November is National Hospice & Palliative Care month. Not only is it a time to recognize those individuals who care for people in the latter stages of life, but also a time to remember the importance of ensuring your loved ones understand your choices for care before services are needed.
Choosing hospice care can be an emotional decision. Planning ahead and making your wishes known can help family members, if hospice care is needed in the future.
Understanding what hospice provides to the patient, their family, and their loved ones is the first step.
Hospice care and palliative care both aim to provide better quality of life and relief from symptoms and side effects for people with a serious illness. Both have special care teams that address a person's physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual needs.
The Five Wishes is an easy to use legal document - an advance directive to help individuals and their families plan future treatment should a serious illness or accident occur.
We offer a free copy of this booklet at Harmony Hospice. If you'd like one, please contact us at (520) 284-9334).
To learn more about services offered through Harmony Hospice, please visit our website.
