In 1992, the month of November was designated to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care within the community. During the month of November, hospices across the country are reaching out to promote education and raise awareness about important care issues for people coping with serious illness.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Terry Adcock, Hospice Care Consultant in Henderson received a proclamation from Mayor Pete O’Geary emphasizing the importance of quality end-of-life care for all Americans, regardless of age, diagnoses or location of care and to encourage all people to increase their understanding and awareness of care at the end of life.
Community Home Care & Hospice empowers people to live as fully as possible, surrounded and supported by family and loved ones, despite serious and life-limiting illness. They bring patients and family caregivers the highest quality care delivered by an interdisciplinary team of skilled professionals that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, counselors, health aides, spiritual care providers and others who make the wishes of each patient and family a priority.
Through pain management and symptom control, caregiver training and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support, allowing patients to live fully up until the final moments, surrounded and supported by the faces of loved ones, friends, and committed caregivers.
Each year, hospice saves Medicare more than $2 billion by providing solutions for physicians, care to patients and comfort to families anywhere, at any time. Every year an estimated 1.6 million Americans living with life-limiting illness, and their families, received care from the nation’s hospice programs in communities throughout the United States. More than 400,000 trained volunteers contribute 20 million hours of service to hospice program annually.
Community Home Care and Hospice providers encourage all people to learn more about options of care and to share their wishes with family, loved ones, and their healthcare professionals. Stop in and visit with Terry or one of the other staff members at 152 Zeb Robinson Road in Henderson or you can contact them at 252/430-7760.