Hospice Help: Houston area hospice providers

Below are names and contacts for Houston area hospices found in the 2008-2009 Senior Guidance Directory:

Astrocare Home Health Care: (281)931-5500
Christus HomeCare: (713)520-8115
Houston Hospice: 1(800)630-7894
Lighthouse Hospice: 1(888)290-7727
Memorial Hermann Hospice: (281)784-7520
Odyssey HealthCare of Houston: (713)592-5600
Silverado Hospice: (281)565-2900

Listed below are some additional hospices in Houston:

Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care: (713)219-6490
Amed Community Hospice: 1(888)592-1262
American Hospice: (713)946-9006
East Harris County Hospice Service Inc: (713)450-4500
Hospice Care Team: (713)453-8862
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care: 1(800)628-8081

Hospice History

The word "hospice" stems from the Latin word "hospitium" meaning guesthouse. It was originally used to describe a place of shelter for weary and sick travelers returning from religious pilgrimages. Today, hospice is not a place but a concept of care. During the 1960's, Dr. Cicely Saunders, a British physician began the modern hospice movement by establishing St. Christopher's Hospice near London. St. Christopher's organized a team approach to professional caregiving, and was the first program to use modern pain management techniques to compassionately care for the dying. The first hospice in the United States was established in New Haven, Connecticut in 1974.

Bibliography

1. Connor, S.R., Pyenson, B., Fitch, K., Spence, C., & Iwasaki, K. (2007). Comparing hospice and nonhospice patient survival among patients who die within a three-year window. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 33(3), 238-46.

2. Senior Guidance Directory 2008-2009
http://www.srguidance.org/
Available from your Walgreens pharmacist

3. Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org/

4. San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070130/news_1c30brody.html

5. Taylor, D.H. Jr., Osterman, J., Van Houtven, C.H., Tulsky, J.A., & Steinhauser, K. (2007). What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program?, Social Science and Medicine, 65(7), 1466-78.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Houston area hospice providers

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