 What Is Hospice
The word hospice is derived from a medieval word for
a place of shelter for travelers on difficult journeys. Today, the traveler
seeking shelter in hospice is on a final journey and the care needed is
truly personal. A interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, (paid
and volunteer), respond to a hospice patient’s needs by providing physical,
emotional, and spiritual support to both the patient and their family at home
or in an inpatient setting.
Hospice is a unique concept and system of care, which is exclusively
designed to address the challenging and often difficult needs and
circumstances of a patient with a life expectancy that can be spoken of in
terms of months rather than years.
Hospice services embrace the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of
both the patient and the family through an organized interdisciplinary team
of health care providers. The primary focus of hospice is to deliver the
highest quality services in a home setting, with the ability to intensify
services or move the patient to the appropriate inpatient setting, as
required by the patient's condition and/or the family's needs.
The medical orientation of hospice personnel is toward symptom management
and pain control. Hope of remission and cure is never abandoned, but the
focus is on creating an environment for the patient and family that allows
everyone to derive the greatest fulfillment from the remaining days they
have to share with one another.
A physician, nurse, nurse assistant, social worker, volunteer, and Chaplain comprise the core of the
Hospice Interdisciplinary Team. The Hospice Team works together with the
patient and the family to provide care and emotional support. Speech
therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, volunteers and
dieticians become a part of the team, as needed. The intimacy of this unique
team of healthcare professionals working together creates an environment
where it is possible for patients, families, and hospice personnel to share
the precious moments that remain, with one another. When a patient dies,
bereavement counseling is extended to the family for a period of fifteen
months.
Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, Inc. is
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Upcoming 2010 Spring Volunteer & New Staff
Training March 4th thru April 15th
6:00 to 9:00pm
If you would like to enroll or would like more information about the
training please call the office at (580) 762-9102 or 800-814-9102 or
email Melanie Wright,
Director of Volunteers & Outreach. There is no
cost or obligation for the training. This is invaluable information
everyone can use. CLICK HERE
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, Inc. and the
Hospice Foundation of America is sponsoring the National
Teleconference "Cancer & its effects at the end-of-life"
Teleconference on Wednesday, March 24th at 12:30 pm at the City Hall
Building in Ponca City, OK. This is an excellent educational
offering with CEUs available and a local panel for answers to
questions. Call us for details and registration.
6th Annual
Memorial Bowling
Tournament Saturday, March 27, 2010
10 am-youth squad
2 pm-adult squad
6 pm-adult squad $20 per adult bowler
$10 per youth bowler Call 762-9102 to register |
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