When You Need Us Most
By Your Side
By Your Side Program
Hospice care is designed to adjust as the individual needs of each patient and their family change over time.
Visits in the last week of life are critical for hospice patients and their families. Our hospice team of nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers and chaplains, is ready to be By Your Side so that care and comfort can be added when you need us most.
Additional Presence Brings More Care
- Increased care team visits and/or extended duration
- Pain and symptom management
- Personal care services
- Comfort and compassion
- Addressing questions & concerns
- Spiritual support for hospice patient and family
Hospice Visits Last Days of Life ( HVLDL) Elara 68% vs National Average of 67.0%
The HVLDL measure assesses hospice staff visits to patients at the end of life. This measure is constructed from Medicare hospice claims records. It indicates the hospice provider’s proportion of patients who have received in-person visits from a registered nurse or medical social worker on at least two out of the final three days of the patient’s life.
Hospice Care Index (HCI) – Visits Near Death – Elara 95% vs National Average of 92.6%
The Hospice Care Index (HCI) captures care processes occurring throughout the hospice stay, between admission and discharge. The HCI is a single measure comprising ten indicators calculated from Medicare claims data.
The index design of the HCI simultaneously monitors all ten indicators. Collectively these indicators represent different aspects of hospice service and thereby characterize hospices comprehensively, rather than on just a single care dimension. Each indicator equally affects the single HCI score, reflecting the equal importance of each aspect of care delivered from admission to discharge.
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Why Choose Hospice Sooner?
Research indicates that hospice care improves symptom distress, care quality, caregiver outcomes, patient and family satisfaction. Hospice care data is associated with improved quality of life and longer survival rates.
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