Patient Services

Patient services are available to anyone in the Tanana Valley regardless of race, age, religion, creed, or financial status.  All patient care services are offered free of charge, adhering to international Hospice standards:

• Patient must have a terminal illness with prognosis of six months or less, as can best be determined by their physician.

• All patients are visited by the Director of Hospice Services who assesses needs and provides education and support.

• Each patient is assigned one or more specially trained volunteers whose role may include respite for caregivers, emotional support to patient and family, short-term child care, errands, simple physical care of the patient, and education of the patient and loved ones regarding the approaching death.

• The volunteer role also includes all the special personal touches which so personify Hospice care. They spend an average of four hours a week, often more, in regular visits to patient and family. The director continues to make periodic home visits to provide counseling, support and assistance as needed, and works closely with volunteers to help families plan funerals, write obituaries and provide bereavement support to the families they serve.