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If hospice patients need care beyond what can be provided at home, the VITAS inpatient hospice unit is designed to provide necessary and appropriate care. The staff—physician, registered nurse, social worker, chaplain, volunteer, bereavement specialist, team manager—focus on bringing your symptoms under control with the goal of getting you back to where you want to be—in the comfort of your own home—as soon as possible. Each VITAS inpatient unit provides a calm, home-like atmosphere. Visits from family, friends and pets are welcome and unrestricted. There are provisions for family members to spend the night or warm up a home-cooked meal. Each unit provides amenities such as family room, kitchenette and quiet room for prayer, meditation or quiet conversation.

24 Hours A Day ? 7 Days A Week

*Personal Care Assistants*Homemaker / Companions and Live-Ins*Elder Care*Nurse’s Aids*Home Health Care*Home Health Services*House Keeping*Errands*Cooking*Meals

Voyager HospiceCare is an organization that offers various hospice care services through physicians, continuing care facilities and hospitals. It offers services to individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses. The organization also provides emotional and spiritual support services to patients in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and their own residences. Its care services are covered by Medicare and various private insurance companies. Additionally, the organization offers bereavement services. Voyager HospiceCare works in partnership with American Hospice in Fort Worth, Texas and the Hospice Care of Kansas in Wichita, Kan.

Founded in 1918, the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association is a nonprofit health care agency that provides home care, hospice and public health services. It also provides respite care, volunteer assistance, family counseling, and pain and symptom management services. The association offers immunization and bereavement programs. In addition, the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association provides speech, physical and occupational therapies. It also provides cardiac rehabilitative, medication monitoring and mental health services. The association organizes various social works, as well as nutritional counseling. It is a member of the Connecticut Association of Home Care, National Association of Home Care and National Hospice Association. The New Milford Visiting Nurse Association is located in New Milford, Conn.

Founded in 1909, Visiting Nurse Connecticut is one of the leading providers of health services and programs to serve the needs of patients at home. It is a nonprofit voluntary and state licensed health care agency providing preventive, healing and support services for mothers and infants, young children, adults and seniors. The center specializes in providing skilled nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapies, medical social work and home health aides. It also offers a wide range of other services, including high tech home therapy, wound care, psychiatric nursing, pain management, a palliative care program, mother, baby and children s services, nutritional counseling, elder care planning and coordination services, and care for the caregivers. The center additionally provides home health telemonitoring and health watch emergency response systems. Visiting Nurse Connecticut also offers its expertise in hospice care programs, including comprehensive end-of-life care, cancer support and grief counseling services. The center is located in Bridgeport, Conn.