If you or someone you love is suffering from a terminal condition that will not respond to curative treatment, compassionate hospice care may be the right choice. When aggressive treatments and life prolonging interventions aren’t suitable, hospice care can provide patients greater levels of comfort in an environment that respects the end of life process. Families in San Antonio and the Corpus Christi area choose Summit Hospice in Texas for its wide range of high-quality services to support the end of life transition for the terminally ill person and their entire family.
Our team understands how important it is to provide companionate care for ill and elder loved ones, while allowing family members to care for themselves and the rest of the household. Partner with us now and we can assist with a healthy journey back to independence.
Caring for terminally ill relatives isn’t always possible due to lack of time, space, skills or the challenges for certain medical conditions. That’s why families turn to hospice care as a source of care and support. Summit Hospice is committed to providing the best possible end of life experience for patients and their families.
These are some of the services we provide:
Hospice care provides comfort and kindness to those person nearing the end of life’s journey. Hospice is primarily a home care program, but services may also be provided in a hospital or nursing home.
Nursing, Physician Services, Medical Social Services, Hospice Aide/Homemaker Services, Physical, Speech and Occupational Therapy, Volunteer Services and Spiritual, Dietary and Bereavement Counseling.
Bereavement services are an integral part of the hospice program. Following a terminal diagnosis, patients and families struggle with anticipatory grief issues.
A vital part of hospice is the carefully selected and well-trained volunteers working alongside the professional staff.
Medicare will cover the cost of hospice care under your Medicare Hospital Insurance.
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All the services at Summit Hospice in San Antonio, Texas are carefully managed by physicians to cater to a patient their family’s evolving needs from admission through bereavement support after a patient passes away. Our hospice services in Corpus Christi, Texas and San Antonio, Texas can be residential or in your home.
Once you’ve decided that hospice care is the right choice, it’s important to choose the right hospice in Corpus Christi, Texas and San Antonio, Texas. At Summit Hospice, our mission is to provide the very highest level of physical, emotional, social and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their families.
Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance will cover hospice care with little or no out of pocket costs. The following criteria must be met in order to qualify for hospice care in San Antonio, Texas and/or Corpus Christi, Texas:
These criteria are guidelines and exceptions can be made for extenuating circumstances such as a longer life expectancy, but with extreme pain. The six month life expectancy is a criteria for eligibility, but not a limit on services. Many studies have shown that patients often live longer with hospice care and Summit Hospice will continue to care for patients that live longer than expected. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a terminal illness that is not responding to curative care, Summit Hospice in Corpus Christi, Texas and San Antonio, Texas might be the right choice.
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We are always looking to add valuable team members who are called to serve others. We are a very close knit organization and welcome those who have a generous heart and a calling to be part of an organization that wants to make a difference in patients’ lives. Join us and become a part of our noble pursuit.
