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VNA Hospice of Indian River County is dedicated to ensuring that living well at the end of life is the expectation and realization of every patient. The VNA Hospice team provides a multidisciplinary approach to the care of patients who, realizing their illnesses no longer respond to aggressive treatment, have chosen palliative goals of care rather than curative ones. With expertise, dedication and compassion, the team addresses the patient’s medical treatment, as well as the mental, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the patient, family and caregiver.
On-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the physician-directed hospice team includes nurses skilled in comprehensive pain control and symptom management, counselors, home health aides, chaplains, bereavement specialists and trained volunteers.
At the core of the team is the patient, family and caregiver, recipients of a palliative care approach that helps each patient live with quality, respect and dignity and responds to the individual needs of the patient’s loved ones.
Palliative care centers on pain relief, patient comfort and family assistance, the three components that form the basis of hospice.
VNA Hospice services are provided in the patient's own home, in the hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility or at the VNA Hospice House.
