Respite Care?One of those Extra-Special Benefits of Hospice

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If I made a list of all of the benefits hospice provides, my list would be long.

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• Regular RN visits to the home.
• A nurse, social worker, and chaplain available?just a phone call away?24 hours a day.
• The privilege of having a social worker to help me navigate the difficult path of finances, facilities, funeral planning, and the like.
• Knowing that I am able to be connected with the spiritual leader that I choose.
• For those of us in Central Washington, having the benefit of a great inpatient hospice facility, Cottage in the Meadow.
• Being connected to the incredible family of services that Memorial provides. If I get too sick and can no longer have my symptoms managed at home, I am able to transfer to either the Cottage or to the hospital, whichever is most appropriate for me.

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There is so much I?m grateful for when it comes to hospice. But one benefit that astounds me is something called Respite Care.

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When you are on hospice, you live in your home?wherever ?home? is for you. Maybe you live in a single-family home, an apartment, with family, a retirement home or a nursing home. All of those are considered home, and hospice comes to you.

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Respite care is inpatient care that?s available when it is necessary to relieve the person caring for the patient and is available for 5 days at a time.

So, maybe you have a loved one caring for you, and they could use a break. Talk with your hospice social worker about respite care, where respite could take place, and when it could start.

Our goal is to care for our patients?and their families, because we want you all to live your best lives.

For more information on Memorial?s Home Health and Hospice services, click here or call 509-574-3600.

Source: http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/respite-careone-extraspecial-benefits-hospice

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