For more information on hospice care and terminal illnesses, please visit these informative websites:
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
You can find state specific Advanced Directives on this (above) site, and Sunset Hospice encourages you to complete these forms and discuss them with your family and an attorney.
Texas Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association
www.alztex.org
American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org
Hospice Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org
National Parkinson Foundation
www.parkinson.org
The ALS Association (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Lou Gehrig's Disease)
www.alsa.org
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
Huntington's Disease Society of America
www.hdsa.org
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
To be the advocate, hope-bearer, comforter,
and
faithful companion
on the journey;
To provide individualized, pro-active, holistic
and ethical care
to all patients
who choose hospice
To assist the patient with closure of multiple
social relationships allowing expression of regret,
forgiveness, gratitude
and appreciation;
To allow our patients
to experience love of self
and love of others;
To allow fearless total surrender to
the transcendent
and the unknown.