Some of the services offered by Kinkaid Private Care’s hospice at home in Pasadena include: 

Pain Management

Life-limiting illness can often be a painful experience, and as such pain management plays a primary role in home hospice care. While pain is common, it can be effectively treated through a number of different medications and treatments to enhance the quality of life in this period.

Many people have reservations about pain management in hospice care; they fear their loved one being overmedicated, becoming addicted, or accelerating illness with pain management approaches. Thankfully, these scenarios are unlikely to occur with professional home hospice and quality services.

Pain management in home hospice is focused entirely on improving the patient’s well-being and reducing uncomfortable symptoms. This means finding the appropriate levels of pain medication which strikes a balance between relieving pain and allowing patients to live life as they see fit. 

It also means incorporating non-pharmacological approaches to dealing with pain, such as massage, assistive equipment, relaxation techniques, or applying heat and ice to the source of discomfort.

Symptom Control Medication

Pain is not the only symptom of a life-limiting illness. Other common concerns and symptoms include:

• Nausea
• Delirium
• Anxiety
• Constipation
• Breathing difficulties
• Insomnia
• Fever

When possible, these symptoms can be treated through targeted medications and interventions that can reduce their frequency, severity, and impact on you or your loved one’s life. 

Medical Equipment and Supplies

When people are approaching the end of life, they often require specialized equipment or supplies to go about their day with dignity. Hospice care typically provides this equipment for patients, providing added assistance and mobility options for those who need it.

This could include equipment and supplies such as:

• Electric beds
• Nebulizers
• Bedside commodes
• Oxygen equipment
• Bandages and wound care supplies
• Ostomy supplies
• Wheelchairs
• Walkers
• Lift chairs

Buying this medical equipment on your own is often cost-prohibitive, but incorporating their price into hospice care makes it easy for families and patients alike to have the equipment needed for the activities of daily living.

Spiritual Counseling

Spiritual care plays a key role in hospice at home. Patients living with life-limiting illnesses are confronted with the most difficult and spiritually infused questions and can benefit from professional counseling services that help them reach peace and understanding before the end of life.

Spiritual counseling with Kinkaid Private Care’s hospice at home in Pasadena does not depend upon specific religious beliefs or convictions. Rather, our team meets each patient where they are, provides guidance where they can, and delivers comfort to patients and families alike.

Grief and Loss Counseling

Feelings of grief and loss are common threads in hospice care. Even before the patient reaches the end of life, family members can experience anticipatory grief – or the mourning process that begins while the patient is still living. Grief and loss counselors can help people put these feelings and emotions into words. 

By beginning the processing of grief in this stage, and throughout the entire process, our team can help families to walk this difficult journey together. From healing damaged relationships to finding the space for forgiveness, to helping families and patients alike find closure and say their goodbyes.

Benefits of Hospice at Home in Pasadena

The nature of hospice care makes for an incredibly intimate setting, where comfort and security are of paramount importance. It is no wonder that most hospice patients vastly prefer hospice at home in Pasadena, rather than moving into a dedicated hospice facility.

Providing hospice care at home allows patients to spend the last months of their lives where they already feel most comfortable. It allows families to visit and gather without having to schedule appointments or go to a far-away location. Ultimately, hospice care is best at home because that’s where patients want to be – with national surveys reporting that 71% of Americans would prefer the end of life to be at home.

With Kinkaid Private Care, hospice at home brings all the tools, equipment, and expertise of a hospital into this comforting space. It helps our clients feel most at ease, maintain quality of life, and provide them with the dignity they deserve.