Hospice of North Central Ohio
Founded in 1989, Hospice of North Central Ohio is a health care organization that offers personalized care services to individuals with limited life expectancy. It provides medication assistance services for pain and symptom management, as well as helps family members to learn appropriate patient care techniques. The organization is located in Ashland, Ohio, and offers nutritional guidance through registered dietitians. Hospice of North Central Ohio also provides bereavement support services and features several educational programs that help people to deal with grief and loss. In addition, it manages the Special Wishes fund that helps in raising money for the nonmedical needs of patients. The organization additionally offers volunteering and donating opportunities to masses. Hospice of North Central Ohio accepts Medicare, Medicaid and other medical insurance plans.
Summa Health System
Summa Health System encompasses a network of hospitals, community health centers, health plans, a physician-hospital organization, a research entity and a foundation. Summa Health System serves more than a half million patients each year in comprehensive emergency, acute, critical, outpatient and long-term home care settings across Summit county. The System represents more than 1,200 licensed, inpatient beds at the Akron City, St. Thomas and Cuyahoga Falls General hospital campuses and outpatient care in four health centers in surrounding communities of Northeast Ohio. The Summa Health System Foundation, the system’s philanthropic entity, provides funding for medical education, research and patient-care initiatives. Summa Health Network, Summa’s physician-hospital organization, represents more than 1,500 physicians and is a member of the Cleveland Health Network.
State of the Heart Hospice
The State of the Heart Hospice is a locally based organization that provides a range of home health care services for individuals and their families. Founded in 1981, it addresses the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients. The nonprofit organization operates in western Ohio and eastern Indiana and offers bereavement support solutions. The State of the Heart Hospice also organizes a children s camp, Camp BEARable. It provides various volunteer opportunities. The rural-based organization additionally offers grief and loss support and hospice care services. The State of the Heart Hospice serves more than 100 patients on a daily basis.
Wilson Home Health & Hospice
Wilson Memorial Hospital Home Health and Hospice provides a range of in-home health and supportive services to disabled and chronically ill patients and their families. It offers a variety of services, such as skilled nursing care, medication management, dressing changes, wound care, patient education, infusion services and pain management. The center also provides personal care and assistance with activities of daily living that include feeding, bathing and hands-on care. In addition, it provides physical, occupational and speech therapies. The center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Wilson Memorial Hospital Home Health and Hospice, established in 1984, is located in Sidney, Ohio.