1. Understanding Hospice Care
2. Capital Hospice Services
   1. Referring a Patient
   2. Partners Toolbox
3. Educational Services
4. Primary Hospice Contacts

Capital Hospice Services

Referring a Patient

The patient's private or attending physician must certify that the patient is medically eligible for hospice services.

Although the inital call to Capital Hospice may come from family, friends or faith leaders, we must contact the physician to obtain this verification.  Then, by law, the decision belongs to the patient.

Capital Hospice provides:

• Expert pain and symptom management
• Emotional and spiritual support to patient and loved ones
• Assistance in organizing a patient’s personal affairs
• Help in how to talk about the many difficult issues that arise at end-of-life
• Help in dealing with unresolved issues that block communication
• Support for the caregiver

The earlier in the disease trajectory a patient is referred, the more we can do to help.

The patient enjoys better quality of life and the hospice team is available 24/7 to handle unexpected or emergent issues.

Capital Hospice patients and families often tell us they wish they had called us sooner.

For patients who do not meet eligibility criteria or are not ready to accept the full array of hospice services, we offer palliative care consultations.