Home Health Services -

Home care services can include:

• Nurses
• Home Health Aides
• Social Workers
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy

Services are generally short term and focus on:

• Relief of symptoms
• Promotion of independence
• Improvement of functional status
• Access to community resources
• Patient & family education
• Advocacy

Hospice Services

We support the patient & their family in making the best decision for care whether:

• In their own home
• Home of family or friend
• Hospice Unit at Waldo County Hospital
• Long-term care facility

We encourage early referral so we can:

• Aggressively treat pain and other symptoms
• Help clients, families, and children feel comfortable with the process of dying
• Provide around the clock on-call services
• Provide Home Health Aides
• Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and families
• Connect the patient and family with Hospice Volunteers
• Provide medications and medical equipment, often including emergency comfort packs