What is hospice house

You also must choose to receive hospice services rather than active treatment for the illness. If a patient does not have insurance coverage, can hospice care still be provided at the Community Hospice House? No one is ever turned away from the Community Hospice House because of an inability to pay.

However, the hospice staff will check to see if the patient is eligible for any coverage of which they may be unaware. If a patient has no coverage and meets certain regulatory criteria, care will be provided and paid for through charitable donations from the community.

The Community Hospice House is open to all patients regardless of which physician, hospital or hospice program is making the referral, dependent on bed availability. Who is most likely to stay at the Community Hospice House?

How can I contact the Community Hospice House? Please call our main hospice phone during regular business hours Monday — Friday, 8am — pm.

Each house includes a multipurpose meeting room with ample space to host valued volunteers and a wide variety of bereavement support groups that are free and open to the public. Each hospice house has an adjacent staff center to help meet the burgeoning need for end-of-life care in our service area. This allows Tidewell to provide cost-effective, hour coverage for home patients while ensuring continuity of care for hospice house residents.

Each staff center includes a multi-purpose meeting room with ample space to host valued volunteers and a wide variety of grief support groups that are free and open to the public. But hospice is much more than its buildings: it is a philosophy of caring that is built on the cornerstone of patient choice. Hospice Houses. Welcome to a home-like care environment. Tidewell has eight bright and cheerful Hospice Houses specifically designed for this service.

A home-like environment There is beauty all around every Tidewell Hospice House. Staff specializing in end-of-life care There are other facets to the hospice houses, as well. Care is covered by Medicare and Medi-Cal hospice benefit. Hospice of San Joaquin works closely with private insurers and HMO's to maximize hospice benefits, subject to applicable co-payments and deductibles. Private payment is also an option.