HOSPICE SERVICES
Compassionate support for comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
Metro Medical Hospice coordinates individualized hospice services for patients and families facing life-limiting illness across Southern California. Care is built around the patient’s goals, changing needs, and preferred setting.
CARE THAT WORKS TOGETHER
Hospice is more than a single visit or service.
Hospice brings together clinical care, comfort-focused support, family education, practical assistance, and emotional guidance. Depending on the patient’s plan of care, the hospice team may coordinate nursing, physician oversight, symptom management, social services, spiritual support, hospice aides, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, medical equipment and supplies, respite support, and grief services.
The goal is to help the patient remain as comfortable as possible while giving families clearer guidance, dependable communication, and support as needs change.
OUR SERVICES
Support designed around the patient and family.
Hospice Care
Comfort-focused care for eligible patients living with a life-limiting illness, coordinated around personal goals, dignity, and quality of life.
Pain & Symptom Management
The care team assesses discomfort and other symptoms, then works with the patient and family to support comfort and respond as needs change.
Nursing & Care Team
Nurses and other interdisciplinary team members coordinate assessments, education, care planning, and communication with the patient and family.
Medical Equipment & Supplies
When included in the plan of care, hospice-related equipment and supplies can be coordinated to support safety, comfort, and care in the patient’s setting.
Grief & Family Support
Hospice recognizes that serious illness affects the entire family. Emotional support, practical guidance, and bereavement resources can help loved ones through the journey.
Respite & Inpatient Hospice Care
When clinically appropriate and available under the plan of care, respite or inpatient hospice services may provide additional support for symptom needs or family caregivers.
WHOLE-PERSON SUPPORT
Care considers more than physical symptoms.
Every patient and family has different priorities. Hospice care can address physical comfort while also recognizing emotional, social, practical, and spiritual concerns. Services are coordinated through an individualized plan of care rather than a one-size-fits-all package.
- Care guided by the patient’s goals, wishes, and comfort priorities
- Education and support for family caregivers
- Coordination among hospice team members and involved healthcare professionals
- 24/7 on-call support for patients and families receiving care
- Ongoing reassessment as symptoms and needs change
- Support in the patient’s home or other appropriate care setting
WHAT TO EXPECT
A clear, coordinated process from the first conversation forward.
You do not need to understand every hospice service before contacting us. Our team can help explain the process, answer questions, and discuss what may be appropriate for the patient’s situation.
WHERE CARE IS PROVIDED
Hospice support where the patient calls home.
Hospice care is often provided in a private residence, assisted living community, skilled nursing facility, or another setting the patient considers home, depending on the circumstances and plan of care. Metro Medical Hospice serves patients and families throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura counties.
You can begin with a conversation.
If you are wondering whether hospice may be appropriate, or simply need help understanding available services, a caring member of our team is ready to listen and explain the next steps.
or email us at care@metromedhospice.com