Does the Term “Hospice Care” Frighten You?

July 18, 2017 by Michael Drew, LNHA
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Hospice Care in Bethlehem PA: Does the Term "Hospice Care" Frighten You?
Hospice Care in Bethlehem PA: Does the Term “Hospice Care” Frighten You?

If you’re like a lot of family caregivers, just hearing the word hospice can be difficult for you. To many people, it means that you’re giving up on your loved one and that can feel like the wrong thing to do.

You’re Not Giving Up

For so many people, hospice means that you or your loved one are giving up and just accepting that the end is here. In reality, hospice isn’t about giving up at all. It’s an opportunity for you and your loved one to focus on what can improve her quality of life right now. Changing the plan means you’re simply looking at the situation from a new angle that can help your loved one more efficiently.

Hospice Can Extend Your Loved One’s Life

In fact, hospice can even extend your loved one’s life. This is often because your loved one’s hospice care team can work as a liaison with your loved one’s medical team. This can open up new treatment options that your loved one can undertake at her own pace and in her own timing.

Your Loved One Can Stay Put

If your loved one has been in and out of the hospital, hospice can be a joy. It means that she no longer has to keep going back and forth into the hospital for treatments or due to complications. Your loved one can stay at home and focus on what her treatment plan can do for her there. Your loved one also doesn’t have the stress that hospital visits can sometimes create for loved ones who are at the ends of their lives.

There’s Help for You, Too

Whether you’re in need of bereavement assistance or simply some time to yourself so that you can process a lot of what is going on with your loved one, hospice care can give you what you need. When you’re getting what you need from this form of care, you’re able to be more present for and with your loved one and that’s what’s really important.

Once you experience what hospice care providers can do for you and your loved one, you’ll have more tools at your disposal than you thought you might.

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hospice care in Bethlehem, PA, please contact the caring staff at Serenity Hospice today. Call (215) 867-5405.

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