Hospice Care of
Acadiana
Including Lafayette, Opelousas, New Iberia, and More!
Hospice Care
Your local comprehensive hospice authority is the extensively trained healthcare professionals and support staff at HOPE Healthcare and Hospice. HOPE provides routine home care, general inpatient care, continuous home care, and respite care.
Care includes:
- Nursing and physician services
- Medical social services
- Home health aide services
- Counseling services (pastoral, spiritual, bereavement, dietary, and others as necessary)
- Medications related to the terminal illness.
- Durable medical equipment
- Medical supplies related to the terminal illness.
- Lab/Diagnostic related to the terminal illness.
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
General Inpatient Care
General Inpatient Care (GIP) is hospice care for short-term symptom management that cannot be controlled in a home-like setting and must be provided at an area hospital. The hospice clinical team members will make daily visits and communicate orders of care directly to the hospital staff.
Continuous Home Care
Continuous home care is hospice care provided short-term to manage pain and symptoms in a home setting for up to 24 hours a day for patients who do not wish to return to the hospital but require full-time symptom management.
Continuous Home Care is provided in the patient's home by the hospice clinical team only until symptoms are under control; then, the patient is transitioned back to Routine Home Care.
Continuous Home Care symptom examples include:
- Unrelieved pain
- Severe nausea and vomiting
- Severe shortness of breath
- Severe anxiety or panic attacks
Family and Emotional Support
We provide emotional, spiritual, and practical support to caregivers and families during difficult transitions. Our hospice team will support you and your loved ones every step of the way.
We offer:
- Grief counseling and support groups
- Spiritual guidance and support
- Referrals to community resources
Pastoral Care
We provide spiritual support for individuals and families of all religious denominations and backgrounds. Our hospice care team includes a chaplain available to visit patients and families.
We also have an active volunteer program that includes people from many different faith traditions who provide support and companionship to patients and families.
Beth's Playlist
Music’s healing nature allows it to blend seamlessly into hospice care regardless of the genre or mode chosen.
By working with HOPE’s team, you can add a comforting touch to your loved one’s care while creating beautiful memories of the experiences shared with loved ones through music.
Symptom Management
We strive to ensure that patients at the end of life are able to make lasting memories with those they love. Through comprehensive care and symptom relief, HOPE gives patients opportunity for peace, comfort, and joy while surrounded by their family members in a meaningful way.
HOPE's Hospice Interdisciplinary Team
Learn more about our Hospice Interdisciplinary team that will be supporting you and your family.
HOPE Helps Hospice Caregivers
If you're caring for someone who is receiving hospice care, check out our helpful Caregiver and Patient tips that will bring some comfort and clarity as a caregiver.
Let HOPE Add Life To Your Days
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you or your loved one.
