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Mt. Pleasant,SC
294694 843-972-0500
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Welcome to
Beacon Hospice At Beacon Hospice, we provide
compassionate care for those facing end-of-life issues and personal support
to their families. Because patients prefer the comfort of familiar
surroundings, we provide care wherever patients reside, whether in a private
home, a nursing home, an assisted living facility or other in-patient
setting. Hospice helps individuals
live well. It is personal care that focuses on improving quality of life and
reducing suffering. Individuals receiving hospice care typically have a life
expectancy of weeks or a few months. Hospice provides services to support
physical needs as well as the spiritual and emotional needs of individuals
and their families and is tailored to personal needs and preferences. Covered hospice services
include visits from hospice team members, as well as medications, medical
equipment and supplies related to the terminal diagnosis. We bill insurers
directly, eliminating the need for patients to file claims or other paperwork
for care related to the terminal illness. Is hospice and palliative
care an appropriate option? It's never easy to know when the time is right,
but you may want to discuss hospice with your physician. Our local
program leaders work directly with the medical community, families and
caregivers to help ensure that every patient is treated with the greatest
respect and dignity. Our staff serves as
patient advocates and helps deliver sensitive, expert care using
state-of-the-art techniques in pain management and symptom control.
Physicians with experience in hospice and palliative medicine lead each
hospice clinical team. Our hospice nurses have training and experience
serving the unique needs of patients nearing the end of life, and, through
our established relationships with community physicians, hospitals and
nursing homes, we have a unique understanding and compassion for the health
issues facing hospice patients. After the death of a loved
one, the remaining family members are entitled under the Hospice benefit to
13 months of Bereavement care through our Center for Living With Loss. These
highly trained counselors know the challenges of shouldering grief and have
the tools to lighten the load. Beacon Hospice is about
Life and not about Death! It is about fulfilling dreams to be
accomplished; saying the “I love you’s”; offering the “I’m sorry’s” and
making the Hospice Days the best days of life. |
