Why Healthcare Professionals Choose Signal Hill
We devote our lives to ensuring our patients' health as healthcare experts. We can still assist a patient in living as fully and meaningfully as they can during the final stages of their illness, even when they are getting close to the end of their life and a cure is no longer a possibility. This is the next stage in the continuum of care.
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Hospice and palliative care are the "something more" that can improve your patients' quality of life and reduce their pain and symptoms rather than claiming that there is "nothing more" that can be done.
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Why HCPs Choose Signal Hill
Signal Hill is a pioneer in hospice care and innovation serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's quality standards and recommendations, as well as important hospice benchmarks specified by Consumer Reports, are all met or exceeded by Signal Hill.
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Around-the-clock staff, certified in hospice care. We always have a team on hand.
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Experts for palliative care who can start providing treatment if the patient is not yet ready for hospice.
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If symptoms can't be controlled at home, patients can travel to an inpatient unit. Modern inpatient hospice facilities are run by Signal Hill in Los Angeles.
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The capacity to offer care in nursing homes and assisted living. Wherever your patient resides—at home, in a nursing home or assisted living facility—we provide care.
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Medicare endorsement. Signal Hill is accredited by Medicare. (Medicare needs certification in order to pay for services, such as necessary equipment and home health aides, as well as counseling and support for the patient and family during difficult times.)
Did You Know?
Studies reveal that longer hospice stays and earlier hospice referrals are linked to improved patient quality of life when close to death.
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6.5 months after a loved one has passed away, caregivers of patients who undergo extensive medical treatment near the end of their life are more likely to experience significant depressive disorders.
Patients who have end-of-life conversations with their doctors and counselors receive less aggressive standard medical care close to death (i.e., lower rates of ventilation, resuscitation, and ICU hospitalization), as well as earlier referrals to hospice.
What are the Benefits of Difficult Conversations?
The majority of Americans want to have their final days spent at home. But achieving this preference is difficult for doctors.
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Doctors, who are educated to heal, struggle to estimate the amount of time a patient will live. Only 20% of the time are survival projections correct, and 63% of the time they are overly optimistic. A second fear is "giving up" or "submitting" to disease.
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As a result, patients and families frequently put off receiving hospice care, never receiving all the benefits and support to which they are legally entitled.
Many people at this difficult time struggle between desiring end-of-life care at home and refusing to accept that the moment has arrived. Overly sanguine predictions exacerbate the confusion. Tragically, families sometimes tell hospice workers, "We wish we had called sooner."
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Though unpleasant, discussions regarding life expectancy and end-of-life options can eventually result in gratitude from the family. You have the knowledge, comfort, and options that people critically need from a healthcare provider.
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Call us today to learn specific techniques for addressing these issues with families.
Here for You and Your Patients
Signal Hill offers hospice care for the patient as well as information, counsel, and support for grieving family members and guidance for you, their healthcare provider.
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We are here to answer any questions you may have about our hospice or palliative programs to ensure that your patients receive the very best care for their individual circumstances.