Jefferson Memorial Hospital

Services

JMH Hospice offers the following features for all who receive Hospice care:

  • Hospice Nurse on call -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Nursing care to assist with physical care, pain control, symptom management, comfort management, and emotional support needs
  • Pain control and symptom management
  • Trained volunteers to provide relief to the caregiver
  • Nursing staff who visit the home when the patient dies to help assist the family, day or night
  • Staff who visit the home when the patient dies to help assist the family, day or night
  • Payment of consulting physician fees
  • All diagnosis related services, drugs, supplies, and medical equipment are covered under the Medicare and Medicaid hospice benefit and some insurance plans
  • Hospice provides the most cost-effective care alternative to people who have life-limiting illnesses and decreases the need for re-hospitalizations
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