End-of-Life Care
When a loved one is approaching the final stages of life, all that matters is the comfort and love that is personalized to them in the best way and means. While medical/skilled care does little or nothing aside from pain medication administration, comfort and support is of paramount to ensure they are happy and cared for in a familiar environment. This is where Goshen Home Care services come in to fill in the gap for the care needed.
Goshen Home caregivers focus on providing comfort, minimizing pain and providing emotional support to individuals in the final stages of life, typically when curative treatments are no longer effective.
The goal is to ensure that the person’s remaining time is as peaceful, comfortable, and dignified as possible, in a familiar and supportive environment.
Key Components of Home Care for End-of-Life / Hospice Care:
- Non-Medication Therapies: Techniques like repositioning, carefully and gently moving clients, and providing a cozy environment help alleviate discomfort and promote relaxation.
- Daily Activities: Hospice care often includes help with personal care tasks such as bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, and mobility.
- Assistance with Feeding: If the person is unable to eat normally
- Emotional and Spiritual Support: Reading out to clients what they believe in and allowing a time of connection.
- Respite care services allow family members to take breaks, knowing that their loved one is being cared for by professionals.
- Hospice care often includes 24/7 support for emergencies and with a caregiver being around, the hospice nurse are reached out to immediately when need
- Dignified care and personalised care based on clients preference.
- Give your loved one more personalised care with a home caregiver with less pay compared to skilled care with less care and more pay.
