1380 Hwy 287 N. Suite 103, Mansfield, TX 76063
Tel: 817-592-5800
What is Hospice?
Hospice is a philosophy of care for terminally ill patients and those who love them. An innovative concept in care by skilled professionals working in partnership with a medical physician. Our hospice service provides physical, emotional, and spiritual guidance and support for the whole family. Here are some important facts about hospice:
■ The focus is on comfort (palliative care), not curing an illness.
■ Services typically include physical care, counseling, drugs, equipment, and supplies for the terminal illness and related conditions.
■ A specially trained team of professionals and caregivers provide care for the “whole person,” including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
■ Care is generally given in the home, but is also provided in a facility in addition to that facilities medical team.
■ Family caregivers can get support.
■ Hospice isn’t only for people with cancer.
Staff available 7 days
a week
Professional Care
Locally Owned
Quick Response
Planning Ahead
Many people wait for contact hospice until the final days of their loved ones life, not knowing they could have started receiving specialized care, medications, medical equipment, and supplies related to their loved one's terminal illness at no cost. Hospice cost are covered 100% by Medicare.
Hospice Eligibility
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Patient has been diagnosed with a life-limited condition with a prognosis of six months or less if their disease runs its normal course
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Frequent hospitalizations in the past six months
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Progressive weight loss taking into consideration edema weight
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Increasing weakness, fatigue, and somnolence
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A change in cognitive and functional ability
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Compromised Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as eating, bathing, dressing, toiling, transferring/walking, and continence
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Deteriorating mental abilities
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Recurrent Infections
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Skin breakdown
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Specific decline in condition
Care for a Condition Other than your Terminal Illness
Your hospice benefit covers care for your terminal illness and related conditions. Once you start getting hospice care, Original Medicare will cover everything you need related to your terminal illness, even if you remain in a Medicare Advantage Plan or other Medicare health plan. After your hospice benefit starts, you can still get covered services for conditions not related to your terminal illness. Original Medicare will pay for covered services for any health problems that aren’t part of your terminal illness and related conditions. However, you must pay the deductible and coinsurance amounts for all Medicare-covered services you get to treat health problems that aren’t part of your terminal illness and related conditions. Important: If you were in a Medicare Advantage Plan before starting hospice care, and decide to stay in that plan, you can get covered services for any health problems that aren’t part of your terminal illness and related conditions.
CareStar Hospice is here for you and your loved one. Our mission is to provide superior end of life care, symptom management and support to our patients and the ones who love them. Let CareStar Hospice of Texas help navigate this time with you.
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