St. Anthony Regional Hospice Celebrates National Home Care and Hospice Month

Each November, the professionals and volunteers who are privileged to provide in-home care for the sick, elderly and dying celebrate National Home Care & Hospice Month. “By maintaining the security and comfort of home, our patients get excellent care from a variety of necessary services,” said Angela Dillon, Director of St. Anthony Home Health and St. Anthony Regional Hospice. “Today, St. Anthony Home Care offers a wealth of nursing, therapy, counseling, dietary, and personal care services.”

November also marks an awareness of hospice services that allow terminally ill patients and their families to experience the end of life together in the comfort and security of home, or a home-like setting. Services provided by St. Anthony Regional Hospice include pain management, symptom control, psychosocial support and spiritual care to patients and their families when a cure is not available.  “This year’s theme “It Must Be Love” places emphasis on the way hospice services make sure patients and families find dignity, respect and love during life’s most difficult journey,” said Dillon. A person is eligible for hospice once certified by a physician as having a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less. St. Anthony Regional Hospice professionals and volunteers work together to provide quality end-of-life care that focuses on support, compassion, pain-relief and bereavement services for patients and their families.

During the celebration of National Home Care & Hospice Month, St. Anthony recognizes our caregivers for their commitment to provide dignity, respect and compassion in their service to patients and families. The St. Anthony Regional Hospice team includes a medical director, physicians, nurses, clergy, social workers, dieticians, pharmacists and trained volunteers who provide a vital service to the community. Staff and volunteers will be honored for their commitment at an appreciation reception that will be held in April.

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“Each year, as Thanksgiving approaches, we take time to remember the many gifts that our home care and hospice caregivers provide every day to our sick, elderly and disabled,” said Dillon, “Our caregivers make a remarkable difference in the lives of the patients and families they serve.”