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Provides hospice services to people with terminal illness and their families to help maintain the best quality of life possible. Hospice care is provided wherever the person resides, whether it is in their own home, a long-term care facility or the hospital.

Patients routinely receive in-home services from an interdisciplinary hospice team including a medical director, nurses, homemaker/health aides, social workers, spiritual advisors, pharmacists, and volunteers. Nursing home residents may receive hospice care as well. The team will work individually with dying person and family members to meet whatever needs arise. Hospice Care provides continued support before and after death (bereavement support for family members).

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

- Advance directives.

- End-of-life issues.

- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

- Grief and loss issues.

- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Offers a home hospice program for patients and families throughout central Illinois. A coordinated care team visits individuals and their families in their own home. "Home" can be anywhere an individual calls home - house, apartment, nursing or retirement facility. The goal is to keep patients in familiar surroundings and close to loved ones for as long as possible.

Provides physical, emotional, spiritual, and social support to individuals who are living with terminal illnesses. Care is provided in the home, nursing homes, and residential care facilities. If appropriate, complementary therapies can also be provided.

Complementary therapies include:
- Tails of Joy (pet therapy)
- Music therapy
- Message therapy
- Respiratory therapy

Provides end-of-life care for patients and support for their family members and caregivers. Care emphasis on pain and symptom management.

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

- Advance directives.

- End-of-life issues.

- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

- Grief and loss issues.

- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

- Advance directives.

- End-of-life issues.

- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

- Grief and loss issues.

- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

- Advance directives.

- End-of-life issues.

- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

- Grief and loss issues.

- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Provides end-of-life care for patients whose life expectancy is 6 months or less. Services include nursing care, social work and counseling, chaplain and physician support, and palliative care evaluations.

Provides physical, emotional and spiritual care for seriously-ill individuals, their families, and their caregivers. Also offer emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their loved ones. Individualized, person-centered care is provided by an interdisciplinary team that consists of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, counselors, therapists, and certified nursing assistants. On-call nurses are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to answer questions, address needs or concerns, and make home visits. To further support patients and families, Hospice volunteers are available for periodic caregiver respite and companionship. Hospice of Dubuque ensures that patients receive the necessary and appropriate medications, equipment, supplies, and interventions.

Hospice is appropriate for any individual diagnosed with a progressive, life-limiting illness or condition with a prognosis of six months or less, if the illness or condition were to take its normal course. The program seeks to help clients live final months comfortably at home, rather than seeking ongoing curative treatments.

Hospice care includes 24/7 availability for consultation and urgent visits, distribution of medications and durable medical equipment related to terminal diagnosis, personal care needs and companionship provided by hospice aides and volunteers, personalized Veteran services, emotional and spiritual support from team of social workers and pastoral staff and bereavement services for all loved ones for 18 months following hospice care.

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

- Advance directives.

- End-of-life issues.

- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

- Grief and loss issues.

- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Hospice is appropriate for any individual diagnosed with a progressive, life-limiting illness or condition with a prognosis of six months or less, if the illness or condition were to take its normal course. The program seeks to help clients live final months comfortably at home, rather than seeking ongoing curative treatments.

Hospice care includes 24/7 availability for consultation and urgent visits, distribution of medications and durable medical equipment related to terminal diagnosis, personal care needs and companionship provided by hospice aides and volunteers, personalized Veteran services, emotional and spiritual support from team of social workers and pastoral staff and bereavement services for all loved ones for 18 months following hospice care.

Provides hospice and palliative services to veterans with life-threatening illnesses. Services focus on comfort, quality of life and reducing suffering.

Offers a range of services for older adults. Care services may also be provided in many settings, within the patient's home, nursing home, assisted living facilities, or hospitals.