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Welcome to AseraCare of Atlanta! Our approach to hospice care
and home health services ensures that the needs and wishes of the entire family are being met.
If you are confined to the home but need ongoing medical care, our home health staff can design
a comprehensive healthcare program to meet your needs. And doctor-prescribed hospice care is a
compassionate alternative for terminally ill patients and their families.
Hospice is about living. Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death, but rather it affirms life,
emphasizes dignity, and enhances the quality of the remainder of a person’s life. Hospice adds
life to days at a time when days can no longer be added to life.
Hospice treats the person, not the disease . . . focuses on
family and friends, not just the individual . . . and emphasizes the quality of life, not the duration.
Hospice is a program of palliative and supportive services that
provide physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill persons and their families.
It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented program that accentuates pain control and
symptom management for patients who no longer respond to routine aggressive medical care. The focus of
hospice care is palliative rather than curative in nature.
Often, full-time caregivers and family are the first to notice changes
in a loved one. Letting your doctor know about these changes can help him or her decide if hospice could
help you and your family. Once you make the decision for hospice care, we manage your entire spectrum of
needs related to the terminal diagnosis in an integrated, efficient way that takes significant pressure
off your loved one and your family.
Our hospice professionals manage any number of medical, psychological,
spiritual and practical challenges that are a part of the end-of-life process. These may include the
medical apparatus, managing pain and comfort, processing paperwork, and coordinating volunteers to provide
respite and companionship to your loved one and your family.
We also provide -- in coordination with your family’s wishes -- social
work services and spiritual support, including involvement of counselors and clergy from your church or
denomination.
In short, our hospice team provides a nurturing, supportive culture for all.
Our philosophy of hospice care is to alleviate physical discomfort while
providing emotional, spiritual and bereavement support to the terminally ill patient and their family. A
registered nurse is on call around the clock -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- to complement and
assist the hospice team in giving patients comfort, peace of mind, enhanced quality of life and dignity at
the end of life.
Our approach focuses on medical “best practices” and the extension of
your doctor’s plan of care. We recognize that over the course of a serious illness, you have built
relationships of trust and confidence with doctors and other clinical caregivers. We strive to maintain
this established trust, providing assurance to you and your family during this difficult time.
Medicare and Medicaid (in some states) cover 100% of the costs related
to a patient’s life-limiting illness for medications, supplies, home medical equipment, short-term inpatient
and respite care, doctors’ services, and counseling services for the patient and family members. Many private
insurance companies also offer hospice benefits. Our hospice staff will help you verify insurance coverage and
eligibility prior to admission.
Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Henry, Paulding Counties
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