Program areas at Capital Caring
Capital hopsice provides expert medical, emotional, spiritual and practical care and support to patients with serious, progressive illness and their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week wherever they live by qualified physicians, nurses, nurses' aides, social workers and non-denominational chaplains and other professionals. It is the objective of Capital Hospice to provide care to anyone medically eligible, regardless of the patient's ability to pay. Capital Hospice provided services to 14,710 patients during 2022 and provided 392,581 patient days of care. Capital Hospice had costs related to services and supplies under its charity care policy of approximately $1,568,000 in 2022.
Capital paliative care consultants provides physician services to our Hospice patients, and to non-hospice eligible patients who are in need of symptom management, it is the objective of Capital palliative care consultants to provide physician services to all patients in need of symptom management, regardless of the patient's ability to pay. Capital palliative consultants provided 20,688 patient visits during 2022.
The adler center for Caring inpatient unit and the Washington home Capital Caring health inpatient center at sibley memorial hospital provide care for those patients that require constant monitoring and whose pain and symptoms can't be adequately managed at home. It is the goal of the adler center for Caring and the Washington home Capital Caring health at sibley memorial hospital inpatient units to make our patients as symptom fee and as comfortable as possible. The adler center for Caring inpatient center provided care to 1,041 patients and had 2,942 patient days of care in 2022. The Washington home Capital Caring health inpatient center at sibley memorial hospital provided care to 661 and had 2,506 patient days of care in 2022.