 Owatonna HospitalOwatonna Area Home Care and Hospice
Allina hospice care
We're part of a network of compassionate care, support and comfort to people with advanced illness or at the end-of-life and the loved ones caring for them. Allina Hospice is largest not-for-profit hospice in Minnesota, serving over 3,000 patients and family members a year. We provide over 48,000 visits a year. Owatonna Area Home Care and Hospice provides comfort, support, and compassionate care for patients needing rehabilitation, advanced illness or end of life care and the loved ones caring for them. Owatonna Home Care & Hospice and Homestead Hospice House are located on 26th Street exit in Owatonna, off Interstate 35. Our mission is to honor the wishes of patients and families and in doing so bring peace, dignity and comfort 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What is hospice?Hospice care is for anyone with a life-limiting illness and whose life expectancy is determined to be six months or less if the disease runs it natural course. For information on insurance benefits or to arrange a tour of Homestead Hospice House, Our team focuses on enhancing quality of life wherever terminally ill patients call home, through expert pain and symptom care along with emotional, social and spiritual support. Hospice care is offered wherever the patient calls home, Homestead Hospice House, hospital or a skilled nursing facility. What is home care?Home Care services are provided on an intermittent basis to patients with health care problems requiring skilled care. What is palliative care?Palliative care is available to anyone who is in any stage of a chronic or advanced illness. It's for people who are being treated for cancer or other serious diseases. Palliative care treats pain and other physical symptoms, as well as emotional and spiritual concerns. It helps patients and their families understand their illness and treatment choices, as well as address financial and community resource options. Patients may choose to receive palliative care services at home, in the clinic or hospital, or in other types of care settings. Advance care planningAdvance care planning is intentional conversations with someone about your wishes for medical care. This takes away the guess work from your future caregivers. It provides information that others need to know if you become unable to make decisions due to a medical condition that leaves you unable to speak for yourself. It allows you to communicate the kind of care you want and the kind of care you do not want, leaving no questions about your care. When you put these wishes in writing, this kind of plan is called an advance directive. Homestead Hospice HouseHomestead Hospice House is a residential hospice located in Owatonna that provides personalized care in a welcoming home environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eight private patient rooms and generous community areas are specifically designed for the needs of patients and caregivers. Homestead means "a dwelling place; the place where one resides and lives; a restful and safe place; a sacred refuge; a place familiar and comfortable." The name was suggested by hospice volunteer, Susan Earlywine.
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How you can help Owatonna Home Care & Hospice and Homestead Hospice House
You can donate to Owatonna Home Care & Hospice patient care fund or Homestead Hospice House through a variety of ways including:
For more information on how you can support please call 507-446-0936.
Hospice volunteer opportunitiesVolunteering with hospice has many rewards for you as well as the patients and families that we serve right here in the Owatonna community. We offer a variety of opportunities utilizing your special talents and skills. We rely on volunteers and need your help. Volunteer quote"I feel very positive about my experiences. I look forward to my volunteer time and have enjoyed working with so many wonderful people. This has been very grounding and valuable for me." Mary, hospice volunteer Direct patient volunteersHospice volunteers are sensitive, respectful and caring individuals with a desire to help patients and their families. There are numerous ways that volunteers can help, such as staying with a patient while a caregiver has a chance to take a break, visiting, or doing errands for the family. Being a hospice volunteer enables you to help others at a special time in their life, build your skills, and experience a great deal of self satisfaction. Eighteen hours of free training, flexibility, ongoing support and education are provided.
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