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When to Seek Home-Based Care for Chronic or Life-Limiting Conditions
Time and again our patients and their loved ones say, "We wish we had called you sooner." You don’t need to face a serious illness and all it means by yourself.
VNA Care Network & Hospice offers a wide range of home-based health care services that improve individuals' quality of life and allow patients to continue living at home. Our Care Choices Palliative Care and Hospice services are specially designed for persons facing a debilitating chronic illness or other serious, life-limiting condition.
Our nurses and rehabilitation therapists understand that each stage of illness presents its own challenges. VNA Care Network & Hospice can help you meet those challenges and focus on life as you wish to live it.
If you or your loved one can answer yes to one or more of the questions below, please contact VNA Care Network & Hospice at 800-728-1862 or info@vnacarenetwork.org to see how we can help.
- Are you experiencing pain even with medication or taking more medication to relieve your pain?
- Is pain or other discomfort preventing you from sleeping?
- Are you having difficulty managing your own personal care and homemaking tasks because of your illness?
- Do you find you are frequently tired, weak, or drowsy during the daytime?
- Have you lost weight without trying to do so?
- Is your appetite poor? Do you find that food doesn’t appeal to you or you are experiencing nausea?
- Is shortness of breath, pain, or other symptom(s) preventing you from engaging in your normal activities?
- Are you having discomfort from swelling in your feet, legs, hands, abdomen, or face?
- Have you fallen or had other accidents within the past three to six months?
- Have you frequently been to an emergency room or hospitalized because of your illness?
- Is your illness and its symptoms preventing you from appreciating your life and those close to you?
- Has your doctor said that there are no further treatment options for you?