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Hospice Services
Patients and families benefit most from hospice when care begins early. Support is available 24 hours, 7 days a week, and hospice may provide the following services based on the specific needs of the patient:
- Nursing care
- Medications required for terminal illness
- Medical equipment and supplies required for terminal illness.
- Telemonitoring
- Bathing and personal care
- Housekeeping and laundry
- Meal preparation
- Shopping and errands
- Companionship
- Daily contact with patient and family
- Coordination of short-term inpatient care for pain and symptom management and for respite care
- Skilled counseling for end-of-life care
- Bereavement program
When you choose Oxford HealthCare Hospice, you receive additional benefits exclusive to Oxford. Clients receiving home care services through Oxford can transition to the Hospice program without a complete change in staff and caregivers with whom they have developed relationships. In addition, telemonitoring gives concerned family members and caregivers the peace-of-mind that a professional clinician is monitoring the patient on a daily basis and communicating important information to the physician.