Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island helps by:
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Providing coordinated, experienced medical, emotional and spiritual care for patients and loved ones.
- Offering nursing assistants to assist with personal care
- Managing physical symptoms and controlling pain to keep you comfortable
- Offering grief counseling and bereavement support to patients and loved ones
- Providing education about care, the disease process and changes which may occur in the patient’s condition
- Helping you find resources in the community for additional and ongoing support
- Making arrangements for delivery of medications, medical equipment and supplies to your home
- Helping you talk about difficult issues that arise at the end of life
- Being available by telephone, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day to address concerns
Anyone can make the first call to Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island. It may be yourself, a family member, good friend, or a member of the clergy. It doesn’t have to be your physician or a healthcare provider. The toll-free number is: 1-800-338-6555.
Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island will contact the individual’s physician and an admission nurse will schedule a visit to develop a plan of care.
