A comprehensive hospice program cares for the whole person and their family. Hospice focuses on physical, emotional, and spiritual quality of life with the help of a team of experts, including a board-certified physician, nurse practitioner, nurse, social worker, spiritual support counselor, certified home health aide, and volunteer. The care is provided in your home, nursing home, assisted living, or inpatient hospice facility.
Hospice offers four levels of care, as defined by Medicare, to meet the varying needs of patients and their families. The four levels of hospice include routine home care, continuous home care, general inpatient care, and respite care.
The appropriate level of hospice care is determined by your physician/specialist, or a hospice physician or nurse visiting you or your loved one in the home, hospital, or assisted living/nursing home. The healthcare provider will do an assessment to determine which level of hospice care is right for you. If you have any questions, please ask your healthcare provide or hospice nurse.
The goal of hospice care is to help you live in peace, comfort, and dignity up to and including the moment of death. If you live in Southern New Jersey and would like to learn if your loved one is eligible for hospice care, please call our nurse care coordinator today at (800) 229-8183.
Samaritan is the oldest and largest hospice care provider in New Jersey, and the only NJ-hospice working in collaboration with the American Heart Association and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation to provide an advanced cardiac care hospice program.