Hospice is about living the way you want and focusing on comfort and quality when a cure is no longer likely. Hospice often becomes a choice when you or a loved one are seeking relief from frequent emergency room visits or are physically or emotionally tired of challenging treatments that have no positive impact on life expectancy or quality. We hope our ‘how does hospice really work,’ helps readers understand the positive impact that we can have for families facing serious illness.
When a loved one has a serious illness, it’s hard to know where to turn or even when to seek support. Roze Room provides exceptional care, support and solutions for those living with a serious illness and the families who care for them.
Your loved one’s illness not only affects their life, but you and your family’s life. Roze Room provides the support you need to help you navigate the role of being a caregiver. You do not have to face this alone. We can help guide you through.
Here are a few ways we help
1 – We bring compassion, understanding, and a deep level of commitment delivered with expert care and comprehensive support
2 – We focus on enhancing comfort and improving the quality of life
3 – We bring empathy and understanding. Though this may be your family’s first experience with advanced stage illness, we have walked this path many times
4 – We help you understand and administer medications
5 – We help manage pain and symptoms
6 – We give you practical help with activities of daily living
7 – We listen, answer questions and lend you our experience
8 – We help with emotional and spiritual needs
9 – We lessen fear and anxiety by helping you understand the illness and what to expect as it progresses
10 – We help you avoid unnecessary visits to the hospital
11 – We become a team with your physician, not their replacement. We communicate with your doctor and keep them up to date on your loved one’s care
12 – You can call on us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Hospice makes sense when your focus turns from seeking a cure to seeking a higher quality for the days that remain. Improving quality of life is helping your loved one have more good days. Better days are days with fewer symptoms and less pain, less anxiety, more confidence that you’re doing the right things, and avoiding unnecessary and stressful visits to the ER. Here’s what to expect as care begins:
1 – A conversation – either in-person or by phone/email to learn all about how we’ll be able to help you and to grant your permission to begin receiving care
2 – Delivery of any medical equipment needed to keep you safe and comfortable
3 – If your loved is being discharged from a nursing home or hospital, we will work with that facility and keep you informed of the expected discharge date and estimated times of arrivals/deliveries and of any additional arrangements
4 – On the first day home (or the first day of care if already home), hospice medications will be delivered, and a nurse will visit to assess needs, advise as to what to expect while on hospice care and train your loved ones, family and caregivers how to achieve the best care. Throughout the first week of care, you will encounter additional hospice team members and you’ll receive a schedule of visits.
When you invite us to care for your family, we will bring compassion, understanding, and a deep level of commitment. You’ll receive expert care and comprehensive support, all focused on enhancing comfort and improving the quality of life. You may feel like illness is impacting every aspect of life for both you and your family. But you do not have to face this alone. We are here to provide relief, support, answers, and more comforting days.
We hope our ‘how does hospice really work,’ helps everyone understand the positive impact that we can have for families facing serious illness. If you have questions or just need a friendly voice contact us or call us at (877) 783-0072.
