For Caregivers

Helping to care for someone with an advanced or life-threatening illness can be a challenging and rewarding experience; the care that you provide does make a difference.

The changes taking place in the life of the person for whom you care may raise questions and concerns about how best to meet their needs. Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam can help you understand and prepare for these changes.

Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam Offers:

• Support as you make decisions about treatments and options for care
• Information about advance directives, such as living will, that can help communicate choices about care 
• Medical treatment that aggressively seeks to prevent, asses and treat symptoms of discomfort and disease progression 
• Palliative care provided by coordinated teams of professionals that include nurses, home health or certified nursing aides, social workers, chaplains, physician and trained volunteers 
• Spiritual Counseling 
• Bereavement support to help you find comfort and hope

You can rely on Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam for help in dealing with the medical, emotional and spiritual issues that are part of the dying process.  Hospice does not mean giving up.  With hospice, the patient lives as comfortably and fully as possible, despite the illness.