Golden Rule Hospice provides services to terminally ill patients with

a wide range of diagnoses. Golden Rule Hospice offers palliative care and support

to all terminally ill patients and their families. This palliative care focuses on

enhancing a patient’s comfort and overall quality of life and is  provided in

the patient’s home, a nursing home, or hospital. Golden Rule Hospice's services

are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week or on an intermittent

basis and include:

n Medications equipment, and supplies

n Expert nursing care

n Personal care (including bathing, feeding, and dressing)

n Emotional counseling

n Dietary counseling

n Chaplain (or other clergy) support

n Social work services

n Financial Counseling

n Bereavement care and counseling

n Physical, speech, and occupational therapies

n Volunteer service and support

The Golden Rule Hospice  Team

Golden Rule Hospice believes that psychological, spiritual, and social services, as

well as medical/ clinical care, can contribute to an improved quality of life for

patients and their families. Every patient is served by a team of dedicated

professionals who are guided by the choices and decisions made by the

patient, family and physician.

The team includes:

n The patient’s physician

n A patient care manager

n Hospice trained Registered Nurses

n Certified Nursing Assistants

n A Medical Social Worker

n A Chaplain

n Specially trained Volunteers

n Golden Rules's Hospice Physician

n Counselors