Dallas Fort Worth Texas Hospice Care Terminally Ill End-of-Life

In a setting much like a home, staff is available 24 hours a day to provide emotional spiritual, and complex, interactive medical care. Respite care, transitional care, inpatient care and short-term residential care are available in our hospice houses.

We focus on providing families with a warm, home-like atmosphere where the emphasis is placed on personal dignity and a positive quality of life. Amenities include:

• Warm-colored living areas with soft lighting
• Attractively furnished living room, dining room and family kitchen
• Chapel for family gatherings
• Play area for younger visitors
• Family bathroom with shower
• Sleeping accommodations for one family member
• 24-hour visiting hours
• On-site parking
• Laundry facilities
• A homelike environment.

Admission Criteria:

• The patient has a life-limiting illness.
• Treatment is focused on palliative care (to ease or reduce the symptoms of a disease) rather than curative care.
• The patient/family consents to hospice care and completes all admission procedures.
• The patient is under the care of a physician who may continue to be responsible for the patient's medical care, or care is transferred to the hospice physician.
• The patient meets one of the following criteria:
  • Patient is in need of symptom management.
  • Patient requires a short inpatient stay to provide respite care for the caregiver(s).
  • Patient requires a brief period of transitional care.
• The Director of Inpatient Services and Medical Director are responsible for accepting hospice patients for admission to the inpatient unit.