There are times when home is not the preferred option for a patient facing a terminal illness. Sometimes a patient needs more care than can be managed at home or symptoms require for intense management than a family caregiver can provide. Other times a patients’ support system breaks down due to illness or accident or friends and family simply need a temporary respite from care giving. For these instances, Hospice of Westchester has a Hospice Inpatient Unit.

• Hospice Inpatient Unit provides services in partnership with the facility
  
• Dedicated Inpatient Unit managed solely by Hospice professionals.
  
• Admissions are coordinated with the patients’ doctor and the Hospice team
  
• Well-coordinated patient care smoothes transfers to and from the unit and facilitates management of medications between home and inpatient settings
  
• Personalized care based on in-depth knowledge of patient and family, medical history designed around inpatient goals in keeping with the Hospice concept
  
• Inpatient services are reimbursed by Medicare and many private insurers and HMOs once specific clinical criteria are met. (Patients are responsible for all charges for which Hospice is not reimbursed.)
  
• Inpatient services will be provided by Hospice of Westchester regardless of a patient’s inability to pay. Services and room assignments are made without regard to race, color, creed, age, religion or national origin.