For You
Maybe you feel overwhelmed right now with everything that’s happening to you or to someone you love. But if you think you have to face these challenges alone, please think again. We’re here to help. Because you matter.
What is Hospice and Palliative Care?
If you or someone you love is living with a life-limiting illness, we can provide you with a full program of support.
What is palliative care?
Palliative care is the prevention and relief of suffering by a specialized medical team that focuses on managing symptoms, relieving pain, and improving quality of life, whatever the diagnosis.
What is hospice care?
A form of palliative care for patients with a life expectancy of six months or less.
Who pays for hospice care?
Medicare, Medi-Cal, TRICARE, HMOs, private insurance providers, individuals and philanthropic contritbutions.
How is Hospice Care provided?
With interdisciplinary teams of specialists focused on your needs—medical, psychological, family-related, and spiritual. Our care teams can include a nurse, social worker, chaplain, home health aide, and supervising hospice physician. We take a wide-ranging approach to giving both patients and their families the best possible quality of life, for as long as life lasts.
Where is care received?
We provide care wherever it works best for the patient. While most people prefer staying at home in familiar surroundings, we also provide care in community care centers, hospitals, residential care and skilled nursing facilities. We care for over 1,000 patients a day all over San Diego County, from Camp Pendleton down to the Otay Mesa border.
We have staffed phone support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with medical clinicians on call around the clock. We also have resources to help find solutions for legal and financial issues regarding hospice care.
How does Hospice Care begin?
Patients of all ages may be appropriate for hospice care once eligibility criteria are met. To explore options, we will meet with patients and their loved ones at no charge to discuss possible hospice care. Please call and ask to speak to an access expert. The call is toll-free. 866-688-1600.
Additional Programs and Services
Community Care Centers
Provide short-term inpatient care for patients needing intensive palliative care. Locations include the Hillcrest Inpatient Care Center in San Diego, the only specially licensed hospice hospital in California, which is also a teaching site, and the GlenBrook Skilled Nursing Center in Carlsbad.
The Center for Grief Care and Education
Offers extensive bereavement and professional education services countywide.
The Children’s Program
provides services to infants, children, and teens affected by serious illness and is the only dedicated program of its kind in the region.
HIV/AIDS Case Management
Provides comprehensive team support aimed at long-term success in every aspect of the patient’s quality of life.
To make a referral or learn more about San Diego Hospice, please call 619-278-6565 or visit sdhospice.org.
The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
Each year, more than 200 physicians in training participate in clinical rotations in pain and symptom management at The Institute for Palliative Medicine, researching new care techniques and the potential for new medicines that ease pain and suffering.
We are a teaching affiliate of the University of California, San Diego and we work with world health organizations when they request help in palliative medicine education.
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