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Unity Hospice® of Greater St. Louis LLC
907 Bluff Road Suite 3 **** 1300 S. Hampton Ave
Collinsville, IL 62234 **** St Louis MO 63139
Phone: 618-346-1111 **** 314-645-8648
Fax: 618-346-7777 **** 314-645-8670
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Our recent Medicare Survey
was Deficiency FREE!!
Congratulations to our TEAM!!
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| Together Everyone Achieves More |
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| There are many benefits to a joint approach and partnership between hospice and nursing homes with the ultimate goal being the experience of the resident and family that results from a collaboration of resources and coordinated plan of care.
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The benefits of hospice/nursing home partnership to the resident and their family members include:
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Care expertise in both long-term care and palliative care
Additional attention from increased number of people involved in care
Access to counseling and spiritual care disciplines to meet the intense and varied needs that surround the end-of-life experience
Volunteers from hospice to spend time with resident providing diversional and quality of life activities that nursing home staff do not have time to provide
Volunteers from hospice to assist and support family so they can spend more quality time with the resident
Continuity of care team providers
Coverage of related medications, medical supplies and equipment
Professionals that specialize in supporting residents and families to a more meaningful life closure
Additional support for family members providing care, and anticipating life without their loved one
Bereavement support for family for up to 12 months after the resident has died
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The benefits of partnership to the nursing homes:
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Additional professionals to help with care planning and provision
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Interdisciplinary team expertise in the specialty of palliative care
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Shared expertise in pain and symptom management
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Ethical decision making consult service
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Family decision making consult service and counseling
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Hospice nursing assistant visits to supplement the increasing intensity of hands on care
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Validation of palliative care need by an outside provider (to address CMS Quality Indicators often present in residents near life’s end)
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Expertise in documenting unavoidable decline and palliative care assessment, interventions and expected outcomes that differ from restorative/rehabilitative outcomes
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Volunteers to sit with resident so they are not alone
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Grief support for other residents
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The benefits of partnership to the hospice:
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- Collaboration with professionals experienced in long-term residential care
- Nursing home staff who know and support the resident as their extended family
- Extended team to help in care of resident 24/7
- Clinical expertise in chronic care
- Access to serve more families near life's end
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