ARKANSAS VALLEY HOSPICE
719-384-8827
24/7 On-Call Services
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
118 W 4th Street, La Junta, CO 81050

"Hospice cannot add days to your life,

But they can add life to your days"

HOSPICE TEAM
Our team of professionals and volunteers is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide help and care on an on-call basis.

"The mission of Arkansas Valley Hospice is to support people in the final phases

of life, comfort the grieving, and educate the community about end of life care."

COMFORT CARE
The primary emphasis of the hospice program is home care, and the hospice philosophy focuses on maintaining and enhancing the quality of life, making it possible for the terminally ill patient to remain at home. Hospice is not designed to replace the involvement of families, but to assist them and offer whatever help is needed in the home from our nurses, volunteers and other professionals. Hospice will provide care to you where ever you live-in your home, a nursing home or in an assisted living facility.

ADMISSIONS
Admissions to the Arkansas Valley Hospice are based on the following:

• The patient & family are aware of the diagnosis and the life-threatening nature of the illness (prognosis of six months or less life expectancy).
• Control of symptoms of the illness is focus of treatment chosen by the patient, instead of aggressive or experimental treatment to cure the disease.
• The patient has a physician that is willing to work with hospice in providing end-of-life care.
• The patient has a physician management of care and participates with hospice in end-of-life care.

BEREAVEMENT SERVICES

· Grief Support Group
Offering support to individuals and families in grief.

· Personal Counseling
Counselors trained in providing grief support to individuals and families following the death of a loved one.

· Grief Busters
Teachers trained to provide grief support in the schools. Counselors are also available to provide grief counseling to children and assistance for teachers.

· Follow-up Bereavement Services
Offering thirteen months of follow-up to families of patients whose loved ones have died in the hospice program. Cards, calls and visits are available.

VOLUNTEERS
Trained volunteers provide continuing support by serving the needs of patients and their families. They may do shopping, sitting, running errands, transporting, preparing meals, or listening. Volunteers are selected and trained by Hospice. Volunteers also participate in fund-raising activities to benefit the Arkansas Valley Hospice.

SOURCES
A Special kind of Caring in the Nursing Home. Colorado: Arkansas Valley Hospice.
Bereavement Services. Colorado: Arkansas Valley Hospice.
“The truly fortunate cross the final stages of life with loving companions”. Colorado: Arkansas Valley Hospice.