The Elizabeth Hospice 2019-2020 Impact Report

our services

HospiceCare Hospice care is a specialized type of care when you and your doctor determine that future efforts to cure the illness are no longer feasible or desirable. We offer an extensive array of services for children and adults, along with comprehensive support for your loved ones. Our focus is on helping you make the most of every moment of living by ensuring you are as comfortable and as pain-free as possible.

PediatricHospice Our Pediatric Team works in concert with your child’s primary care physician and specialists to relieve symptoms and manage pain for children with a life-limiting condition. Pediatric hospice care can be provided while the child is receiving curative treatment. Grief Support Coping with the loss of someone you love is one of life’s major challenges. Our licensed counselors and trained volunteers guide people of all ages through grief and loss. We provide a safe, supportive and confidential environment for adults and children to address their feelings and learn healthy coping skills. Our services, which include individual counseling sessions and support groups, are open to everyone in the community, including those who do not have a patient affiliation with The Elizabeth Hospice.

During theCOVID-19 pandemic, The ElizabethHospice continued toprovide hospicecare, palliative careandgrief support toadults andchildren in SanDiegoCountyand SouthwestRiverside County. Our care teams stayedconnectedwith their patients, often servingas abridge between families and their lovedones and helping reduce their patients’ feelingsof isolationand loneliness. Counselingservices wereconductedvia videoconferencingand telephone for children andadults inour communitygrieving the deathof a lovedone.

Elizabeth PalliativeCare Elizabeth Palliative Care is

designed to relieve patients from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious or life-limiting condition. Our team of care navigators is specially trained in pain and symptommanagement. Their focus is on improving quality of life and preserving dignity of life for patients who may continue to receive curative treatment.

The Elizabeth Hospice has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission , an independent organization that certifies and accredits healthcare institutions across the U.S. This certification demonstrates our commitment to quality comfort care and dedication to excellence.

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