Program areas at Hospice of Spokane
Hospice of Spokane offers care and support for terminally ill patients and their loved ones. Through in-home skilled nursing care, home health aides for personal care, spiritual support, grief and bereavement counseling services, patients and their loved ones are assured of the best possible quality of days to the end of life. The focus of care is on comfort and supporting quality of life when treatments aimed at cure or extending life are no longer desirable. Hospice care is for anyone, of any age, who is nearing the end of life. Hospice of Spokane served 2,107 unduplicated clients in 2022, providing 93,148 days of routine home care, 1,391 days of acute inpatient care, and 103 days of respite care for the year ended december 31, 2022. See continuation on schedule o.
Hospice of Spokane provides grief counseling for anyone in the community who has experienced loss through the death of someone close to them. Master's-level counselors specially trained in grief and loss issues help the grieving identify and attend to their unique needs. Grief support groups provide a safe place to share one's pain with others who are grieving. Within the groups, each person is encouraged to express feelings openly and to give and receive support. Hospice of Spokane provided approximately 3,907 bereavement encounters to community members of all ages for the year ended december 31, 2022.
When Hospice patients are no longer able to manage at home, they can go to one of our two Hospice houses to receive Hospice care in an inpatient setting. Between the two houses, one located in north Spokane and one located in south Spokane, we have the capacity to serve a total of 24 patients (12 in each home). The Hospice houses provided a total of 4,927 patient days of care for the year ended december 31, 2022 to 485 patients and their families. See continuation on schedule o.