Home Care/Hospice
Holy Cross Hospice
Taking care of someone who is facing a life threatening illness can
be overwhelming. Holy Cross Hospice can provide an interdisciplinary
team of skilled professionals to help you.
After an initial assessment, the team, in conjunction with you and your
physician, will create a plan tailored to meet the needs of you and your
family. We provide the skilled care and compassion we know you need,
every step of the way.
Holy Cross Hospice emphasizes the importance of maintaining patients
in their home environment during the terminal stages of an illness. However,
our team of caregivers can provide support in many institutional settings
as well. Anyone with a terminal or life threatening illness may be cared
for by Holy Cross Hospice.
We have assembled a team of experts across a broad range of disciplines
to assess and provide support services to you and your family.
Services include:
- Skilled nursing: RNs and LPNs assess, evaluate, manage,
and provide instruction for a wide range of conditions and symptoms.
All of our nurses have special training in pain control and symptom
management.
- Social work: Medical-social workers provide planning,
counseling, and support for you and your family in dealing with
the social, emotional, financial, and practical needs you may
encounter.
- Personal assistance: Certified home health aides provide
personal care assistance such as bathing, hair and nail care,
bed-making, toileting, light meal preparation, and light laundry.
- Spiritual
support: Pastoral Care representatives provide spiritual support
to our hospice patients and their families. Spiritual support
is available for all religious affiliations.
- General support: Volunteers,
specially trained in hospice, work with the professional staff
to provide practical assistance, respite, and support to patients
and families.
- Bereavement support: For adults and children is available
both on an individual and group basis to anyone in the community
experiencing grief due to the loss of someone they love. We also
offer community counseling services in the work place or in school
after a traumatic event.
We accept Medicare and Medicaid as well as most other insurance plans.
We will help determine your coverage level before services start.
Our program is:
- State-licensed
- Medicare-certified
- JCAHO accredited
Holy Cross Hospice
11800 Tech Road, Suite 240
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301-754-7740