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Palliative Care
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in palliative care may receive medical care for their symptoms, or palliative care, along with treatment intended to cure their serious illness. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person’s current care by focusing on quality of life for them and their family.
When someone enrolls in hospice, they automatically receive palliative care. But if you think you might benefit from palliative care outside of a hospice program, ask your physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant for a referral to a palliative care provider. Many hospitals now offer palliative care services, and many hospices have palliative care groups that operate separately from their hospice services.
Hospice Services
Hospice services are available to persons who no longer benefit from curative treatment and have a life expectancy of six months or less. The focus of hospice is pain and symptom control. Most hospices offer visits from nurses, home health aides, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. Bereavement services are offered to the friends and family members of the patient.
Associations for hospice programs:
Caring Connections
CaringInfo.org
800-658-8898
Nebraska Hospice & Palliative Care Partnership
NEHospice.org
1519 M Street
Cozad, NE 69130
402-477-0204
info@nehospice.org
Hospice Foundation of America
HospiceFoundation.org
1707 L Street NW, Suite 220
Washington, DC 20036
202-457-5811
800-854-3402
Hospice Care Providers
AseraCare Hospice Care
an Amedisys Company
Amedisys.com
5715 South 34th Street, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68516
402-488-1363
402-488-5976 Fax
CHI Health at Home – Hospice Care
CHIHealthAtHome.com
245 South 84th Street, Suite 300
Lincoln, NE 68505
402-219-7043
402-219-7800 Fax
Heartland Hospice
(Gentiva of Lincoln)
HeartlandHospice.com
3801 Union Drive, Suite 202
Lincoln, NE 68516
402-858-3700
402-858-3701 Fax
St. Croix Hospice
StCroixHospice.com
1001 South 70th Street, Suite 113
Lincoln, NE 68510
402-858-9325
info@stcroixhospice.com
Tabitha Hospice
Tabitha.org
4720 Randolph Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
402-486-8506
Traditions Health Hospice
TraditionsHealth.com
300 South 68th Street Place, Suite 205
Lincoln, NE 68510
402-328-2350
402-328-2354 Fax
Hospice Inpatient Communities
The Grace Space
TheGraceSpace.com
1740 Superior Street
Lincoln, NE 68521
402-770-9089
info@TheGraceSpace.com
Journey House Skilled Nursing Facility for End-of-Life Care
Tabitha.org
4615 J Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
402-486-8520
The Monarch by Eastmont
TheMonarchByEastmont.org
4201 South 78th Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
402-327-0111