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HOSPICE CARE
Studies show that patients who are referred to hospice care as early as possible experience a far superior quality of life, with fewer hospitalizations and a decrease in symptoms.
What is hospice? It is an interdisciplinary team that includes caregivers, nurses, social workers and chaplains. We visit you, wherever you are living—at home, in a nursing home or at any of the hospitals in Dutchess and Ulster counties—and work in tandem with your current physician to provide an extra level of specialized comfort.
Referrals for hospice care can come from you, your loved ones, your own doctors, or a hospital. Medicare-certified hospices require physicians to certify that a patient's prognosis is expected to be six months or less.
At Hudson Valley Hospice, we know that each patient’s situation is unique, so we develop an individualized plan of care to provide the services that meet your specific needs. Your care plan is continually reviewed and updated by our medical director, your physician, and members of your clinical care team. Some of the services provided by the clinical care team are:
- Medical director consultations
- Hospice nurses
- Pain and symptom management
- Medical social workers
- Volunteers
- Spiritual care
- Music therapists
- Home health aides
- Illness-related medications
- Medical supplies and equipment
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy consults
- Dietary counseling
- Grief support
Top 5 Reasons to Choose Hospice
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Pain Relief
When a patient reaches the end stages of an illness, hospice offers palliative care to help control pain and reduce anxiety. We improve quality of life and time spent with loved ones.
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Emotional and Spiritual Support
Hospice provides emotional and spiritual support to patients and families, including grief and bereavement resources. You and your loved ones don’t have to face these challenges alone.
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Medical Care Management
Hospice manages medical care, in-home visits from care providers, acquiring medical supplies, and end-of-life planning.
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Respect for the Patient and Family Wishes
Every family is on a different journey, and we acknowledge and respect your decisions and plans. Our goal is to make this difficult time as easy as possible.
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Quality Time
We improve quality of life by relieving patients and their loved ones of much of the stress that comes with providing end-of-life care. Families can focus on being together and sharing memories.
"Not only did the Hospice staff help my dad, they were there for me and my family as well. They are the most compassionate and loving people I know."
- Patient's Daughter
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Become a Hospice Volunteer
View Full StoryWe are now accepting applications for our Spring Volunteer Training. For more information, please click here to read more or call us at in Dutchess County at 485-2273 or in Ulster County 338-2273 and ask to speak to a volunteer coordinator.
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Dr. Maggie Carpenter Certified as Hospice Medical Director
View Full StoryWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Maggie Carpenter was recently granted the Hospice Medical Director Certified credential
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End of Life Doula Program
View Full StoryJust as a birth doula may bring greater comfort and deeper meaning to the process of labor and delivery, our end-of-life doulas offer the same for the process of dying.
Ulster Office
400 Aaron Ct, Kingston, NY 12401
Dutchess Office
374 Violet Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-485-2273
Hudson Valley Hospice complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.