Our Service Promises to You

When you refer patients to the experts at Center for Hospice Care, you are choosing to partner with a team that has more than 44 years of proven success in managing symptoms, reducing hospitalizations and improving the quality of living for your patients and their loved ones. We work seamlessly with your staff, helping you achieve better results for your patients while enabling your team – and your business – to function more efficiently.

Center for Hospice Care has developed three innovative programs to help meet the needs of  patients and their loved ones. HeartWize for advanced heart disease, BreatheEazy for advanced lung disease, and our DementiaCare program address the unique needs of patients affected by these diseases.

Our palliative care programs are proven to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions. Studies confirm consistent, positive outcomes resulting from enrollment in palliative care, including increased patient and family satisfaction scores, improved quality of care and reduced spending and utilization in all healthcare settings. In fact, it has been shown to cut inpatient readmissions by 48%, outpatient admissions by 50% and result in up to 36% total cost reduction (source: Center to Advance Palliative Care).

Center for Hospice Care is the only provider in our service area to offer specialized pediatric and perinatal care. Like palliative and hospice care for adults, pediatric hospice and palliative care alleviates pain and other symptoms associated with the patient’s condition. However, unlike adult hospice and palliative care, it can be part of the treatment plan even when curative or life-prolonging care is being sought.

Here are a few other reasons you can trust Center for Hospice Care to earn the privilege of caring for your patients:

• As the area’s first and most experienced hospice program, we offer your patients the most comprehensive range of end-of-life care solutions.
• To provide the best care and expertise for your patients, our hospice physicians and our team of nurse practitioners are highly trained in providing care for those with serious, advanced illnesses and symptom management.
• We can be reached 24/7 at 1-800-HOSPICE*
• Patients can be admitted to Center for Hospice Care’s free-standing inpatient hospice facilities for symptom management, crisis care and/or respite care.
• Dedicated Center for Hospice Care interdisciplinary staff are standing by 24/7 to provide emergency nursing, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families.

*1-800-HOSPICE from 574 and 219 area codes. Please call 1-800-413-9083 from other area codes.

Make a Referral

Center for Hospice Care admits referred patients 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Through our centralized referral/admission desk, providers speak directly with those responsible for ensuring the quickest, most efficient admission into our care. To make a referral, call or fax a referral form to:

(574) 243-3125 / (800) 309-8855 Phone
(574) 243-3705 / (866) 277-3705 Fax

You can refer someone for:

• Hospice Care
• Palliative Care
• Chronic Illness Support
• Bereavement Services