Assured's Comfort Therapy Program - Assured Hospice of Clallam County
Over the past 30 years, the use of comfort and alternative medicine (CAM)
has risen in the United States. Assured Hospice of Clallam County offers patients a
variety of comfort therapies, which have the ability to increase comfort,
decrease pain, promote relaxation and increase quality of life for our
patients and families. Qualified professionals within their field of
practice perform all of our therapies. Comfort therapists understand
the value of traditional western medical treatments and choose work in
partnership with them. It is Assured's goal to provide the best
possible care to all of our clients and provide them with every option
available to increase their quality of life, whether traditional or natural.
Some of the therapies you may choose to utilize include:
Healing
Hands Therapies
Reiki and Healing are offered by Assured Hospice of Clallam County. Both work on the subtle
energies of the body, thereby promoting increased relaxation, decreased
pain, improved sleep, decreased length of hospital stays and an increased
sense of spiritual well being. Patient responses to Healing Hands and
Reiki have been validated both scientifically and clinically in leading
hospitals across the United States. During a healing hands session
practitioners gently place their hands on or above various points of the
body, promoting a realignment of the body's energy so that the person feels
increased calm, peace, and well-being. It is non-invasive with the
client remaining fully clothed and the privacy of the body being respected.
Guided
Imagery
Guided Imagery - Imagery utilizes the power of the mind to change the body.
The body responds to the images your mind creates. In guided imagery
the therapist guides you through scenarios that will promote relaxation,
improve sleep, decrease pain, and decrease depression.
Self-Hypnosis
Self-Hypnosis was accepted by the American Medical Association in 1958 and
in 1996. The National Institute of Health judged hypnosis to be an
effective intervention for alleviating pain. It is a relaxed focusing
of attention that results in profound changes in the body and release from
pain. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis and the client remains fully aware
and in complete control at all times. Research has shown hypnotherapy
to create anesthesia, decrease pain, decrease stress, increase immune
function, improve memory and performance, improve blood pressure and heart
function, and facilitate reaching any goal you may choose.
Life
Review
An additional choice Assured Hospice of Clallam County is proud to offer is Life Review. During
these sessions the patient will be able to talk with a trained listener who
will record and compile transcripts of most valued memories.
Music
and Sound Therapy
Music played on instruments, bells or chimes and drums has the ability to
positively affect the brain and can be soothing for both patient and
caregiver. It can reduce anxiety, enhance alertness, promote sleep
and decrease pain. Our program includes both live music played at the
patient's bedside or recorded music to be listened to over and over.
Each music session is designed to be unique and personal for each patient.
To have a free, no obligation brochure sent to you, please call us at
1-800-833-9404.
Discuss
and Document Your End-of-Life
Wishes
There are numerous resources available on the internet to assist families in
discussing and documenting their preferences regarding end-of-life care.
The website of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, for
example, offers information and advance directives and living wills as well
as practical advice and assistance to help you talk about your preferences
regarding end-of-life care. Please visit
www.caringinfor.org for more
information.
To have a free, no obligation brochure sent to you, please call us at
1-800-833-9404.
About Hospice
of Clallam County and Palliative Care.
Assured Hospice of Clallam County and Palliative Care is a pioneer and leader in the hospice
movement since the mid-eighties and is one of the leading providers of
end-of-life care in southwest Washington. Headquartered in Centralia,
Washington, Assured operates in Clallam, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason and
Thurston Counties with offices in Sequim, Forks, Port Townsend, Olympia,
Morton and Centralia.
Assured has evolved from its founding as a community-based organization to
an organization that employs over a hundred professionals who care for
terminally ill patients daily, primarily in patients' homes, but also in
hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care
facilities for the elderly. If at some point a patient needs more constant
care, Assured can provide shifts of hospice staff for a brief period to help
the patient through this demanding time at home, rather then transferring
the patient to a hospital. If a patient needs care beyond what can be
provided at home, Assured has special arrangements with local hospitals and
other facilities where patients may receive necessary and appropriate care
and return home as soon as possible.
Assured Hospice of Clallam County—Helping To Manage Life-Limiting Illnesses
Assured provides a special form of care for people during the last
months of life. When medical treatments cannot cure a disease, Assured’
interdisciplinary team of hospice professionals can do a great deal to
control pain, reduce anxiety and provide medical, spiritual and emotional
comfort to patients and their families.
As the leading regional provider of hospice care, Assured has been serving
patients since 1979. Our name means patients can "rest easy" with Assured.
Our goal is to do everything we can to improve the quality of life for our
patients and their loved ones.
We offer individuals and families choices
We work to ease the discomfort, the fears and the high expense that
can accompany incurable illness.
We help preserve dignity.
Who Does Assured Hospice of Clallam
County Serve... And How
We provide care for adult and pediatric patients with a
wide range of life-limiting illnesses, including but not limited to cancer;
heart disease; stroke; lung, liver and kidney disease; multiple sclerosis;
ALS; Alzheimer’s and AIDS. Assured provides Intensive Palliative Care®—the
aggressive treatment of physical and emotional pain and symptoms. Palliative
care is an active treatment plan, but is not intended to cure a patient’s
underlying disease. All Assured palliative treatments focus on enhancing a
patient’s comfort and overall quality of life.
Ready To Help: Assured Hospice of Clallam County Is On Call, Available 24
Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week The Assured team is sensitive and responsive to
individual patient and family needs.
Assured Hospice of Clallam County nurses are skilled in assessing and managing pain; they are
trained caregivers who provide hands-on care.
Our social workers are available as friendly and skilled listeners
to help provide emotional support and to help with financial issues and
planning.
The Assured Hospice of Clallam County physician works with the patient’s physician and is
available for pain and symptom management consultation as well as to
make house calls, as needed.
A home health aide is available to help with personal care, such as
bathing or dental and mouth care, and also can help with light cleaning,
light laundry and occasional shopping.
The Assured Hospice of Clallam County chaplain works with the family’s clergy, offering
spiritual support.
Specially trained the Assured way, volunteers are an important
element of the hospice team, available to spend time when they are
needed most.
Assured Hospice of Clallam County bereavement specialists provide grief and loss counseling,
memorial services and other support for family and loved ones.
Services Designed To Help Patients Stay At Home... Coordinated With Their
Physician The Assured Hopsice of Clallam County team can help you stay at home.
Drugs/Equipment/Supplies
Assured covers all prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications,
medical equipment and supplies required to treat the patient’s
life-limiting illness.
Hospice Care Outside the Home
Assured has established partnerships and is pleased to provide hospice
care to residents of Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Nursing Homes,
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and Residential Care Facilities for
the Elderly (RCFEs).
Continuous Care
If, at some point, a patient needs more constant care, Assured can
provide shifts of hospice staff for a brief period to help the patient
through this demanding time at home, rather than transferring the
patient to a hospital.
Hospital or Other Inpatient Care
If a patient needs care beyond what can be provided at home, Assured has
special arrangements with local hospitals and other facilities where
patients may receive necessary and appropriate care and return home as
soon as possible.
Who Pays for Assured Hospice of Clallam County Services? Assured accepts Medicare, Medicaid, private
insurance and other forms of reimbursement for its services.
Medicare/Medicaid:
Medicare and most state Medicaid programs offer coverage of Assured
services. Since Assured accepts Medicare and Medicaid as 100%
coverage for its hospice services, there are no out-of-pocket expenses
to patients of their loved ones for Assured care. For care
unrelated to a patient's primary diagnosis, Medicare and Medicaid
continue to provide their normal benefits.
Private Insurance: Since each insurance company has its own policies, Assured will
contact the patient's insurer to ask about the coverage provided for
hospice care.
When someone becomes seriously ill, it can be difficult to know what type
of care is best...or where to turn for help.
Assured Hospice of Clallam County Can Help.
Call us toll-free at 1-800-833-9404.
Healing
Hands Therapies
Guided
Imagery
Self-Hypnosis
Life
Review
Music
and Sound Therapy
Discuss
and Document Your End-of-Life
Wishes
About Hospice
of Clallam County and Palliative Care. 
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