Services - Curatus Health

What is Hospice Care?

Hospice isn’t just for individuals who need support as their health journey comes to a close. In fact, hospice is much more than end-of-life care—it can be a lifeline of support and love for individuals and their families as they navigate complexity and find peace and comfort during the most complex time of their life.

Hospice care is not centered on being curative—the goal is to bring comfort, dignity, and support to a patient. We’re focused on helping individuals with their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs during their most vulnerable time. Family members, friends, and patients all benefit as we come together to bring peace and support.

Key Aspects of Hospice Care

Goals of hospice care can include managing pain, providing comfort, managing symptoms and side effects, and supporting the patient and their loved ones.

A variety of medical professionals, social workers, and chaplains work with the patient and their family to coordinate care and support

Hospice workers can bring care wherever their patients call home—this includes private residences, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and more.

Hospice Services at Curatus Health

1. Skilled Nursing

Registered nurses (RNs) coordinate and deliver the plan of care, managing pain, symptoms, and medications. Our nurses are available 24/7 for visits or triage calls, ensuring comfort and peace at all times.

2. Pain Management

Our teams focus on management of pain and symptoms to help ensure patients are as comfortable as possible no matter what they are going through.

3. Personal Caregiving

Our caring CNAs and hospice aides assist patients with personal care such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and daily living needs—preserving dignity and providing gentle companionship.

4. Medical Collaboration

Our Curatus hospice physicians and the patient’s attending physician collaborate on the plan of care, medication management, and recertification. This ensures medical appropriateness and alignment with the patient’s wishes.

5. Therapy Services (as needed)

Physical, occupational, or speech therapy may be provided for comfort, positioning, or preserving function to maintain quality of life.

6. Medication, Equipment, and Supplies

All medications, durable medical equipment (DME), and supplies related to the terminal diagnosis are provided and delivered directly to the patient’s home—at no cost to the family.

7. Social Work Support, Counsel, and Advocacy

Social workers provide emotional, social, and practical support — including counseling, advance directive assistance, and help navigating community resources and financial concerns.

8. Spiritual and Chaplain Services

Our Curatus Health chaplains address spiritual needs according to the patient’s faith, beliefs, or traditions. Chaplains support both patients and families in finding peace, meaning, and closure.

9. Bereavement and Grief Support

Our bereavement and grief support plan extends care to the family for at least 13 months after the patient’s passing, offering counseling, support groups, and memorial events like Curatus’ ‘Butterfly Release’ and ‘Last Wish’ programs.

10. Volunteer Support

Curatus Health works with trained hospice volunteers to provide companionship, respite for caregivers, and non-medical assistance—embodying the heart of community service within hospice care.

11. Case Management

Curatus offers comprehensive case management and coordination of core medical services with the patient’s physician and the patient’s Curatus Hospice care team physician. This can also involve Plan of Care coordination should hospitalization occur.