Mailing Address:
DR. KATE HOSPICE
PO BOX 770
ARBOR VITAE, WI 54568

Telephone Numbers and Contact information
Phone #:(715) 356-8805
Phone #:(800) 234-3542
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Fax Number:(715) 356-8875

Web Page:  www.ministryhomecare.org
E-mail to:   info@ministryhomecare.org

Program Details:
Operating Agency: Ministry Home Care, Inc. (Private, Non-Profit)
Person In Charge: Director:Connie Bessa, RN
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; nurses are on call 24/7.
Eligibility: Individuals no longer seeking curative treatment for terminal illness.
Fees: Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
Intake Process: Call for more information or ask your physician.
Service Area: Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price and Vilas Counties.

Program/Service Notes:
The interdisciplinary team of hospice provides care to the patient as well as their family, offering comfort care rather than curative treatment. This team includes the patient's primary physician, registered nurse, social worker, spiritual counselor, home care aides, trained hospice volunteers and bereavement support. The emphasis of hospice care is on quality and dignity at the end of life. Hospice includes the entire family in the decision-making processes and care. Bereavement support is provided for 13 months after the death of the patient, and longer when indicated.

*Hospice care is available to people of all ages, with any terminal diagnosis, in the comfort of their home.
*As part of their mission, Ministry Home Care provides hospice care to everyone who is medically eligible, regardless of their ability to pay.
*Grief support is available to everyone in the community, regardless of their involvement prior to the death.

*A Time To Mourn, a free grief support group, meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month , 1:00pm - 2:30pm. Just one meeting per month. Info: 715-356-8805.

*Support Groups -
Woodruff - "A Time to Mourn" 2nd Thursday of the month from 1pm. - 2:30pm. at Lakeland Senior Center.
Rhinelander - "Working through Grief Series" 3rd Tuesday 1pm. - 3pm. at St. Marys Conference Room 3.
Eagle River - "Side by Side Grief Support Group" 3rd Thursday of the month from 1pm. - 2:30pm. at St. Peter the Fisherman Perish.

This information was last updated on 01/04/2008

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