Services
The 4 Levels of Care
#1. Routine Home Care
This is how we provide hospice care most often: in patients’ homes, long-term care facilities and nursing homes
#2. Continuous Care
When medically necessary, acute symptom management is provided at home or in another facility by hospice staff in shifts of up to 24 hours/day so the patient can avoid hospitalization.
#3. Inpatient Care
If a patient’s needs cannot be managed at home, local contracted nursing home facilities provide hospice care around the clock until the patient can return home.
#4. Respite Care
Limited to up to five consecutive days, respite care provides a brief “respite” for the patient’s primary caregiver by admitting the home care patient to an institutional setting without meeting the “inpatient” pain and symptom management criteria.
Services Provided
- Pain and Symptom Management
- Counseling and Supportive Services
- Spiritual Counseling
- Therapy Services
- Personal Care/Home Health Aide Services
- Provide Supplies
- Provide Medication
- Provide Durable Medical
- Deliver Equipment Related to the Life-Limiting Illness
- Continuous Care
- Inpatient Services
- Respite Care Services
Services
How does Hospice work?
To start the hospice services the hospice typically receives a "referral". The referral process consists of assisting the patient and family in checking the patient's insurance for hospice service coverage. Most times the patient and the family are unaware of their insurance coverage. Hospice accepts Medicare, MediCal, and other private insurances. The hospice representative typically visits the patient within 48 hours. This includes the explanation of benefits (EOB) and the assessment / evaluation of the eligibility of the patient. If the patient is deemed eligible to receive hospice services, the hospice team, the patient and the family will collaborate to create the best care plan for the patient.
Evita Hospice Staff
- Medical Directors (MD)
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) Hospice Aides (HA)
- Social Workers
- Physical Therapists (PT)
- Occupational Therapists (OT)
- Speech Therapists
- Chaplains
- Bereavements Counselors
- Volunteers
Evita Patient Care
Evita Hospice accepts patients with different range of life-limiting illness including but not limited to: End stage Heart Disease, End stage Kidney Disease, Lung Disease (COPD) , Liver Disease, and End Stage Neurological Diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, etc)