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How your hospice care team works together

Our Fort Worth-area team coordinates medical, personal, emotional, spiritual, and practical support around the patient and family. Dallas-area availability is expanding.

Patient-and-family-centered hospice care-team diagram
  • Medical Director
  • Physician
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Registered Nurse
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Social Worker
  • Chaplain
  • Volunteer
  • Grief Counselor

Palliative care is part of the hospice plan, focused on comfort and symptom relief.

What that means

Hospice services

Medical and clinical hospice care

Medical oversight and nursing

  • Licensed medical director
  • Physician coordination
  • Skilled nursing and registered nurse support

Comfort and symptom support

  • Pain and symptom management
  • Dietitian support

Palliative therapies

  • Physical therapy (palliative)
  • Speech therapy (palliative)
  • Occupational therapy (palliative)

Personal care and daily comfort

Aide and personal care

  • Nurse aide and certified nursing assistant support
  • Bathing
  • Dressing assistance
  • Hair and nail care
  • Changing incontinence supplies

Immediate environment

  • Linen changes
  • Light housekeeping related to patient care

Movement and mobility

  • Range-of-motion exercises
  • Ambulation and transfer assistance

Medications, equipment, and supplies

Related medications

  • Medications related to the terminal diagnosis

Equipment and oxygen

  • Durable medical equipment (DME)
  • Oxygen

Eligible care supplies

  • Incontinence supplies
  • Other eligible supplies included in the plan of care
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Hospice guidance

Unsure where to begin?

Call our care team for clear answers about eligibility, coverage, and next steps.

Call 214-506-8422Check hospice eligibility