What is Hospice?
Hospice is a program that provides services to the
terminally ill and their families to promote comfort and allow them to stay
at home if possible. It is provided
by a team of trained professionals that include nurses, chaplains, volunteers,
social workers and doctors.
Who Qualifies?
Anyone with a terminal illness (with a life expectancy of
weeks to months) who has chosen comfort care and with a physician’s approval,
qualifies for the program.
What is the Cost?
Hospice services are usually covered by Medicare, Medicaid,
or private insurance. The Hospice
Touch is a program of Tomah Memorial Hospital, a non-profit organization.
No one is refused due to inability to pay.
The Hospice Program accepts donations to fund its services.
What Services Are Provided?
- Service
of the Hospice Team, which consists of family physician, hospice medical
nurses, home health aides, social worker, chaplain, and trained
volunteers.
- Dietary
counseling, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy.
- The
team supports the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient
and family.
- The
patient and family are the center of care, which emphasizes control of pain
and symptoms.
- Medication
and equipment related to the illness are provided.
- 24-hour
on call nursing help is available.
- Continuous
home care during periods of crisis.
- Hospice
ensures continuity of care whether home, hospital, or nursing home.
- Care
continues during the bereavement period for families and friends.
How Can You Help?
You can help the Hospice Touch by telling a friend about
Hospice, becoming a Hospice volunteer, or making a contribution.
If you would like information on how you can help, call the Hospice Touch
today.
What is Our Service Area?
The Hospice Touch provides care in the home within a 30-40
mile radius from Tomah and Mauston, which includes parts of Monroe, Jackson,
Juneau, Adams, Sauk and Vernon Counties. Hospice
Touch has contracts with various facilities in the service areas.
Hospice Touch has an office at
Tomah Memorial Hospital
in Tomah (608 374 0250) and at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston (608) 847
6161 ext. 649.
Tomah Memorial
Hospital, 321 Butts Avenue, Tomah, WI 54460
Monday -
Friday,
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
608-374-0250
Hess Memorial
Hospital,
1050 Division
Street, Mauston, WI 53948
Monday -
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
608-847-6161
Ext. 649
A Hospice
Registered Nurse is on call 24-hours a day.
Call 608-374-0250 and ask them to page the Hospice Nurse.
The Hospice Touch:
"Making A Difference Through A
Lifetime of Care"
A man saw an
old woman stooped over on a beach covered with starfish.
He asked her what she was doing to which she replied, “I am throwing
the starfish back into the sea; if I don’t they will dry up and die.”
Laughing
the man said, “But, Old Woman, there are so many starfish on the beach, you
can’t possibly make a difference.”
She
picked up a starfish and threw it back into the sea.
Then looking at the man, she said, “I just did to that one.”
The
next day the old woman visited the beach to check on the starfish.
She saw the same man and his children throwing the starfish back into the
sea. “Hello, Old Woman,” he
said with fulfillment in his eyes, “we are here to make a difference to a few
more starfish.”
The Hospice Touch has been making a difference in
peoples lives since 1992, and will continue to make a difference to those
communities that they serve.
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