Hospice Services

Bon Secours Hospice provides end-of-life compassionate care.  This ideal has guided us during almost 30 years of helping thousands of patients and their families. At end-of-life care, or hospice care, honesty and heartfelt kindness are as important as sound medical care.

At Bon Secours, hospice is not tied to a place. We serve people in many sites--their homes, hospitals, and assisted-living or nursing facilities.  We build close relationships based on trust, respect, and an appreciation for each individual's inherent dignity. Hospice care is comprehensive, embracing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Our team includes physicians, nurses, nurse assistants, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers.

Bon Secours Hospice is about people--patients and families--and doing all we can to provide them with comfort, strength, and support when it is needed most.

Hospice is for end-of-life patients who wish to have as much control as possible over their care.  It is most appropriate when a patient cannot be cured or opts to end aggressive treatments.  No formula exists for pursuing this option because every patient's health situation is unique.  Patients often include--but are not limited to--those with cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and other conditions.  Certainly, patients want to and should consult with their physicians who can make timely recommendations on hospice as a care option.  Plus, hospice may be appropriate, if a patient:

• has a life-limiting illness
• requires daily pain medication
• has recurrent hospitalizations
• has experienced serious weight loss
• has difficulty completing daily tasks
• is no longer seeking curative treatments
• wants the benefits of hospice care

The mission of Bon Secours is to provide compassionate, quality healthcare services to those in need, including the poor and dying, to alleviate human suffering and bring people to wholeness amid pain and loss.

Recognizing the dignity of all persons, we provide compassionate healthcare services that contribute to the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being of those we serve.