Our Hospice and Palliative care experts provide specialized support for patients facing serious or life-limiting illnesses. Whether you’re actively receiving treatment, or focusing on quality of life improvements, our team is here to support you at every stage of your journey.
Palliative care is specialized medical support for individuals living with serious or chronic illness — at any stage of their condition. Our team focuses on relieving pain, managing symptoms, and improving quality of life while you continue treatments or explore other care options. We’re here to support not just your physical needs, but also your emotional and spiritual well-being, so you and your family feel cared for every step of the way.
Hospice care is specialized support for patients and families facing a life-limiting illness, when the focus shifts from cure to comfort. Our compassionate team is here to ensure you or your loved one can live with dignity, peace, and comfort — wherever you call home. We focus on managing symptoms, easing pain, and providing emotional, spiritual, and practical support throughout this important stage of life.
Southcoast Health’s Supportive Care services include an expert team of physicians, nurse practitioners, certified hospice nurses, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors, certified nursing assistants and specially trained volunteers, providing compassionate care tailored to your specific needs.
Whether you need help with symptom management, supportive counseling, or hospice care, Southcoast Health is here to help. Our Supportive Care team offers both hospice and palliative care for individuals facing serious chronic or life-limiting illnesses, including but not limited to:
At Southcoast Health at Home’s Supportive Care Center, we believe that you do not need to walk alone through the journey of grief. Our Grief Support groups and workshops are wonderful ways to gain peer support and companions along the journey through grief. A variety of support groups and workshops are offered throughout the year and are free and open to the public.
Periodic supportive mailings, including helpful information on loss and grief and other inspirational materials are sent to family members as a foundational support piece for the bereaved.
A trained Bereavement professional is available to meet with family members or friends of a hospice patient who has died to offer support and guidance during the grief process.
For more information about Southcoast Health at Home and our bereavement services, call 508-973-3227 or contact us online.
Southcoast Health at Home offers bereavement services in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Open groups for those at any stage of grief, offering family members and friends the chance to learn and connect with others.
A one-hour workshop providing information on navigating the challenges of the holidays, honoring the memory of your loved one and learning to care for your needs as you grieve.
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