Hosparus Health

HOSPICE SERVICES: For 40 years, Hosparus, Inc., dba Hosparus Health, a fully accredited nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization, has provided medical care, grief counseling, pain management and much more for people facing serious and life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Indiana. Hosparus Health has over 600 employees and 500 volunteers who care for more than 8,300 patients and families every year. Hospice and palliative care is the premier model for quality, compassionate care for people facing life-limiting illnesses or injury. Our care involved treatments that enhance a patients' comfort and quality of life. Care also addresses patients and families emotional and spiritual needs. All services are delivered wherever a patient calls home- 24 hour a day, 7 days a week. Care locations include a family residence, a nursing home, an assisted living facility, an inpatient unit or a hospital. Our services include: pain control, control of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and restlessness. We provide medication management, personal care such as bathing, skin care, light housekeeping counseling and spiritual care. Interdisciplinary teams for hospice and palliative care patients include Board Certified Physicians, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Grief Counselors and Social Workers, Chaplains and Volunteers. Hosparus, Inc. operates an inpatient care center at the Norton Healthcare Pavilion (27 beds) in Louisville, KY. The center offers patients short-term care in private rooms to treat chronic pain and other symptoms associated with life-limiting illnesses not responsive to home care, such as respiratory distress, end-stage cardiac symptoms, nausea, and vomiting. To learn more about Hosparus Health, visit WWW.HOSPARUSHEALTH.ORG

BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF COUNSELING SERVICES: OUR HOSPARUS GRIEF COUNSELING CENTER, WITH OFFICES IN THE BARREN RIVER AREA, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, THE LOUISVILLE REGION, AND SOUTHERN INDIANA, OFFERS THE AREA'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH LOSS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE: INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING; PROGRAMS AND CLASSES FOR ADULTS; PROGRAMS & CLASSES FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND FAMILIES; FAMILY ORIENTED GROUPS; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS REGARDING GRIEF AND LOSS; CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONALS; AND ANNUAL MEMORIAL EVENTS. THESE PROGRAMS HELP GRIEVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR GRIEF EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL TOOLS FOR COPING WITH LOSS. HOSPARUS FAMILIES MAY ACCESS THESE SERVICES AT NO CHARGE TO THEM FOR UP TO 13 MONTHS FOLLOWING A DEATH. GRIEF COUNSELING CENTER STATISTICS: ADULT INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY COUNSELING SESSIONS - 4,398 (estimated); CHILD COUNSELING SESSIONS- 552 (estimated); CLIENTS SERVED IN COUNSELING AND GROUP SESSIONS - 1,709; PARTICIPANTS WHO ATTENDED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS - 1,636