Hospice
Phelps Hospice
The love of family, the support of friends, the comfort of being home... and our commitment to compassionate, dignified, and professional care.
Comfort and Care at the End of Life
Since our founding in 1983, we at Phelps Hospice have provided a special kind of care for our patients and families as the end of life approaches. We provide care in the familiar surroundings of “home,” which may be the patient’s own home or that of a relative or, in some instances, a nursing home or an assisted living facility located anywhere in Westchester County.
We adapt our services to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient and family, providing comprehensive support and professional guidance through this difficult time.
Phelps Hospice cares for patients who have cancer or advanced respiratory, cardiac, liver, or kidney diseases, as well as those who have Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, AIDS, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), or other life-limiting illnesses.
Ensuring Quality of Life
A person's quality of life can be diminished by the suffering caused by pain. Physical pain. Emotional pain. Spiritual pain.
Phelps Hospice seeks to alleviate the pain in different ways. We offer the most advanced pain medications available, and we encourage our patients to be partners with us in the management of this pain.
Importantly, we also provide counseling and other supportive services to relieve the emotional or spiritual pain that may exist for our patients and their loved ones.
Receiving the Best Possible Care
Most of our patients are referred to us by their physicians. We also welcome referrals from family members, friends, members of the clergy, or prospective patients themselves.
Upon admission to our program, the Phelps Hospice interdisciplinary team, in consultation with the patient’s primary physician, evaluates the patient’s and family’s needs and develops an individualized plan of care which provides medical care and supportive services. Our goal is to enhance the quality of life for the time remaining.
The Phelps Hospice interdisciplinary team consists of the medical director, hospice director, patient care coordinator, nurses, home health aides, social workers, consulting psychologist, nutritionist, chaplain, bereavement coordinator, and volunteer coordinator.
As patients and families face difficult decisions, Phelps Hospice staff members bring the knowledge and experience gained in assisting other families for more than two decades. We may serve as consultants, guides, or simply compassionate listeners.
A Phelps Hospice nurse is on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to answer questions and offer support to our patients and family members.
Sometimes a patient requires short-term hospital care. In that event, the Hospice staff and the patient's primary physician oversee the patient's treatment in the hospital.
Phelps Hospice Offers a Range of Services
Home care services for each patient may include:
- visits by a registered nurse
- instruction and assistance in pain management
- prescription medication for symptom control
- assistance with personal care
- counseling by a social worker
- spiritual counseling
- special support from trained volunteers
- physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy
- nutritional guidance by a registered dietitian
- medical supplies and equipment
Bereavement Support
Phelps Hospice offers a program of bereavement support services that provide guidance through the journey of grief. All our bereavement services are available to the community, as well as to our Hospice families and friends.
What Does Hospice Care Cost?
Hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. Phelps Hospice is certified by the State of New York and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). We provide services to all patients regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental handicap. Our services are not denied for financial reasons.
Since the traditional methods of payment do not cover the total cost of operating Phelps Hospice and its special programs, we encourage our friends and supporters to help us through private and corporate contributions. Every gift is appreciated and is tax deductible. For information, please contact the Phelps Development office at 914-366-3107.
Families Talk About Phelps Hospice
Our family has just journeyed through one of life's most difficult experiences, the death of a beloved member. It was a gift to have special time with mother, but we could not have provided the necessary support without the assistance of Hospice.
The hospice staff was exceptional in every way. Of greatest importance, they allowed Mother to progress through the stages of dying with dignity and comfort. Their very presence was a source of strength; they accepted her without judgment and let her know that her feelings and fears were normal.
Hospice was for Mother and our family what Mother had always been for us . . . consistently available, supportive and willing to provide whatever we needed while never being intrusive or directive. What greater compliment could I offer ! !”
- H.H., Rye Brook
There are so many of you to thank for all you did to not only comfort Bob but all of us in our family during this difficult time in our lives. I cannot express the love and compassion we felt toward you and from you.
- K.M., Briarcliff
For six weeks since my precious mother passed away, I've been searching for the most meaningful words I could find to convey the depth of my gratitude to you for what you all did for her and our family. I've come to the conclusion there are no words. I can simply thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- M.F., Tarrytown
For more information, please contact:
Phelps Hospice
701 North Broadway
Sleepy Hollow, New York
tel (914) 366-3325
fax (914) 366-1538