“Home” is where you live.  You may receive hospice services in your own home, that of a friend or relative, or a variety of  facilities, including:

• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Residential Care Facilities
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly
• Bruns House inpatient hospice facility 

With a team approach, we augment the care provided to you in the facility where you reside, and we work closely with the facility staff to accommodate your needs and wishes.

You are the expert on your own wishes regarding your care.  We understand that and focus on you and your comfort rather than on your illness. You choose from the full array of medical, emotional, spiritual, and practical hospice services that will enhance your quality of life.  Hospice team members become part of your extended family,  acting on your behalf as  liaisons between the facility, your physician, and your family.

The Medicare Hospice Benefit covers the cost of your care in a facility.  If you do not qualify for the Benefit, you are covered by other forms of insurance or by funds raised by the Hospice of Contra Costa Foundation.  No medically qualified patient is ever turned away.

• Care provided by the Hospice interdisciplinary team, directed by patient’s physician
• Relief from pain and management of other symptoms
• Medications and equipment related to the illness
• Emotional support and information for family members
• Assistance with end-of-life planning
• Spiritual support and counseling, as requested
• Bathing and personal hygiene care
• Volunteer assistance with errands, shopping, housekeeping, feeding, etc.
  (depending on the type of facility)
• Grief and bereavement support for family members
• Direct billing to Medicare, Medi-Cal and private insurance
• Nursing advice and visits available 24-hours-a-day, 7 days a week
• Help with accessing other useful community services
• Education for facility staff on how to care for the patient and on the nature
  and course of the illness

• Your Physician or one of ours—directs care
• Hospice Medical Director—oversees treatment by the hospice team and coordinates your care with your own physician
• Registered Nurse Case Manager—manages your physical care and coordinates other services
• Medical Social Worker—offers emotional support, counseling, assistance with advanced planning
• Spiritual Care Coordinator—assists in identifying spiritual concerns, and offers counseling
• Certified Home Health Aide—assists with personal hygiene needs
• Pharmacist—consults with the hospice team and offers expertise
• Bereavement Counselor—supports the patient and family, and continues with family members for 13 months
• Volunteers—provide companionship and many practical services

For more information on facility-based care, call (925) 887-5660 to speak with an intake nurse.