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Founded in 1981, Hospice of the Calumet Area is a nonprofit organization that provides medical services to individuals and families. It employs doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors and trained volunteers. The organization conducts regular doctor inspections, offers emotional and spiritual counseling sessions, and coordinates supplies, medications and medical equipment. Hospice of the Calumet Area additionally offers respite care services. It operates a bereavement program that includes a grief support group, and offers written educational materials on grief and bereavement, monthly mailings, telephone support, referrals to community agencies and short term counseling classes. Hospice of the Calumet Area is based in Munster, Ind.

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home is a community-based, nonprofit agency that offers a variety of medical care and emergency services. The center provides home health aide that include assistance with daily living activities, personal care, medical administration and transportation. It offers various programs in spiritual counseling and support to hospice patients and their families. Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home also provides bereavement services that include short-term loss and life transition counseling and referral services. The center offers various rehabilitation services, such as occupational, physical, speech and language therapies. The center is approved by the Community Health Accreditation Program and is a member of National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home is located in Fort Wayne, Ind.

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Founded in 1973, Especially Kidz Health and Rehabilitation Center provides a range of primary care services for individuals who suffer from illnesses and injuries. The center offers 24-hour nursing care, wound management and infusion therapy services. It also provides respiratory therapy services for treating restrictive and obstructive pulmonary diseases. The center offers nutritional support, diet counseling and feeding services. It provides full-time social services to assist patients and their families. Especially Kidz Health and Rehabilitation Center offers physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as on-site dental, audiology, podiatry and optometry services. The center provides transportation for medical appointments, shopping errands and other personal tasks. In partnership with Indiana Fitness Works, the center provides rehabilitative services. Especially Kidz Health and Rehabilitation Center maintains a location in Shelbyville, Ind.

Hospice Care It’s About How You Live Hospice is not just about how you die. Hospice is about how you live. We offer care when a cure isn’t a possibility. That care offers you the chance to live each moment of your life to the fullest. To make the most of every minute. To be at home. To be painfree. To help you and your family find support you need. Dr. Wylie McGlothlin is the only board certified Hospice and Palliative Care medical director of any of the hospices with offices in Henry County. Our Hospice Team includes: •Registered Nurses, educated in palliative care and pain control, work with the patient to establish and maintain comfort as well as quality of life. •Certified Nursing Assistants are skilled at assisting with personal care to increase the patient’s overall comfort level. •Social Workers are trained individuals who can help patients and families address needs related to end-of-life issues and find additional services that may be needed. •Our Chaplain is available to guide the patients in meeting their spiritual need as the end-of-life approaches and provides spiritual support to family members if desired. •Volunteers are trained individuals available to stay with the patient to relieve the caregiver as well as provide companionship and assistance with activities. •Our Bereavement Counselor offers a variety of services to the patient’s family to help with their understanding of grief. This service is provided to anyone in the community. •Physical, occupational and speech therapists are available as needed.