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End-of-Life Care
Holy Cross Hospice

Taking care of someone who is facing a life-threatening illness can be overwhelming. Holy Cross Hospice can provide an interdisciplinary team of skilled professionals to help you.

After an initial assessment, the team, in conjunction with you and your physician, will create a plan tailored to meet the needs of you and your family. We provide the skilled care and compassion we know you need, every step of the way.

Holy Cross Hospice emphasizes the importance of maintaining patients in their home environment during the terminal stages of an illness. However, our team of caregivers can provide support in many institutional settings as well. Anyone with a terminal or life-threatening illness may be cared for by Holy Cross Hospice.

Expert, Interdisciplinary Care
We have assembled a team of experts across a broad range of disciplines to assess and provide support services to you and your family. Services include:

• Skilled nursing: Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses assess, evaluate, manage and provide instruction for a wide range of conditions and symptoms. All of our nurses have special training in pain control and symptom management.
• Social work: Medical social workers provide planning, counseling and support for you and your family in dealing with the social, emotional, financial and practical needs you may encounter.
• Personal assistance: Certified home health aides provide personal care assistance such as bathing, hair and nail care, bed-making, toileting, light meal preparation and light laundry.
• Spiritual support: Pastoral Care representatives provide spiritual support to our hospice patients and their families. Spiritual support is available for all religious affiliations.
• General support: Volunteers, specially trained in hospice, work with the professional staff to provide practical assistance, respite and support to patients and families.
• Bereavement support: Grief support for adults and children is available both on an individual and group basis to anyone in the community experiencing grief due to the loss of someone they love. We also offer community counseling services in school or the workplace after a traumatic event.

We accept Medicare and Medicaid as well as most other insurance plans. We will help determine your coverage level before services start.

Our Program is state-licensed, Medicare-certified and Joint Commission accredited.

For more information on Holy Cross Hospice, please call 301.754.7740.

Bayles Center for Hospice and Palliative Care at Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
A Trinity Continuing Care Services Facility
The Bayles Center at Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of several facilities available to patients whose care needs can not be provided at home.

Find out more about the Bayles Center.

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