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What is a Hospice Care?
HOSPICE CARE is a program of care and support that you may want to consider if you or someone you care for is terminally ill.
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HOSPICE is a special way of caring for people. It is given by a public agency or private company approved by Medicare. It is for ALL age groups, including children, adults and elderly during their final stages of life.
Some Facts
About HOSPICE
Hospice provides comfort and support services to people who are terminally ill. It helps them live out the time they have remaining to the fullest extent possible.
Hospice care is provided by a specially trained team that cares for the "whole person", including his or her physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
Hospice provides support to family members caring for a terminally ill person.
Hospice is generally given in the home.
Hospice services may include drugs, physical care, counseling, equipment and supplies for the terminal illness and related condition(s).
Hospice is NOT only for people with cancer.
Our Caring
PROFESSIONALS
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A Medical Director
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Administrative staff with years of experience in health care and health care administration
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An active QAP (Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement) program
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A compassionate and caring IDG (inter Discplinary Group) of professionals including nurses, social workers, hospice aides, chaplains, bereavement coordinators and volunteers.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
As a recepient of Federal financial assistance, MADISON HOSPICE, INC. does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the gorund of race, color, or national origin or on the basis of disability or age in admission to, participation in or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities, whether carried out by MADISON HOSPICE, INC. directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which MADISON HOSPICE, INC. arranges to carry out its programs and activities. This statement is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age of Discrimination Act of 1975, and the regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at the Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 80, 84 and 91.