Each year, more and more Southeast Texas seniors choose Hospice care.

Should you choose Southeast Texas Hospice care for yourself or a loved one, what can you expect during the enrollment process?

Often, Southeast Texas seniors and their families are referred to Southeast Texas hospice care by a physician or other medical  professional (Southeast Texas nursing home, hospital discharge planner, etc.).

In other cases, a Beaumont senior and their family contact the hospice directly to determine whether this service meet their current physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

If after learning more about Beaumont hospice care, you believe that you or your loved one may be eligible, here are the steps you can take to elect the hospice benefit:

• Call Harbor Hospice Beaumont toll free: (855) 542-7267
• A Harbor Hospice Southeast Texas representative will explain the services offered, ask some health related questions to begin the assessment of eligibility, and answer any initial questions you may have.
• If the patient lives within Harbor Hospice Southeast Texas’s service area and appears to be eligible for hospice, an appointment will be scheduled with a member of the Beaumont area Harbor Hospice team to visit for a more thorough eligibility review.
• If this in-person interview continues to indicate Hospice eligibility, your Southeast Texas Harbor Hospice representative will answer any of your questions and walk the patient step-by-step through the process of electing the Hospice benefit. Harbor Hospice will also coordinate the Hospice certification process with your physician, if necessary.
• A registered nurse from Harbor Hospice Beaumont will then visit with the patient to begin developing an individualized plan of care in conjunction with the patient, family, and the entire interdisciplinary care team. The nurse will also coordinate care with the patient’s attending physician, if applicable.

To learn more about Hospice and to see whether Hospice is the right answer for you or a loved one, please contact Harbor Hospice Beaumont toll free: (855) 542-7267.

Harbor Hospice Southeast Texas has a long history of providing wonderful service to Beaumont seniors.