Hospice Care in Greater Westport, Massachusetts
Hanover Hospice is specially trained in end-of-life health care. We are available on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to meet your hospice care needs. A licensed nurse answers calls after business hours. We do not use an answering service.
What is hospice care?
Hospice care is end-of-life care when a person has a terminal illness and is expected to live six months or less. The physician or doctor determines if hospice makes sense, and the family is involved with the decision and planning.
Hospice care focuses on comfort care; it is not treatment to cure the condition. Palliative care, or care to reduce pain, is often done with hospice care to give the best quality of life. The attending physician can continue to care for the individual.
Hospice can happen as in home health care or at a nursing or assisted living facility.
Hanover Hospice collaborates with the family and physicians to provide the best hospice care at home, wherever home is.
Hanover Hospice is specially trained in end-of-life health care. We are available on-call 24-hours a day, 7-days a week to meet your needs. A licensed nurse answers calls after business hours. To ensure the best care hospice care, we do not use an answering service.
Our levels of care are based on the four categories of health care available under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
- Routine Hospice Care
- General Inpatient Care
- Continuous Home Care
- Inpatient Respite Care
We serve the Greater Westport, MA, area. Communities include:
- Fall River
- Somerset
- Swansea
- Westport
- Dartmouth
- Assonet
- Freetown
- Dighton
- Rehoboth
- Berkley
- Gardner
- And more
Call (508) 675-7583 to inquire about Hanover Hospice care services in your community.
We treat all patients and their families with dignity and respect. We promote comfort and quality of life according to each individual’s wishes and needs. Hanover Hospice welcomes the opportunity to serve all patients. We are a preferred provider for most major insurances, including Medicare MassHealth/Medicaid.