| Home Health (Therapy) Start Date | Hospice (Nursing) Start Date | |
| Clarkston | 3/22 | 3/21 |
| Lewiston | 3/22 | 3/21 |
| Moscow | 3/23 | 3/21 |
| Orofino | 3/23 | 3/21 |
Clinical Focus
Elite Home Health & Hospice is expanding. We are launching Palliative services in Idaho for Medicare patients on April 1st!!
Palliative services are a medical specialty service that are aimed at supporting the management of chronic illness to reduce pain and stress. Palliative professionals are uniquely trained to provide Medicare’s chronic care management services and support patient’s in defining interventions at various phases of their disease process.
Palliative services allow us to uniquely partner with local PCPs to coordinate multiple specialists and their interventions. Effective palliation should reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
Question Corner
Can’t I just provide palliative services for my patients?
Maybe.
The term “palliative care” is frequently used by medical professionals to address pain management and comfort in end-of-life. This use is an over-simplification of palliative services and frankly hospice services. True palliative care is directed to support the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and emotional well-being of the patient. Palliative services are never offered as a single provider but rather a multidisciplinary team.
Palliative services aid the patient in making decisions about the levels of intervention in their disease course. Palliative services support the patient and family in identifying needs at the various phases to support meeting their wishes for disease process management and end-of-life care. Similar to hospice, the services related to emotional and spiritual support are often provided by professionals in social work and chaplaincy.
If you have questions about Elite’s palliative program, send us an email at info@EliteHHH.com
People to know
Clarkston Liaison – Angie (contact information coming soon)
Lewiston Liaison – Beth (509) 254-1381
Moscow & Orofino Liaison – Scott (509) 234-3102
Business Development – Ashley (509) 843-7605
