What Is Hospice Care?
Hospice is a specialized form of healthcare for individuals living with a life-limiting illness. It focuses on comfort, dignity, symptom management, and quality of life rather than curative treatment.
Berkley Hospice provides individualized care and support to patients, families, and caregivers wherever the patient calls home. This may include a private residence, assisted living community, skilled nursing facility, or other residential setting. Our clinical team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to changing needs, provide guidance, and help families feel supported throughout the hospice journey.
Hospice care addresses the whole person. In addition to managing pain and other physical symptoms, our team provides emotional, social, and spiritual support based on each patient’s values, preferences, and goals. Support continues for family members and loved ones through bereavement services following a patient’s death.
The Hospice Care Team
Each patient receives an individualized plan of care developed and coordinated by an interdisciplinary hospice team. The patient and family remain at the center of every decision.
Depending on the patient’s needs, the care team may include:
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The patient’s attending physician
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A hospice physician or medical director
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Registered nurses
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Certified nursing assistants or hospice aides
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Social workers
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Chaplains or spiritual care counselors
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Bereavement counselors
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Trained hospice volunteers
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Physical, occupational, or speech therapists when medically appropriate
Together, the hospice team works to manage pain and symptoms, coordinate medications and medical equipment, provide personal care, offer counseling and education, and support both the patient and family during every stage of care.
At Berkley Hospice, our goal is to help each patient live as comfortably and meaningfully as possible while ensuring that families never have to navigate this experience alone.
