Hospice Care for Houston and Surrounding Areas

You and Your Hospice Care

Our goal is to work as closely as possible with you, your family or your representatives in order to provide the best services to you. Our trained staff is available to provide care and answer all the questions you may have regarding the care we are providing.

Your Team

The mission of Integrity Hospice is to provide quality hospice care to patients with a limited life expectancy, as well as, support to their caregivers.

UNDERSTANDING HOSPICE CARE

Hospice Plan of Care
Integrity Hospice restores quality of life for patients by reducing the
pain and symptoms associated with their life limiting illness. We get to
know our patients and their loved ones on a personal level and work
closely with a team of specialists to develop a palliative care plan that
supports patient and family end-of-life goals. While we do not
administer curative care, our staff will aggressively treat symptoms
and pain to ensurecomfort.
For more specific information, please contact your case manager
24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Medicare Hospice Benefits

Medicare hospice benefits are available when you meet all
of these conditions:

You’re eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance);
Your doctor and the hospice medical director certify that
you’re terminally ill and have 6 months or less to live if your
illness runs its normal course;
You sign a statement choosing hospice care instead of other
Medicare-covered benefits to treat your terminal illness
(Medicare will still pay for covered benefits for any health
problems that aren’t related to your terminal illness); and
You get care from a Medicare-approved hospice program.

The hospice benefit allows you and your family to stay together
in the comfort of your home unless you need care in an
inpatient facility. If the hospice team determines that you need
inpatient care, the hospice team will make the arrangements
for your stay.

IMPORTANT | Medicare will still pay for covered benefits for
any health problems that aren’t related to your terminal illness,
like care for an injury.

Certification for the Hospice Benefit

Your regular doctor (not a nurse practitioner that you’ve chosen to serve as your attending medical professional) and the hospice medical director can certify that you’re terminally ill and have 6 months or less to live.

What Medicare Covers

You can get a one-time only hospice consultation with a hospice medical director or hospice doctor to discuss your care options, pain, and management of your symptoms. You can get this one-time consultation if you decide not to get hospice care.

Important Hospice Facts

Hospice helps people who are terminally ill live comfortably.
Hospice isn’t only for people with cancer.
The focus is on comfort, not on curing an illness.
A specially trained team of professionals and caregivers provide
care for the “whole person, including his or her physical,
emotional, social, and spiritual needs.”
Services may include physical care, counseling, drugs, equipment,
and supplies for the terminal illness and related condition(s).
Care is generally provided in the home.
z Family caregivers can get support.

YOU AND YOUR HOSPICE CARE

Length of Hospice Care
Hospice care is intended for people with 6 months or less to
live if the disease runs its normal course. If you live longer than
6 months, you can still get hospice care, as long as the hospice
medical director or other hospice doctor recertifies that you’re
terminally ill.