General FAQs
Everyone whose loved one is cared for by our hospice programs receives grief and loss support for a year. We also offer grief support to the community in the form of support groups, access to one-on-one support, education on grief, and community memorial services like the annual Remembrance Tree Ceremony.
Through our speakers bureau, we offer free education to your civic group, church, business, or other organization. Our expert staff can present on advance care planning, grief and loss, hospice care, and caregiver issues. Contact us to request a speaker. We also provide free advance care planning documents, like the Five Wishes booklet, to residents in our service area.
Questions About Hospice Care Services
Individuals living with a serious or advanced illness may be eligible for hospice care. Compassionate Care Plus provides specialized support focused on comfort, symptom management, quality of life, and helping patients and families navigate the challenges that can accompany serious or advanced illness.
Hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance companies. Hospice Care Plus provides care and services to all patients, even to those who may be under insured.
All you have to do is call us and ask for care. We'll plan a visit and help determine if your loved one can benefit from hospice care. If so, we'll work with your loved one's physician to obtain an order for care. If not, we are happy to help you find other resources to help until it's time for hospice care.
Hospice care is a family-centered approach. Your hospice team works collaboratively, focusing on the patient's and family's needs, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual.
Especially at first, many families find the most reassuring services to be the nurse's visit, 24/7 access to nursing care, and the visits by nursing assistants.
However, a social worker, chaplain, and trained volunteers are also available to assist with benefits, emotional and spiritual support, companionship, and caregiver support.
Where is Compassionate Care Plus Located?
Wherever you call home, we come to you.
We are located at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, but our home hospice program is dedicated to allowing patients to remain where they are most comfortable, surrounded by the people they care about most.
For most, that means staying home. Wherever you call home - an assisted living community, nursing home, subdivision, or family farm - we come to you.