Heart disease is a progressive illness that eventually can lead to the end of your senior’s life. As your elderly family member nears the end of her life, her doctors may recommend hospice care. This option can do a lot more for your senior to manage her heart disease than you might think possible, even as she faces the end of her life.
Care for Your Senior in Her Home
In the later stages of heart disease, the last thing your elderly family member wants is to have to spend all of her time at her doctor’s office or in the hospital. With the help of hospice care providers, your elderly family member is able to remain in her home and get the care that she needs. If your elderly family member needs help around the clock, hospice can take care of that for her.
Manage Heart Disease Symptoms
End-stage heart disease brings with it a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. Your elderly family member may be dealing with pain, edema, nausea, and more. Hospice offers your senior methods of treatment that can help her to keep those symptoms under better control. Comfort is the primary goal of hospice care, which can be a crucial part of this stage of managing your senior’s illness.
Keep Track of Different Treatments and Providers
Your elderly family member likely has a cardiologist along with a variety of other healthcare providers and therapists. Managing all of this can get incredibly complicated. Factor in necessary supplies, equipment, and managing medication and it all gets overwhelming very quickly. Hospice providers are able to coordinate all of this care and keep track of your senior’s needs.
Assist with Emotional Resources
Facing the end of her life is going to bring up a variety of complicated emotions for your senior. It isn’t likely to be easy for you or for other family members, either. Your senior’s hospice team can help you to find the emotional support and resources that your entire family needs in order to deal with the next few months and what they will bring. Hospice can also work with your senior to find the spiritual assistance that she needs to manage this stage of her life.
Provide Respite as Necessary
You might want to be there with your elderly family member as much as possible, but modern life places demands on you that can keep you from having the time that you want. It’s also a big challenge to help someone that you love when they’re near the end of their life. Hospice care offers you the ability to take the time away that you need while still knowing that your elderly family member is getting the help and the care that she truly needs.
The progressive nature of heart disease means that as time goes on, your aging family member is going to need more help. Hospice offers that help while also reducing the likelihood that she’ll have to spend most of her time in the hospital.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Hospice Care in the DFW area, please contact the caring staff at Arcy Hospice today. 469-293-1515
My name is Jimmie Stapleton. I am the founder and CEO of Arcy Healthcare. Arcy Healthcare includes Arcy Hospice, Arcy Supportive Care, MaximaCare Home Health and Arcy at Home.
Arcy Hospice was opened in 2007 to provide care and support for individuals and families facing a life limiting illness. It was established after my wife Ellen, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, had completed her chemo and radiation therapies. At that time, things were looking positive, and we wanted to do something for our community that had been so supportive of our family during her treatments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few years later, and she subsequently passed away under our care in 2010.
In the years that followed, I began to see the need to provide the same level of excellent care to patients across the continuum of care. Therefore, we have added a home health division (MaximaCare Home Health), a palliative care division (Arcy Supportive Care), and a home care division, (Arcy at Home). With the addition of these divisions, we can meet most of the post-acute care needs for you and your family in your home.
I started Arcy Hospice with my wife as my motivation to provide exceptional care and support in the patient’s home, where they are surrounded by family and where they feel most comfortable. I’m proud to say that our staff provides some of the best in home care in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Please let us know if we can enrich the quality of life for you or a loved one.
Sincerely,
Jimmie Stapleton – Founder and CEO
Arcy Healthcare
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