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Hospice Partners
Centuries ago, a hospice was a shelter for travelers; a place to find comfort during a long journey. Today hospice isn't a place, but a concept for end of life care that upholds a strong commitment to help patients and their families face end of life issues together, in the comfort and dignity of their own homes. Wilshire Health and Community Services sponsors Hospice Partners, Inc. a not for profit corporation which operates Hospice Partners of the Central Coast, a licensed and certified hospice program in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties, and Hospice Partners of Southern California which services West Los Angeles.
Hospice Partners' interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, spiritual counselors, medical social workers, bereavement staff, therapists andvolunteers work in concert to provide patients and their families with a full range of hospice and palliative care services that emphasizes quality of life, choice, dignity and family in the dying process.
Hospice Partners provides care, as may be needed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including services such as:
- Medications, medical equipment and supplies related to end of life diagnosis
- Home and/or extended care facility visits by nurses certified in and experienced with the care of hospice patients
- Pain Management
- Dietary Couseling
- Music Therapy
- Counseling and Emotional support for you and your family
- Spiritual and Bereavement support
- Trained volunteers for caregiver relief
Hospice Partners, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and a member of the National Associaton of Hospice and Palliative Care and the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association.