The qualified staff of Community HealthCare and Hospice helps people creatively face the challenge of chronic illness or aging in their own home.

Through individualized services, we work closely with the physician and family to provide total care. A nurse is available by phone, to provide full 24-hour coverage and address the needs of any client at any time.

A professional staff nurse has primary responsibility for each client, ensuring that each individual's care is personalized and beneficial regardless of the length of care or changes which may occur in his or her prescribed treatment.

Services and Programs offered through Community HealthCare and Hospice include:

Hospice Care Services is a philosophy of care for individuals with terminal or life-threatening illnesses, and is intended to provide comfort and relief from pain - physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It is based on the belief that these special people should be able to live their lives to the fullest extent possible. They, along with the members of their families, receive care to preserve and enhance their dignity and their sense of personal fulfillment. Hospice Care is available in homes, nursing homes, and hospitals - wherever it is needed.

In order to reach these goals, Hospice Care includes the full range of Community HealthCare and Hospice services listed above, along with a number of additional services;

• Home Care Nurses
• Social Services and Chaplain
• Home Health Aides
• Volunteers
• Bereavement Services
• Respite care
• Hospice Suite

Hospice Care Reimbursement
Hospice services may be covered by Medicare with expanded benefits to include medications, homemaker services, equipment, oxygen, nursing and home health aide services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, respite, volunteers, chaplains, counseling (such as nutrition and pharmacy), bereavement and extended hours of care during a crisis period. Private payment (according to ability to pay) and private insurance are other ways that Hospice services may be covered.

Other Programs Available

Lifeline Program
You want to live your life your way - this includes living in the comfort of your own home surrounded by memories of a lifetime. Lifeline allows you or your loved one to live at home because help is as close as pressing a button. Lifeline provides 24-hour, 7-day communication that can be activated whenever you may need assistance. Call us at (308) 344-8356 to receive more information on Lifeline.

For additional information on any of these programs or services please call Community HealthCare and Hospice at (308) 344-8356 or email.

Home Health and Hospice services are available in Red Willow, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Furnas, Dundy and Chase counties. Hospice services are also available in Kansas in Decatur and Rawlins counties.