Englewood Health Systems, Inc.

Hospice Care

Our Mission

• To provide the best Hospice Care that is centered on comfort, dignity, compassion, and respect to all individuals and their families in Southwest Georgia who are in their final stages of an incurable disease.
• Using an interdisciplinary team approach of Englewood Hospice staff, (physician, nurse, social worker, home health aide, volunteer, spiritual counseling, bereavement counseling and others). Englewood Hospice provides palliative care in the patient’s home, short-term inpatient care, mobilization, coordination of ancillary services and bereavement support.
• Englewood Hospice affirms life. Englewood Hospice believes that through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring attitude, patients, families, or caregivers are free to attain a degree of mental preparation for a death that is satisfying to them.

The Englewood Hospice Care Team is committed to providing the most comprehensive and compassionate hospice and palliative care. Along with the appropriate clinical care, we strive to ensure compassion and caring in all that we do for our patients, their families and caregivers.

Englewood Hospice Care Team:
An interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers develop a plan of care with each patient, family member or caregiver. This plan may include, as appropriate, the following services provided directly or via a contract:

• Medical Director, Physician
• Registered Nurse
• Medical Social Worker
• Spiritual Support Services/Clergy
• Therapists (Physical, Occupational and Speech)
• Home Health Aide
• Volunteers
• Consultant Pharmacist
• Consultant Nutritional Educator or Registered Dietitian
• Durable Medical Equipment (under contract)
• Medications and Medical Supplies
• Inpatient care at Fort Gaines Healthcare for short-term stay for symptom control or planned respite
• Counseling: Individual or group
• Bereavement: follow-up for 13 months after the patient’s death

Englewood Hospice Care, Inc. Counties:
Englewood Hospice Care is currently serving the following counties:

Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Webster, and Worth counties

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For More Information
Browse the documents listed below for more information about our hospice care services or call our office at (229) 435-2109 and a representative will be happy to assist you.

- Englewood Hospice Care Manual (.pdf format)
- Patient/Family Bill of Rights and Services (.pdf format)

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