COMPASSION
Safe Side Hospice is dedicated to providing compassionate high quality hospice care. Our goal is to work as closely as possible with you, your family or your representatives in order to provide the best services to you.
CAREGIVING
The quality of life for those we serve is enhanced through palliative and specialized supportive care designed to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patients and caregivers.
SUPPORT
Hospice care is provided by an interdisciplinary team utilizing an approach to the care delivered to patients either in their own home or extended care facility; working cooperatively with area health care providers and other community resources.
Safe Side Hospice restores quality of life for patients by reducing the pain and symptoms associated with their life limiting illness.
We get to know our patients and their loved ones on a personal level and work closely with a team of specialists to develop a palliative care plan that supports patient and family end-of-life goals. While we do not administer curative care, our staff will aggressively treat symptoms and pain to ensure comfort.
The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have.
– ANNA QUINDLEN
THERAPIES WE PROVIDE
Physical Therapy: Helps strengthen the patients body function and alleviate pain.
Occupational Therapy: Teaches alternative methods to make daily activities simpler.
Speech Therapy: Develops alternative ways to communicate, or food preparation if swallowing is an issue.
Massage Therapy: Provides relief from muscle tension, stiffness, muscle spasms and headaches with or without essential oils.
Aroma & Aroma Touch Therapy: Offers a refreshing, revitalizing and cheerful experience with essential oils.
You matter because you are you. You matter to the last moment of your life, and we will do all we can, not only to help you die peacefully, but to live until you die.
– DR. CICELY SAUNDERS, FOUNDER OF THE FIRST HOSPICE
TYPES OF HOSPICE SERVICES
Routine Home Care: Devoted to helping patients maintain independence.
General Inpatient Care: Offers a more aggressive schedule of treatments to reduce pain and symptoms during inpatient care, allowing the patient to return home once his or her condition has been regulated.
Respite Care: Allows the patient’s caretaker time away to “recharge.”
Continuous Care: Provides a more intense short-term care in the patient’s home environment to administer medications, treatments, and support until the symptoms are under control.