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Catholic Community Hospice is dedicated to preserving the quality of life of the dying by restoring their dignity, choices and control.
Dedicated care is provided for patients with all terminal illnesses, including, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, kidney disease, neurological disorders and AIDS.
Contact Catholic Community Hospice
Kansas: 913-621-5090
Missouri:816-523-5634
Or Visit us on the web at www.catholiccommunityhospice.com
How does the Catholic Community Hospice team work?
Hospice empowers the patient and family to direct their plan of care. A registered nurse is on call and available 24 hours a day. Hospice care can be administered at home or in a home-like setting, such as a long-term care facility.
Hospice consists of an interdisciplinary team including:
- Medical Director
- Registered Nurses
- Social Worker
- Chaplain
- Volunteers
- Therapists
- Homehealth Aides
Your Hospice experience may include some or all of the following services:
- Consultation, assessment and development of a plan of care with participation of the patient, family and doctor
- Nursing care
- Medical equipment
- Medication and pain management
- Bathing and other personal care
- Respite care
- Bereavement services
What is the Catholic Community Hospice philosophy?
Hospice focuses not on the disease, but on the comfort and care of the patient and family.
- Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death.
- Hospice effectively addresses the fears of painful suffering, abandonment and loss of control.
- Symptoms can be controlled and physical suffering can be alleviated.
- Adequate symptom management is NOT euthanasia.
How is Catholic Community Hospice paid for?
Most services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance. Catholic Community Hospice will help facilitate coverage through the patient's insurance company. Patients do not process complicated paperwork or bills. No patient will be turned away for lack of insurance or inability to pay.
Catholic Community Hospice serves Douglas, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas, and Jackson, Clay, Cass and Platte in Missouri.
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