Medical DirectionMedical direction of patient care and treatment is
provided by the patient's referring physician. In
addition, Hospice Care Medical direction is provided by
the Home Hospice medical staff, through consultation with
regard to palliative care, and pain and symptom
management in accordance with Hospice philosophy and
standards, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |
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Nursing Care
Nursing care is provided on an intermittent basis by Home
Hospice staff nurses. These services may include: health
education, nursing assessments, medication management and
treatments. Nurses evaluate, give direct care, instruct
and support. An on-call nurse is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. All nursing services are supervised
by a Certified Registered Nurse Hospice, CRNH. |
 Margaret White with Marilee Funck, RN |
Social Services
A social worker will be available to provide assistance
with personal, environmental, and financial problems and
guidance in obtaining necessary community resources. A
social worker will make home visits as often as necessary
to assess, re-evaluate, and/or conduct counseling
sessions with patient and/or family members or
caregivers. |
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Home Health Aides
Personal Care Providers may be provided as deemed
necessary by the patient, family, and Home Hospice team
to assist in daily living chores such as personal hygiene
and light housekeeping. |
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Spiritual Support
The Home Hospice team will work closely with the clergy
member of the individual's choice. In those cases where
an individual and/or family wish spiritual counseling,
and wish Home Hospice to do so, the Hospice Chaplain will
make arrangements to visit or have a clergy member of the
community visit. |
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Therapy Services
Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy,
and Nutritional services will be provided as needed. |
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Volunteer SupportTrained volunteers from our community are available to provide such services as a friend of the family or neighbor might do. Our volunteers perform a variety of tasks such as sitting with the patient occasionally while the caregiver is out; cooking a meal; reading to the patient; running errands; driving to Dr.'s appointments, among others. Volunteers are assigned based on need, location, and availability of a volunteer. |
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Bereavement SupportThe purpose of bereavement contact and follow up is to establish how the family member or caregiver is dealing with the loss, to identify difficulties in adjustment, provide appropriate crisis intervention and to provide financial counseling when necessary. Following the death of the patient, an initial contact is made by a Home Hospice staff member and a trained bereavement team offers support to grieving families for at least 12 months. This support may include phone calls, visits, newsletters, various support groups, educational programs and memorial services. The support groups, educational programs and memorial services are open to grieving persons in the community regardless of whether the family received hospice care. Keeping In Touch Bereavement Newsletter Eatin' Meetin' - this group meets in Grayson County every Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. to eat together at various area restaurants (903-868-9315.) They meet in Cooke County the first Thursday evening of each month at 5:30 p.m. at various restaurants (940-665-9891.) |
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| For Women Only - this group provides support for women who have experienced the death of their spouse. They meet on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. with facilitator Sue Malnory, LMSW, at the Sherman office. | 
Members of the grief support group, "For Women Only", share experiences from their healing journey with volunteer group facilitator, Sue Malnory, LMSW. |
| Caring Hearts Luncheon - this group provides support to current and bereaved caregivers and meets the last Wednesday of each month at noon in the Gainesville office, 1001 E Broadway, with Kelly Lamkin. LSW, facilitator. | |
| A.R.E.A.S. - AIDS Resource, Education and Support meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Sherman office, 505 W. Center, with Anita Anderson, RN, facilitator. Light refreshments are served. This group is designed to provide support to anyone who is in some way affected by AIDS and HIV - persons with HIV or AIDS, their caregivers, family and friends; along with those who have lost a loved one to the disease. |  AREAS members standing beneath a memorial quilt created by the group. |
| Compassion & Support - This
weekly ongoing support group is for those experiencing the loss of a
loved one. In Sherman this group meets every Thursday at
5:30 p.m. beginning March 15 with Vicky Lindsey, LCSW, Bereavement
Coordinator, facilitating. Meeting location is 505 W. Center St.
in Sherman. |
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| Bereaved Parents and Grandparents -
Beginning on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, we will be offering a grief
support group particular to bereaved parents and grandparents. It will
meet at 5:30 p.m. on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. |
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| Grief Support and Guidance Seminars
are held four times a year. Free and open to the public. |
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Community OutreachHospice staff is happy to provide professional seminars, public speakers, access to our hospice library, and intensive volunteer training in an effort to provide broader knowledge about hospice in general and Home Hospice in particular to those we serve. |
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