Our Mission New Haven Hospice Care, is a community resource which cares for people with terminal illness and their families within their homes, nursing facilities, or residential care facilities. We are committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families with the highest hospice standards. We are committed to advocacy for the needs of terminally ill persons and their families, while dedicating ourselves to provide comfort, dignity, privacy and care efficiently and effectively. Our commitment to the hospice philosphy includes a compassionate staff pledged to continously improve and enhance the care we provide, respect the patient's choice for care, respond to changing community needs, and serve as a resource to others for improving the availability of quality hospice care.
Our Goals To enhance quality of life through comfort care rather than treatment focused on cure. To aggressively treat and expertly managed all pain and physical symptoms associated with an individual's dying. To care for the whole person, addressing physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and social needs through an interdisciplinary team approach. To confirm the individual's and family's sense of self worth individuality, autonomy and security. To acknowledge and offer support for individuals and their family members facing losses and grief associated with dying and the death of a loved one. To support individuals and families coping with dying process. To extend bereavement support for family members following the death of their love one.