As a professional trained to treat and heal, it may be challenging to consider a terminal patient as having a good outcome. Yet, expert care from Hospice of the Panhandle can improve life’s final months by keeping the patient comfortable at home, relieving emotional and spiritual distress, empowering a higher quality of life, and even supporting what families call a “good death.” The sooner you refer patients to Hospice of the Panhandle or Panhandle Palliative Services, the more we can do to manage pain and other symptoms, improve quality of life, and provide care that receives high satisfaction scores from patients and families.

By expertly managing pain and other symptoms – including regularly scheduled home visits and 24/7 phone support by RNs – Hospice of the Panhandle and Panhandle Palliative Services have solid track records of minimizing ER visits and reducing hospital readmissions within 30 days. Keeping your patients out of the ER and avoiding hospital admissions or readmissions are important to you and your business. Hospice of the Panhandle is your partner in minimizing Medicare penalties, as well as reducing ICU bed usage and hospital length of stay.