Hospice
Chisholm Trail Hospice provides physical, emotional, and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their families. Our interdisciplinary team helps patients maintain their dignity, comfort, and quality of life in the face of terminal illness.
Patients may have any end-stage disease to qualify for Hospice. It is not a “cancer-only” service. Hospice nurses and staff can do their best work with early referrals. This enables the staff to predict and prevent some expected crisis periods and also allows for a rapport to be established between the patient, the family, and the Hospice team. Anyone may make a referral, but a physician must order Hospice before care begins.
The DRH Health Foundation is devoted to supporting Chisholm Trail Hospice by organizing various fundraising events throughout the year. Among these initiatives is the Tree of Remembrance in December, where names of loved ones are displayed on a Christmas tree in the hospital’s Atrium. Additionally, we host Christmas in July, inviting contributions of food and clothing for our hospice patients.
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Programs & Services
What is Hospice?
Hospice provides a comprehensive program of palliative and supportive care for the patient and their families to maintain optimal quality of life during the last phases of their terminal illness, including the dying and beareavement stages. Hospice is a team concept consisting of the patient and their family, healthcare professionals, and volunteers focusing on social, physical, spiritual, and emotional care to meet their unique needs.
Who is Chisholm Trail Hospice?
The Chisholm Trail Hospice team includes specially trained healthcare professionals and volunteers closely working with the patient and family in preparation for death that is satisfactory to them. Our mission is to provide compassionate and exceptional healthcare that promotes comfort care instead of curative goals.
Electing hospice does not mean you are giving up but rather focusing on the quality of life versus the quantity of life. Hospice recognizes dying as an integral part of living and advocates respecting the terminally ill patient’s rights.
Chisholm Trail Hospice is:
- Licensed by the State of Oklahoma
- Medicare Certified
- Member of the Oklahoma and National Hospice & Palliative Care Associations
Become a Hospice Volunteer
Hospice care involves supporting the patient and their loved ones. Hospice volunteers are a vital part of providing compassionate support. This can be done in a variety of ways:
- Companionship with the patient
- Caregiver Relief (Respite care)
- Practical Services
- Office Support