Inpatient Hospice Care
While most hospice care is provided at home, in a home for the dying or comfort care home, or in a nursing home, hospice care may also be provided in an inpatient setting. Inpatient hospice care can be provided in either a designated unit called a hospice unit or in a "scatter bed" at a hospital. Hospice inpatient care is available for individuals needing help in controlling pain, their symptoms or for those whose family is exhausted or in crisis and needing respite. It is usually used for the last two weeks of a person’s life. Inpatient hospice care is also appropriate for persons already admitted to a hospital who are actively dying. Inpatient Hospice care always depends on bed availability. Hospice will search for an available bed, call you back, and arrange for transportation if necessary. The Hospice staff tries to arrange for care in the site of your choice, but sometimes beds are scarce or not available.
Locally, there is the first 11-bed free-standing hospice facility in Rochester. The Lifetime Care Hildebrandt Center creates the sense of
welcoming and individual care that people need at the end of life.
The Hildebrant Hospice Care Center is located at 2652 Ridegeway Avenue, so close to Unity Hospital, it will ease the transition from acute
care to hospice care for patients, families and their physicians - reducing a major barrier to hospice care.
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