Hospice care is considered to be the model for quality and compassionate care for people facing terminal illness and end-of-life care. At the center of Hospice care is the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our families will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.

Hospice of the Fisher Home is dedicated to providing quality, compassionate care to patients and their families.

The Fisher Home provides a special kind of service. It is designed to give compassionate care to people who cannot be cared for in their own homes.

The Fisher Home not only extends its care to its residents but also offers spiritual and emotional support to their families. It provides gentle guidance at a time of fear and uncertainty.

The Fisher Home offers palliative, rather than curative treatment. It neither hastens nor postpones death. It affirms life and regards dying as a normal part of our human experience. The Fisher Home may also provide respite for patients, so that families/caregivers may have some rest.

Hospice and palliative care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to each patient's needs and wishes.  It is considered the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury.

All hospices, including The Fisher Home, consider the patient and family together as the unit of care. At the center of hospice and palliative care is the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our families will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.

Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and, in some cases, we care for our patients at their home. Even though hospice care is provided in hospitals, in nursing homes, and in other long-term care facilities, The Fisher Home is a freestanding hospice residence with staff exclusively devoted and trained to serve end-of-life patients. Hospice services are available to patients of any age, religion, race, or illness. Hospice care is covered under Medicare, Medicaid, most private insurance plans, HMOs, and other managed care organizations.

Palliative care extends the principles of hospice care to a broader population that could benefit from receiving this type of care earlier in their illness or disease process. No specific therapy is excluded from consideration. An individual's needs must be continually assessed and treatment options should be explored and evaluated in the context of the individual's values and symptoms. Palliative care, ideally, would segue into hospice care as the illness progresses.