The Aspen Hospice Care Team

You and your loved ones are the most important members of the hospice team.

You are the focus of care. You and your family, along with the rest of the hospice team, determine the kind of care that will be given. It is important for you to let us know what you want and need during this time.

It takes a special person to work in hospice. Our Care Team members bring their individual talents together to provide care and support to patients and their families.

Ask any one of our team members and they will tell you, the rewards are endless.

Our care team - from chaplain to medical director - is made up of rare individuals. Talented, committed professionals who inspire respect and admiration.

Physicians

While the primary physician will continue to be an intricate part of the patient's care plan, Aspen Hospice also has a physician who will administer hospice care. The hospice physician will be directly involved in the care as desired by the patient, family and family physician. This physician may also make home visits as needed.

Nurses

The primary care nurse is the coordinator for the patient's hospice care. This includes providing prompt relief of symptoms, teaching patient care, requesting other services as needed, arranging for supplies and home health aide visits, and providing support to the patient and family. While the nurses make frequent visits to the homes and nursing homes, they are also available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week in case of emergencies.

Home Health Aides

Aspen Hospice's home health aides work to assist with personal care such as bathing, skin and hair care, shampoo, oral care and bed linen care. They also provide companionship and support.

Homemakers

Aspen Hospice's homemakers are available to provide light household duties related to your care, such as meal preparation, errands and housekeeping services.

Social Workers

Every patient at Aspen Hospice receives services from a social worker. Social workers are trained professionals who specialize in helping patients and their families work through the many changes that a terminal illness brings. They help family members adjust to their new roles and responsibilities, explain financial and legal matters, identify appropriate community resources and discuss options of care.

Spiritual Support

Finding a sense of purpose in life and meaning in illness and death is important to many patients and families coping with a serious illness. Spiritual care is available to you and your family to help you address these issues. With compassionate listening and non-judgmental guidance, our spiritual support team may help you cope with any feelings of loneliness, doubt, fear or anxiety that you may experience.

Bereavement

Bereavement staff are trained to help the families work through the grief process after loosing a loved one. They are also available to assist patients and families with anticipatory grief. The counselors will maintain regular contact with families, as needed, for 13 months and can asist with referrals to appropriate community resorces.

Volunteers

Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Aspen Hospice team. They are caring people from all walks of life. Some may have had experiences similar to your own, which may give them a greater understanding of your situation.

All volunteers are trained to assist with hospice care. Some of the ways volunteers assist with hospice care include: making personal visits or phone calls, sitting with the patient to give the caregivers a break, finding needed community resources, and most of all, listening and sharing thoughts and feelings. For more information about volunteering, see our volunteer page.