White County Medical Center, in conjunction with Hospice Home Care, operates a 12-bed Inpatient Hospice Unit on the hospital’s South Campus. Inpatient Hospice is designed for patients who have advanced life-limiting illnesses. The unit’s goal is to preserve the patient's quality of life and deliver the highest measure of comfort, dignity and respect in the patient's final days. Hospice’s mission is “Adding life to days when days can no longer be added to life."
Inpatient Hospice uses the combined knowledge and skills of an interdisciplinary team of professionals, including physicians, nurses, home care aides, social workers, spiritual caregivers, counselors, and volunteers.
The Inpatient Hospice Unit allows terminally ill patients and their families to experience the end of life together, in the comfort and security of a home-like setting.
