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Our caring hospice staff is made up of specially educated professionals, including: -Nurses with extensive experience in dealing with end-of-life issues and educating family members how they can care for their loved ones -Aides who help with bathing and dressing and provide companionship -Spiritual counselors who offer you and your loved ones spiritual counseling -Social workers who connect you and your loved ones with services such as counseling, emotional support, physical care, transportation and financial and community resources -Specialized volunteers who will assist with grocery shopping, pick up prescriptions, help with light household tasks and stay with your loved one to provide family caregivers with much-needed breaks ,

Located in East Stroudsburg, Pa., Visiting Nurse Association/Hospice of Monroe County provides a wide range of services, such as skilled nursing care, home health aides, medical social services and speech, physical and occupational therapies. The Hospice House of Monroe County is an independent trained nursing and residential facility for ill residents. The staffs for the Hospice House is provided by registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, a chaplain and other medical personnel as part of the standards of medical, emotional and spiritual support services. The association is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In the past few years, it has received donations from Sanofi Pasteur, ESSA Bank & Trust, the Hughes Foundation, the McGowan Foundation and the Weinberg Foundation.

At Lehigh Valley Health Network, we are dedicated to helping people on the final passage live their lives to the fullest in the time they have left. We provide a full range of services to allow you or your loved one peace, comfort, courage and dignity in your own home or in our hospice unit Our Services -Specially educated hospice nurses with extensive experience in dealing with end-of-life issues and educating family members how they can care for their loved ones -Hospice aides who help with bathing and dressing, and provide companionship -Social workers who connect you and your loved one with services such as counseling, emotional support, physical care, transportation and financial and community resources. They also help to manage care between members of your hospice team. -Hospice spiritual counselors who offer you and your loved one spiritual counseling -Specialized volunteers who assist with grocery shopping, deliver prescriptions, read the newspaper or sit and chat with your loved one, help with light household tasks and provide you with much-needed breaks ,