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Provides end-of-life care for patients and support for their family members and caregivers. Care emphasis on pain and symptom management.

Provides quality end-of-life services for the increasing number of terminally ill offenders in the Iowa Department of Corrections. The program provides comfort oriented care and spiritual, emotional, physical and psychological support to terminally offenders and allows them to die with dignity and humanity, in as little pain as possible, and in a hospice setting rather than alone in a cell, infirmary bed, or hospital room.

Offers to help patients and their loved ones to prepare a personal, comprehensive plan of care that meets needs and helps to reach end of life goals. Offers bereavement, grief/grieving support groups.

Provides 24-hour nursing care services for pain and symptom management, skilled care for the dying and respite care to allow a loved one a break from caregiving. 

Provides end of life care. Also offers hospice house which has 6 beds. Please call for availability.

Hospice is appropriate for any individual diagnosed with a progressive, life-limiting illness or condition with a prognosis of six months or less, if the illness or condition were to take its normal course. The program seeks to help clients live final months comfortably at home, rather than seeking ongoing curative treatments.

Hospice care includes 24/7 availability for consultation and urgent visits, distribution of medications and durable medical equipment related to terminal diagnosis, personal care needs and companionship provided by hospice aides and volunteers, personalized Veteran services, emotional and spiritual support from team of social workers and pastoral staff and bereavement services for all loved ones for 18 months following hospice care.

National consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life.

Free brochures and web information on a wide range of end-of-life topics, including advance care planning, caregiving, hospice and palliative care, grief and loss, and pain.

Referrals to local hospice providers.

Provides health care services in the home by registered nurses. Services include infusion therapy, central venous catheter care and injections, wound and catheter care, gait training, and health education. Also offers physical, occupational, and speech therapists, medical social workers, certified nursing assistants, and telehealth nursing.

Pediatric Home Nursing: Provides care according to the patients’ needs and the doctor’s orders, including both extended stay and skilled visits. Provides in-home care for complex pediatric clients such as those using ventilators, IV and TPN needs, trachs, g-tubes, central lines, respiratory medication, and monitoring equipment.

Health-Related Clinics: Offered in various locations, including seasonal influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, foot-care clinics, and community wellness screenings.

Hospice Care: Provides medical care, symptom and pain management, and support to persons with a limited life expectancy and their families. Registered nurses, chaplains, home health aides, volunteers, social workers, and homemakers provide service in the home or in a residential hospice facility setting.

Palliative Care: Provides pain and non-pain symptom management for patients with serious and life-threatening illness. Consultative services are provided with care centered on the needs of the patient and family, providing counseling about the disease and assistance in identifying the patient's personal goals for care.

Offers coordinated services to terminally ill patients and their families in their chosen environment.

Provides a personalized care plan that is based on patient/family goals, needs and desires.

Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care is available from a medically directed interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses, therapists, home health aides, social workers, pastors, volunteers, music therapist, massage therapist, or chaplain.

Care plans may include medical care, pain and symptom management.

Provides care to terminally ill patients in their home, hospital, or nursing home (whichever is the most appropriate setting). With an emphasis on comfort and quality of life, a team of physicians, nurses, therapists, bereavement counselors, pharmacists, personal care assistants, volunteers, social services, and clergy provide clinical, spiritual, and emotional care to patients and their families experiencing a life-limited illness

Provides home health services including in-home nursing care, physical, occupational and speech therapy, maternal/child care services, childbirth education programs to prepare prospective mothers and their families for labor, birth, and postpartum care, communicable disease prevention, adult immunizations, homemaker services, and hospice.

Hospice is appropriate for any individual diagnosed with a progressive, life-limiting illness or condition with a prognosis of six months or less, if the illness or condition were to take its normal course. The program seeks to help clients live final months comfortably at home, rather than seeking ongoing curative treatments.

Hospice care includes 24/7 availability for consultation and urgent visits, distribution of medications and durable medical equipment related to terminal diagnosis, personal care needs and companionship provided by hospice aides and volunteers, personalized Veteran services, emotional and spiritual support from team of social workers and pastoral staff and bereavement services for all loved ones for 18 months following hospice care.

Provides support and care for persons in the last phases of a life-limiting illness so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Hospice exists in the belief that through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community, patients and families/caregivers will be free to attain a degree of mental preparation for death that is satisfying to them.

Hospice services provide compassionate care for individuals facing a terminal illness, focusing on enhancing quality of life rather than curing the disease.

Services include pain management, symptom relief, emotional and psychological support, and spiritual care for both the patient and their family.

Hospice care is delivered by a team of healthcare professionals (such as doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains) who work together to provide comfort and support.

Hospice care can take place in the patient’s home, in a hospice facility, or in a hospital or nursing home, with the goal of ensuring dignity, peace, and comfort during the end-of-life journey.

Provides a long term-care facility that offers nursing, medical, rehabilitative care and mental health services for eligible veterans, their spouses, and/or widowed spouses. Includes physical and occupational therapy, audiology, lab, x-ray, pharmacy, optometry, dermatology, dental care, Social worker, end of life care, and recreational therapy.

Provides home care and palliative services to those with an end-of-life illness, grief support programs, and counseling. 

Home health care and hospice services.