Hospice Care

What is Hospice Care?

Hospice care assists individuals, their families and/or caregivers to achieve the best quality of life during a life-limiting illness. Hospice services include physical, emotional and spiritual care. Hospice focuses on patient comfort instead of continued treatment of the life-limiting condition. Hospice patients are encouraged to participate in activities and functions they enjoy. Hospice is for all age groups, including children, adults, and the elderly. The vision of hospice is to profoundly enhance the end of life for the dying person by ensuring access to exceptional quality care. Find a hospice location near you.

Why Choose Rocky Mountain Hospice

Patients of Rocky Mountain Hospice are treated with dignity and receive skillfully managed care. Rocky Mountain Hospice provides hospice care in patients’ homes, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, assisted living centers, residential care facilities, or wherever the patient calls “home”.

The team at Rocky Mountain Hospice provides quality care for patients and families by fostering individual choices for dignity and comfort.

Who is Eligible for Hospice Care?

To be eligible for hospice care, a patient must have a life-limiting illness with an estimated life expectancy of six months or less. The treatment goal during hospice shifts from aggressive treatment of the condition to a goal of comfort.

Who Pays for Hospice Care?

As with home care and skilled nursing facilities, hospice services are paid for in a few different ways:

Medicare (Part A)
Medicaid
Health insurance
Private pay
Grants and private donations

Hospice Care Services

Emotional, spiritual, bereavement support for patients and their families
Hospice aides and homemaker assistance services
24-hour on-call doctor and nursing availability
Required medical equipment, medications and training in their use
Medical and incontinent care supplies
Short-term in-patient care required to manage symptoms
Physical, occupational and speech therapy as needed to enhance quality of life
Counseling services
Assistance with legal documents (wills, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, etc.) funeral planning, and accessing other community resources

Other Services:
Home Health Care
Personal Care
Skilled Nursing & Rehab

24 hour on-call nurse:
1.800.574.7666

Rocky Mountain Care does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities. Rocky Mountain Care does provide financial assistance of charity care based on available resources for those who cannot afford care. Individuals with financial needs should contact the Administrator to make application for charitable care. Additional resources may also be available through the Rocky Mountain Care Foundation. Donations are accepted to help fund charitable care at all Rocky Mountain Care facilities. Admission to Rocky Mountain Care facilities is based on the clinical judgment of the physician and not upon the patient’s financial ability or inability to pay for services. As a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, donations may be tax deductible.