What is Hospice?

Hospice is a special healthcare option for patients and families who are faced with a terminal illness that provides palliative (comfort) care when curative treatment is no longer an option. Care takes place in the home or a home-like setting such as a nursing home or an assisted living. Hospice views the patient, family and disease process from a holistic perspective addressing the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient and family.  

Philosophy of Hospice:

Hospice care is based on a philosophy of care, which embraces death as a natural part of the cycle of life. Hospice care recognizes several important facts: dying patients and their families have special needs; compassionate and high quality palliative and supportive care is needed during the last months of a patient’s life; the patient’s desire to die with dignity should be respected; and, in the terminal phases of a person’s life, the need for quality of life often becomes more important than its quantity.

Sooner Hospice is Medicare Certified and Medicaid Approved, and provides professional services, supplies, medications related to the terminal illness, as well as medical equipment all 100% covered under Medicare and Medicaid Benefits.

The hospice care benefit is available from a variety of sources. Sooner Hospice accepts a number of insurances including, but not limited to: 

·        Medicare

·        Medicaid (Advantage Waiver)

·        Blue Cross Blue Shields

·        Tri-Care

·        Secure Horizons

Your Privacy:

Sooner Hospice will not disclose your health information without your written authorization. If you or your representative authorizes Sooner Hospice to use or disclose your health information, you may revoke that authorization at any time.