For Patients and Families

About Hospice Care

After the diagnosis of a life-limiting illness, your world will change. Aside from the being severely affected by the news, family members and loved ones also get affected. When an illness limits your life expectancy, it also changes your view of your future. At A Serene Healthcare Services, we help families and patients make sound choices when it comes to addressing their hospice care needs as they battle the later stages of a disease. We hope that we can bring comfort and convenience for you in the foreseeable future through quality hospice care solutions.

Hospice Care Defined

Hospice Care is a set of services that cover the medical, emotional and spiritual support needed by a patient and family during a severe health crisis. Such health crises usually involve a shortened lifespan due to diseases such as cancer, immunodeficiency and other similar health issues without known treatments or cures.

In such cases, care is focused on the hospice needs of the client. Hospice concentrates in achieving the highest comfort for the patient by way of pain management, symptom control, recreational activities and other forms of care recommended by the medical care director of physician. We make their remaining days meaningful through quality living.

The Hospice Care Team

The Hospice Care Team at A Serene Healthcare Services will be composed of the following professionals:

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Medical Social Workers
• Spiritual Counselors
• Nursing Assistants
• Volunteers
• Dieticians
• Physical Therapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Speech Therapists

Who Benefits from Hospice Care?

Hospice Care is mostly ideal for individuals with life expectancies of six months or less. We provide hospice care for those who have been diagnosed with:

• Cancer
• Cardiac Disease
• COPD
• Liver Disease
• Neurological Diseases
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Pulmonary Disease
• Renal Disease