Hospice Care
- Sutter North Hospice
530-749-3460
For a patient diagnosed with a terminal illness, we offer hospice services that provide assistance at the patient or loved one’s home, home-like setting, or skilled-nursing facility. Hospice care centers on the patient and family member’s needs and focuses on controlling pain and symptoms, offering emotional and spiritual support, and providing relief to caregivers. Hospice care comforts patients and families, helping them deal with the daily stress and long-term pain of this difficult time. Our hospice team includes the patient’s doctor, a doctor who specializes in end-of-life care, dedicated nurses and nursing assistants, spiritual advisors, social workers, home-health aides and trained volunteers. The goal of our hospice programs is to help patients remain comfortable and maintain their dignity throughout their remaining days,
OFFERING CHOICES, HONORING WISHES
Hospice services are for patients whose disease no longer responds to aggressive or curative measures and their physician recommends managing symptoms and focusing on quality of life.
Hospice care is provided by an interdisciplinary team made up of specially trained professionals. Members include:
| Registered Nurses | LVNs |
| Medical Social Workers | Spiritual Counselors |
| Hospice Aides | Bereavement Specialists |
| Dieticians | Therapists |
| Volunteers |
Together, our team strives to provide an atmosphere of compassion, comfort and support.
Sutter North Hospice tailors a plan of care focusing on the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of each individual and their family. Hospice care is provided wherever the patient calls home, including skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
Our specialized services that affirm life and promote dignity, quality and comfort include:
- Expert pain and symptom management
- RN availability 24 hours a day
- Assistance with personal care
- Social Services
- Spiritual care
- Education, guidance and support to cope with illness and prepare for loss
- Volunteers for companionship, caregiver relief and practical tasks
- Individual and group bereavement support
Sutter North Hospice services are reimbursed by Medicare, Medi-Cal, VA benefit and most insurance companies. Additionally, donations allow us to provide care to the members of our community, regardless of their ability to pay.
Sutter North Hospice’s Bereavement Program offers an array of support services to individuals and families for 13 months after the death of a loved one. Sutter North Hospice sponsors quarterly bereavement groups available to the community. We also offer an annual memorial service for our families to honor their loved one and help in the transition process.
“Thank you for your understanding hearts, quiet encouragement, for laughing and crying with us; and most importantly, for just being with us. It made a wonderful difference not being alone.”
– A Sutter North Hospice Family
If you or a loved one would like to learn more about hospice services with Sutter North, call us today to schedule a complimentary information session with one of our experienced staff members. You can reach us 24 hours a day at (530) 749-3460.
Sutter North Hospice services Yuba, Sutter, Butte and Nevada counties.