Hospice services
Some of the hospice care services we provide include:
- Face-to face interaction with physicians in the patient's home, nursing facility or hospital setting
- A unique plan of care that includes pain, symptom, emotional, spiritual and comfort management for the patient, with additional services to assist the patient’s family
- Treatment for diseases including:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Stroke or coma
- Neurological disease
- Liver/Kidney diseases
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Respiratory/Pulmonary disease
Is hospice care right for you?
Admission to our hospice program is made upon the recommendation of a physician and is based upon individual needs.
Once admitted to hospice, a nurse will schedule a visit to discuss hospice services, assess immediate needs an
Hospice patients can exhibit all or some of these symptoms:
- Uncontrolled pain
- Frequent hospitalizations
- Recurrent infections
- Poor response to therapies or treatments
- Progressive unexplained weight loss
- Deteriorating mental abilities
- Repeat visits to the emergency department
- Sudden onset or progressive physical decline
- Shortness of breath at rest and/or oxygen dependence
Appropriate candidates for hospice include patients:
- With a life expectancy of six months or less if the illness runs its normal course
- Who want to stay at home as long as possible
- Who have a primary care person
Advance care planning
Advance care planning is the process of creating your future health plan if you are not in the position to make your own decisions later.
If you complete advance directives, such as a Living Will or a Medical Power of Attorney, you will be taking the stress off your family and loved ones from making these decisions for you.
Baylor Scott & White offers additional information on ways to create your own advance directive.
Our hospice care team is here to support you
Baylor Scott & White Health's goal is to assist the you and your loved ones to be as comfortable and as involved as possible throughout this difficult time. Our interdisciplinary hospice care team places emphasis on providing care that will meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs for you and family.
Hospice locations
Hospice services
Some of the hospice care services we provide include:
- Face-to face interaction with physicians in the patient's home, nursing facility or hospital setting
- A unique plan of care that includes pain, symptom, emotional, spiritual and comfort management for the patient, with additional services to assist the patient’s family
- Treatment for diseases including:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Stroke or coma
- Neurological disease
- Liver/Kidney diseases
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Respiratory/Pulmonary disease