Community Hospice, Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit organization meeting the needs of the terminally ill in Boyd, Greenup, Elliott, Carter Lawrence, Martin and Johnson counties in Kentucky and Lawrence and Scioto counties in Ohio. Our organization is licensed by the states of Kentucky and Ohio and is certified by Medicare and Medicaid.
The hospice philosophy affirms life and regards dying as a natural process that should be neither hastened nor prolonged and that can be met with richness of spirit. Hospice makes it possible for patients to live and die with dignity. Hospice:
• enhances quality of life when quantity is limited
• specializes in patients with life-limiting illness and families who face grief
• provides the best in symptom control and comfort when cure is no longer possible
• offers emotional and spiritual support to patients and to their families
• embraces the patient and family as the unit of care |
