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Hospice Services

Hospice Care in the Home and Home-like Settings

Lifetime Care introduced hospice care in our community more than 35 years ago and delivers passionate caring in the home, in skilled nursing facilities, and in our dedicated Hospice Care Center.

To find out more, visit lifetimecare.org, or call:

Lifetime Care Home Care and Hospice

1-585-214-10001-800-724-1410

Lifetime Care accepts most major insurance plans including: Medicare, Medicaid, Excellus BlueCrossBlueShield, MVP and United Healthcare. Please contact us with questions regarding insurance coverage and/or plans not listed here.

Our Mission

We exist to provide compassionate, personalized care for recovering and restoring of health, improving quality of life, and maintaining independence in the home and home-like settings of all adults and children who are ill, injured, dying or grieving.

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Inpatient Care

Lifetime Care opened the first free-standing hospice facility in Rochester in 2007. Admission to this 11-bed hospice care center may be appropriate when a patient’s needs can only be managed effectively in a professionally supervised setting, if it becomes too difficult to assure comfort where the patient lives.

Elizabeth G. and Jennifer J. Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center

How to Make a Referral

Referrals can be made by contacting Lifetime Care Hospice at 1-585-214-1000.

What is Hospice Care?

Hospice care is specialized end-of-life care that allows patients and families to spend their final time together with comfort and dignity, receiving services focused on sustaining quality of life. Hospice works to minimize pain and manage the symptoms of advanced, life-threatening illness. In addition to the patient’s physical well-being, hospice also addresses spiritual, emotional, and psychological concerns of patients or their families.

Who is Eligible and Can Benefit from Lifetime Care Hospice?

• Individuals with a terminal illness and a life expectancy of six-months or less• Patients with a treatment plan that is comfort-oriented (palliative) rather than disease-oriented (curative)• Those with someone who is available and willing to function as his or her primary caregiver• Lifetime Care can provide hospice care to residents of Monroe, Wayne and Seneca Counties

Hospice Services

• Pain and symptom management by specially-trained nurses • 24 hour emergency on-call support for patients and families• Education for primary caregivers• Home Health Aides for personal care as needed• Counseling and referrals for resources from medical social workers• Pharmacy services • Equipment and supplies • Inpatient care for short-term acute symptom management and respite• Consultation with a dietitian• Volunteer assistance• Pastoral care and emotional support• Bereavement services for family and caregivers

Support for the Family

Hospice social workers help families solve problems they may face during this difficult time. Sometimes the family may need to talk about the loved one’s illness and anticipated loss, or how to best use their personal resources.

Hospice also offers pastoral counseling to help families carry out faith-related rituals that are important to the patient. The Hospice chaplain uses a network of community clergy and lay chaplains to meet these needs within the patient’sand family’s faith tradition.

Hospice volunteers offer support and encouragement during times of stress. They have received specialized training to prepare them to assist Hospice patients and families.