Hospice

 

2604 Old Ocean City Road

Salisbury, MD  21804

 410-742-8732

Fax: 410-548-5669

 

Hospice Care:  At your home, your nursing facility,

or at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

 Hospice assists family members in caring for persons in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. This specialized health care is given primarily in the home. The emphasis is on control of pain and other distressful symptoms.

Services are provided in accord with written orders by the patient's own physician. Twenty-four hour on-call RNs. Respite care and inpatient services can be coordinated.

Our professional team of caregivers can provide quality end-of-life care to patients in Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties in Maryland regardless of ability to pay.

Nursing Care
Quality nursing services help to provide comfort to patients suffering from a serious illness. Our professional staff of registered nurses work with the patient's personal physician to develop plans of care. Holistic palliative care is coordinated with our aides, counselors, volunteers, and therapists to ease the journey toward the end of life.

Home Health Aide Care
Under the supervision of RNs, aides provide personal care to patients. Essential daily activities such as feeding, bathing, and grooming provided by a caring aide can help the patient feel more comfortable. Aides help to ease pain and provide companionship for patients.

Social Work
Trained counselors assist patients and families in coping with the challenges of illness. Social workers listen to concerns, answer financial questions, and provide links to community resources. After an initial visit by a social worker, services are available to patients and their families.

Pastoral Counseling
Spiritual care often helps patients and families cope at the end-of-life. Our Pastoral Counselors are available to provide support regardless of religious background and in conjunction with the patient's church if desired.

Bereavement Care
Someday we must all face the grief of losing a loved one. Although grief is a natural and universal process, our response to it is deeply personal. Understanding our shared human and individual responses to loss is essential in attaining a peaceful spiritual, physical, and emotional balance. The Bereavement program offers support for family members of Coastal Hospice patients for about one year after their loved one's death. The program includes person to person contact, group support, bereaved children's support, and an annual memorial service to remember loved ones.

Therapy
Physical, occupational, speech, or music therapy can be provided to help relieve suffering from a disabling illness. Pain management techniques taught by licensed therapists can improve the patient's quality of life.

Volunteers
Trained volunteers offer additional support, comfort, and companionship.

HOSPICE QUESTIONS?  CALL 24 HOURS - 410-548-0891