Hospice/ Palliative Care

At The Margaret Tietz Center of Excellence for Inpatient Hospice Care, you will find a specialized unit dedicated to the provision of quality care for Hospice Patients. Our Comfort Care Inpatient Unit was designed solely with the Hospice Patient and their family in mind.

In an effort to provide compassionate health services the Margaret Tietz Center has recognized the need for programs that focus on the individuals quality of life. The inpatient Palliative Care Program was developed to serve individuals who did not meet the criteria for the Inpatient Hospice Unit. Through the palliation of underlying symptoms the goal of this program is to elevate an individual to their optimum functioning capacity, assisting residents and family’s to live their life with dignity and meaning.

Reasons why the top hospitals and physicians choose this unit as their first choice:

      •        Clinical expertise in end of life care
      •        All private rooms equipped with tv, video, telephones, private baths
      •        Caring staff specially trained in the hospice philosophy
      •        Chief Medical Officer & Hospice Physicians are board certified in                  Hospice/Palliative medicine
      •        All medical and nursing personnel are specialists in end of life care
      •        Physicians visit seven days a week for hospice residents
      •        Goal of treatment is symptom management
      •        Meal Vouchers are provided for all family members
      •        Cozy family room and meeting area overlooking scenic garden
      •        Family members can visit 24-hours a day
      •        Specialized accommodations are made family members to stay with
                 their  loved ones overnight
   •        Special support services are always a part of our caring approach