Genesis Hospice

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Welcome to Genesis Hospice

Welcome to Genesis VNA & Hospice Web Pages. A goal of this web site is to assist you in understanding the Hospice philosophy of care and deciding if Hospice Care is appropriate for your needs.

What Is Hospice?

Genesis Hospice is committed to providing quality, compassionate care to those who find themselves with a life-threatening illness and are seeking care as opposed to cure. Once the decision has been made to stop curative treatment, the focus becomes enabling comfort and quality of life. Our dedicated staff are experts in providing care at end of life.

When a patient is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, everyone involved experiences periods of stress, uncertainty, doubt, worry and confusion. We not only provide care for the patient, but also for the family. “Family” is defined as those who are involved with the ongoing needs of the one at end of life, not necessarily a blood relative.

Genesis Hospice is composed of a multi-disciplinary team that includes the patient’s physician, the hospice medical director, nurses, homehealth aides, chaplains, bereavement coordinators, volunteers, medical social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. We employ complementary therapies such as Reiki and essential oils to assist in managing symptoms as well as enhancing quality of life. The common goal of all services is to provide the patient and family with comfort.

The end of life brings many opportunities and challenges and the Genesis Hospice team is able to assist you with whatever challenge you might have and to make the journey with you...to ensure that you are not alone and without resources to provide you with comfort and to recognize and celebrate the opportunities.

Forty Years of Hospice in the US

The modern hospice movement began in England in the 1960’s by Dr. Cicely Saunders. Initially, the primary hospice care setting was in an inpatient setting. In the United States, the philosophy of care developed by Dr. Saunders was unchanged, but the care setting was concentrated in the home. Hospice Care has evolved and now it has been recognized that both care settings may be needed to assist patients and their families reach their goals. Genesis Hospice offers Hospice Care in a variety of settings. We care for patients in their own home, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and our own inpatient facility, the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House.