in the comfort of their own home--pain free—surrounded by family and friends.
Hospice brings together a team of specially trained professionals and volunteers who work with the patient’s doctor to provide a plan of care woven with the dignity of choice and power of love.
Hospice makes no attempt to hasten or delay death. Hospice focuses on controlling the symptoms, keeping the patient pain free, while helping family and friends cope with the stress and emotions illness of a loved one can bring.
From the first days of a life-limiting illness to long past the loss of a loved one, Hospice of Chattanooga offers a mainstay of resources and respite, help and hope to affirm a meaningful quality of life for all at the journey’s end.
Hospice of Chattanooga’s Promise
Hospice of Chattanooga promises confidential comfort and care, compassion and counseling when it is needed most and where patients most want to be—whether in a long-term care facility, in-patient residence or at home.
Hospice of Chattanooga promises to affirm the power of choice and preserve quality of life in every way possible.
Hospice of Chattanooga promises to address the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families, with a deep respect for the patient’s wishes at the center of it all.
For more information call Hospice of Chattanooga at 423 892-2245.
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