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Anderson IN - Indiana hospice care -- Daybreak Adult Day Service , Madison County Click to request assistance
Anderson IN - Indiana pain management -- Saint John's Home Health Care & Hospice , Madison County Click to request assistance
Angola IN - Indiana palliative care -- Cameron Home Health Care & Hospice , Steuben County Click to request assistance
Auburn IN - Indiana care for dying -- Dekalb Memorial Hospice , Dekalb County Click to request assistance
Auburn IN - Indiana hospice care -- Spectracare At Dekalb , Dekalb County Click to request assistance
Batesville IN - Indiana pain management -- Hospice Of Margaret Mary Community Hospital , Franklin County Click to request assistance
Batesville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Margaret Mary Community Hospital Hospice , Franklin County Click to request assistance
Bedford IN - Indiana care for dying -- Bedford Regional Medical Center Home Health Care Hospice , Lawrence County Click to request assistance
Berne IN - Indiana hospice care -- Family LifeCare, Adams County Click to request assistance
Bloomington IN - Indiana palliative care -- Bloomington Hospital Hospice , Monroe County Click to request assistance
Bloomington IN - Indiana care for dying -- Myers Melina , Monroe County Click to request assistance
Bloomington IN - Indiana hospice care -- Southern Care Bloomington , Monroe County Click to request assistance
Bloomington IN - Indiana pain management -- Vistacare , Monroe County Click to request assistance
Carmel IN - Indiana palliative care -- Carmel Care Center , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Columbus IN - Indiana care for dying -- Hospice Of South Central Indiana Inc , Bartholomew County Click to request assistance
Connersville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Fayette Regional Health System Hospice , Miami County Click to request assistance
Crown Point IN - Indiana pain management -- St Anthony Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Daleville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Snug Harbor Home Health Inc , Delaware County Click to request assistance
Danville IN - Indiana care for dying -- Advocate Hospice , Hendricks County Click to request assistance
Danville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Day By Day Hospice , Hendricks County Click to request assistance
Elkhart IN - Indiana pain management -- Hospice Of Elkhart County , Elkhart County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Clarion Homecare , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana care for dying -- Deaconess Ohio Valley Hospice Care , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Deaconess/Ohio Valley Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana pain management -- Holiday Health Care - Heritage Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Living Waters Hospice Care Llc , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana care for dying -- Southerncare Evansville , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Southerncare Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana pain management -- Vibrant , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Visiting Nurse Association Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana care for dying -- Vista Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Evansville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Vistacare Hospice , Vanderburgh County Click to request assistance
Fishers IN - Indiana pain management -- Community Home Health Services Hospice , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Fort Wayne IN - Indiana palliative care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice - Hospice , Allen County Click to request assistance
Fort Wayne IN - Indiana care for dying -- Odyssey Healthcare Of Fort Wayne , Allen County Click to request assistance
Fort Wayne IN - Indiana hospice care -- Parkview Home Health & Hospice , Allen County Click to request assistance
Fort Wayne IN - Indiana pain management -- Southerncare Fort Wayne , Allen County Click to request assistance
Fort Wayne IN - Indiana palliative care -- Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home , Allen County Click to request assistance
Fowler IN - Indiana care for dying -- Serenity Hospice , Benton County Click to request assistance
Fowler IN - Indiana hospice care -- Serenity Hospice , Benton County Click to request assistance
Frankfort IN - Indiana pain management -- Serenity Hospice , Clinton County Click to request assistance
Franklin IN - Indiana palliative care -- Americare Home Health Services , Johnson County Click to request assistance
Franklin IN - Indiana care for dying -- Americare Hospice , Johnson County Click to request assistance
Goshen IN - Indiana hospice care -- Care At Home , Elkhart County Click to request assistance
Greenfield IN - Indiana pain management -- Hancock Memorial Hospice , Hancock County Click to request assistance
Greensburg IN - Indiana palliative care -- Hospice Of Decatur County An Office Of Hospice Of South Central , Decatur County Click to request assistance
Hammond IN - Indiana care for dying -- Blue Skies Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Huntingburg IN - Indiana hospice care -- Affinity Hospice Services Llc , Dubois County Click to request assistance
Huntingburg IN - Indiana pain management -- Res-Care Group Home , Dubois County Click to request assistance
Huntington IN - Indiana palliative care -- Huntington Home Health , Huntington County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana care for dying -- Aseracare Hospice , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana hospice care -- Aseracare Hospice , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana pain management -- At Home Hospice Services Llc , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana palliative care -- Entrust Health Services Inc Community Hospice Program , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana care for dying -- Heartland Hospice , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana hospice care -- Home Instead Senior Care , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana pain management -- Hoosier Medical Equipment Inc , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana palliative care -- Horizon Hospice Care Inc , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana care for dying -- Horizon Hospice Care Incorporated , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana hospice care -- Hospice Group The , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana pain management -- Medical Care Home Health Inc , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana palliative care -- Odyssey Health Care , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana care for dying -- Ruth Lilly Hospice Of Clarian , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana hospice care -- Southerncare Indianapolis , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana pain management -- St Vincent Hospice , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana palliative care -- Visiting Nurse Service Inc , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Indianapolis IN - Indiana care for dying -- Vistacare , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
Jeffersonville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Res-Care Group Home , Clark County Click to request assistance
Jeffersonville IN - Indiana pain management -- Vistacare , Clark County Click to request assistance
Knox IN - Indiana palliative care -- Hospice Of Starke County , Starke County Click to request assistance
Kokomo IN - Indiana care for dying -- Guardian Angel Hospice Inc , Howard County Click to request assistance
Kokomo IN - Indiana hospice care -- Guardian Angel Hospice Inc , Howard County Click to request assistance
Kokomo IN - Indiana pain management -- Southerncare Kokomo , Howard County Click to request assistance
Lafayette IN - Indiana palliative care -- Serenity Hospice Inc , Tippecanoe County Click to request assistance
Lafayette IN - Indiana care for dying -- Southern Care Purdue , Tippecanoe County Click to request assistance
Lafayette IN - Indiana hospice care -- Southerncare Purdue , Tippecanoe County Click to request assistance
Lafayette IN - Indiana pain management -- St Elizabeth Hospice , Tippecanoe County Click to request assistance
Lawrenceburg IN - Indiana palliative care -- Dearborn County Hospital Home Health & Hospice , Dearborn County Click to request assistance
Lawrenceburg IN - Indiana care for dying -- Shady Nook Care Center , Dearborn County Click to request assistance
Lebanon IN - Indiana hospice care -- Witham Visiting Nurse Service And Hospice , Boone County Click to request assistance
Logansport IN - Indiana pain management -- Guardian Angel Hospice , Cass County Click to request assistance
Logansport IN - Indiana palliative care -- New Hope Hospice , Cass County Click to request assistance
Madison IN - Indiana care for dying -- Extended Health Services , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Madison IN - Indiana hospice care -- King's Daughters' Hospice , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Madison IN - Indiana pain management -- The King's Daughters' Hospital And Health Services , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Marion IN - Indiana palliative care -- Guardian Angel Hospice , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Marion IN - Indiana care for dying -- New Hope Hospice , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Marion IN - Indiana hospice care -- New Hope Hospice Llc , Grant County Click to request assistance
Marion IN - Indiana pain management -- Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Martinsville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Homecare-Morgan Hospital & Medical Center , Morgan County Click to request assistance
Merrillville IN - Indiana care for dying -- Christian Home Hospice Care , Lake County Click to request assistance
Merrillville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Harbor Light Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Merrillville IN - Indiana pain management -- Harbor Light Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Merrillville IN - Indiana palliative care -- Unity Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Michigan City IN - Indiana care for dying -- Laport Hospital Stress Center , La Porte County Click to request assistance
Michigan City IN - Indiana palliative care -- St Anthony Hospice , La Porte County Click to request assistance
Michigan City IN - Indiana care for dying -- St Anthony Hospice , La Porte County Click to request assistance
Michigan City IN - Indiana hospice care -- Vna Homecare, Private Duty & Hospice , La Porte County Click to request assistance
Mishawaka IN - Indiana pain management -- Center For Hospic And Pallative Are Inc , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
Mishawaka IN - Indiana palliative care -- Southerncare , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
Mishawaka IN - Indiana care for dying -- Southerncare South Bend , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
Mitchell IN - Indiana hospice care -- Hoosier Uplands Home Health Hospice , Lawrence County Click to request assistance
Muncie IN - Indiana pain management -- Ball Memorial Hospice , Delaware County Click to request assistance
Muncie IN - Indiana palliative care -- Care One Homecare Services Llc , Delaware County Click to request assistance
Muncie IN - Indiana care for dying -- Southerncare Muncie , Delaware County Click to request assistance
Munster IN - Indiana hospice care -- Hospice Of The Calumet Area Inc , Lake County Click to request assistance
Munster IN - Indiana pain management -- Hospice Of The Calumet Area Inc , Lake County Click to request assistance
Ndianapolis IN - Indiana palliative care -- Indiana Association For Homeand Hospice Care , Hamilton County Click to request assistance
New Albany IN - Indiana care for dying -- Hospice & Palliative Care Of Southern Indiana , Floyd County Click to request assistance
New Albany IN - Indiana hospice care -- Hospice Vistacare , Floyd County Click to request assistance
New Castle IN - Indiana pain management -- Covenant Hospice Llc , Henry County Click to request assistance
New Castle IN - Indiana palliative care -- Henry County Memorial Hospital Hospice , Henry County Click to request assistance
New Castle IN - Indiana care for dying -- Senior Homecare Options , Henry County Click to request assistance
Newburgh IN - Indiana hospice care -- Aseracare Hospice , Warrick County Click to request assistance
North Vernon IN - Indiana pain management -- Hospice Of South Central Indiana - Hospice Jennings County , Jennings County Click to request assistance
Plymouth IN - Indiana palliative care -- Marshall County Hospice , Marshall County Click to request assistance
Portland IN - Indiana care for dying -- State Of The Heart Home Health And Hospice , Jay County Click to request assistance
Princeton IN - Indiana hospice care -- Living Waters Hospice Care Llc , Gibson County Click to request assistance
Princeton IN - Indiana pain management -- Visiting Nurse Association , Gibson County Click to request assistance
Rensselaer IN - Indiana palliative care -- Jasper County Hospital Home Health Care & Hospice , Jasper County Click to request assistance
Richmond IN - Indiana care for dying -- Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Hospice , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Richmond IN - Indiana hospice care -- Rosewood Terrace , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Rochester IN - Indiana pain management -- Hope Hospice Of Fulton County , Fulton County Click to request assistance
Rockport IN - Indiana palliative care -- Spencer County Hospice , Spencer County Click to request assistance
Rockport IN - Indiana care for dying -- Spencer County Hospice Inc , Spencer County Click to request assistance
Schererville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Unity Hospice , Lake County Click to request assistance
Seymour IN - Indiana pain management -- Home Health Care , Jackson County Click to request assistance
Seymour IN - Indiana palliative care -- Hospice Schneck Medical Center , Jackson County Click to request assistance
Seymour IN - Indiana care for dying -- Schneck Medical Center Hospice , Jackson County Click to request assistance
Shelbyville IN - Indiana hospice care -- Hospice Of Shelby County , Shelby County Click to request assistance
Shoals IN - Indiana pain management -- Hoosier Uplands Home Health Care , Martin County Click to request assistance
South Bend IN - Indiana palliative care -- Center For Hospice And Palliative Care Inc, The , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
South Bend IN - Indiana care for dying -- Hospice & Palliative Care Center For , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
South Bend IN - Indiana hospice care -- Senior 1 Care , St. Joseph County Click to request assistance
Tell City IN - Indiana pain management -- Healthskills Inc , Perry County Click to request assistance
Tell City IN - Indiana palliative care -- Perry County Memorial Hospital Home Health & Hospice , Perry County Click to request assistance
Terre Haute IN - Indiana care for dying -- Hospice Of The Wabash Valley Inc , Vigo County Click to request assistance
Terre Haute IN - Indiana hospice care -- Southerncare Terre Haute , Vigo County Click to request assistance
Terre Haute IN - Indiana pain management -- Vistacare , Vigo County Click to request assistance
Valparaiso IN - Indiana palliative care -- Aseracare Hospice , Porter County Click to request assistance
Valparaiso IN - Indiana care for dying -- Hospice-Vna Hospice Home Care - Vna Horton Hospice Center , Porter County Click to request assistance
Valparaiso IN - Indiana hospice care -- Vna Hospice Home Care , Porter County Click to request assistance
Vernon IN - Indiana pain management -- Hospice Of Jennings County Anana Ana , Jennings County Click to request assistance
Vincennes IN - Indiana palliative care -- Good Samaritan Hospice , Knox County Click to request assistance
Vincennes IN - Indiana care for dying -- Good Samaritan Lincoln Trail , Knox County Click to request assistance
Wabash IN - Indiana hospice care -- Wabash Miami Home Health Care & Hospice , Wabash County Click to request assistance
Warsaw IN - Indiana pain management -- Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc , Kosciusko County Click to request assistance
Washington IN - Indiana palliative care -- Helping Hearts Hospice , Daviess County Click to request assistance
Washington IN - Indiana care for dying -- Res-Care Group Home , Daviess County Click to request assistance
Williamsport IN - Indiana hospice care -- Williamsport Health And Rehabilitation Center , Warren County Click to request assistance
Winamac IN - Indiana pain management -- Pulaski Memorial Home Health & Hospice , Pulaski County Click to request assistance
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Contact Indiana Hospice Care
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About Hospice Care
Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.
It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.
When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.
When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.
Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."
Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.
Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.
- Family caregivers;
- The patient' s personal physician;
- Hospice physician (or medical director);
- Nurses;
- Home health aides;
- Social workers;
- Clergy or other counselors;
- Trained volunteers; and
- Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.
The purpose of hospice is the following:
- Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
- Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
- Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
- Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
- Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
- Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
- Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.
A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is
- eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
- the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
- the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
- care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.
A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.
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