Bayou City Hospice

This is the most common level of hospice care. Wherever the patient calls home is where the visit happens. Each patients needs are met through scheduled and on-call visits up to 7 days a week.

Temporary/short term care that is provided in a skilled nursing facility or hospital when a patient’s symptoms cannot be medically managed at home. Our goal is always to keep our patients wherever they call home, but we contract with facilities when the need for inpatient stay is necessary.

Caring for a loved one with serious health issues can be exhausting for the primary caregiver and other family as well. We understand that and take that very seriously. The Medicare Hospice Benefit allows a hospice patient to stay for up to 5 days at a hospice inpatient unit or a nursing facility.

Temporary/short-term care is provided in the patient’s home when symptoms are not well controlled through normal visits. Nurses or Home Health aides are staffed at the bedside for up to 24 hours a day. Appropriateness for Continuous Care is evaluated daily by an RN.

We recognize the difficulty with losing a loved one and so we provide up to 13 months of bereavement support. We provide mailings every few months and occasional phone calls to check and see how you are coping. If you need more support we can talk with you by phone or meet with you in person.