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Hospice care is a level of care provided for patients who have a serious, life-limiting, terminal illness. Based on the patient’s needs, hospice care may be provided in the hospital, the patient’s home, a nursing home or an assisted living facility.

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital is contracted with three hospice agencies that are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. There are certified hospice nurses available on-site to answer patient and family questions and to arrange for the transition to hospice care at home.

Patients who are placed on the inpatient hospice program are supported by an interdisciplinary team of hospice specialists that includes the nurse, social worker, and spiritual counselor.

For more information about hospice care at Mather, you may contact the Social Work Department at 476-2746 or go to the websites of our partner agencies.

Good Shepherd Hospice, a division of Catholic Health Services of Long Island
http://goodshepherdhospice.chsli.org/

Hospice Care Network, a member of the North Shore-LIJ health system, caring for patients in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
http://www.hospice-care-network.org

Visiting Nurse Service Home Care and Hospice of Suffolk County
http://www.visitingnurseservice.org

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