Hospice Care Through Paradigm Health
Indiana hospice care provider Paradigm Health is a leader and innovator. Hospice care through Paradigm Health offers patients and families a holistic approach to care focusing on alleviating symptoms, pain and stress and providing education and life enrichment programs. With a dedication to providing above-and-beyond hospice care, Paradigm Health and our community-based hospice care team collaborate with an individual’s physician to establish a unique plan of care intentional on enriching daily life no matter where patients call home.
Paradigm Health knows that each hospice journey is unique to a patient’s wishes and goals of care. As an accredited hospice care provider, our team can provide the care and resource-based education for patients and families to maximize each day’s quality of life.
Choosing A Hospice Care Provider
It's Your Choice
Paradigm Health has been Indiana’s hospice care provider of choice for more than 10 years.
Patients and families trust Paradigm Health to put the living in compassionate end-of-life hospice care.
Compassionate End-of-Life Care
We are listening to your wishes and goals for your hospice journey and understand that enriching each day is at the foundation of our care. By managing symptoms and controlling pain, we give our patients the opportunity to enjoy the highest quality of life and the chance to share more special moments with their family. Hospice care through Paradigm Health offers:
- A holistic approach to hospice care focusing on alleviating symptoms, pain, and stress.
- Dedication to providing above and beyond care to patients and families in whatever setting our patients call home.
- Intentional focus on enriching quality of daily life through support resources and programs.
- A community-based hospice care team in collaboration with your attending physician to establish your unique plan of care individual to your wishes.
- Resource-based education for patient and family regarding end-of-life care and help through bereavement support throughout the grief process.
Goals of Care
Your hospice care journey is unique to you and your goals of care, and we adapt our holistic approach to caregiving—hospice care in your home or wherever you call home—to fit your individual goals.
- Enhance, enrich, and improve daily quality of life.
- Maintain patient comfort and dignity.
- Provide additional support to each patient and family.
Your Hospice Care Team
Who you choose as your hospice provider is a choice — one that each patient and family should make by finding and trusting in a team approach like Paradigm Health’s that will make all the difference in how a patient is supported and cared for. Beyond your individual hospice care team our services include visits from nurses, aides, volunteers, music therapists, social workers, and chaplains.
- Attending physician (you can request your current primary care physician to oversee your plan of care)
- Registered Nurse Case Manager
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Licensed Social Worker
- Music Therapist
- Chaplain
- Volunteer
Hospice vs Palliative Care
Knowing the difference between hospice and palliative care can be confusing. For Paradigm Health patients can rest assured that their palliative care can transition to hospice care seamlessly should it be needed in their continuum of care. Palliative care is often a step toward hospice care, but it is not the same as hospice care. Patients on palliative care are within one to five years of needing hospice care while hospice patients are typically seeking end-of-life care within the last six months of life.
Finding the Right Hospice Care Provider
Paradigm Health is committed to providing above and beyond end-of-life comfort and care to hospice patients and their families in Indiana. We are proud to be Hoosiers caring for Hoosiers working with local families to maximize quality of life through compassionate caregiving in a personal setting no matter where our patients call home.
Frequently Asked Hospice Questions
For more information, please feel free to contact us for answers to your hospice care questions.
When should I ask about hospice care?
Now is the best time to learn more about hospice and ask questions. This can greatly reduce stress when the time for hospice is needed. By having these discussions in advance, patients and their families are not forced into uncomfortable situations.
Does hospice care mean giving up all medical treatment?
With hospice care, the patient and family are at the center of the care planning process. Hospice care provides high quality pain management and symptom control. At Paradigm Health, our mission is to provide hospice care that enriches the quality of life every day.
Will I be able to keep my current doctor?
Your doctor becomes a part of our Paradigm Health hospice caregiving team. We will communicate and work with them on a consistent basis to determine a plan of care unique to your individual hospice care goals.
Who pays for hospice care?
Hospice care is covered 100 percent by most insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid, with no out-of-pocket costs to the patient.
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