Quad County Home Services: Home Health, Hospice and Medical Equipment

Quad County Home Services: Home Health, Hospice and Medical Equipment Since 1984, we've been serving Pana and our surrounding communities with excellent, local care.

As part of National Care at Home Month (aka National Home Health and Hospice Month), Home Health Week is celebrated this...
11/23/2025

As part of National Care at Home Month (aka National Home Health and Hospice Month), Home Health Week is celebrated this week (November 23-29). This week highlights home health care, the skilled professionals who treat patients at home, and the importance of care at home to help individuals maintain their independence.

For the start of this week, we have listed the main differences between in-home care and home health care.

As always, if you have any questions, please call our office at: 217-562-6380. We would be glad to help!

11/20/2025

Listen in to WTIM tomorrow to hear us on the radio with Mark@ 8:40 am!
Taylorville Area 96.1
Shelbyville Area 107.5
Pana & Nokomis Area 107.9

Thank you to Hart Media Group LLC for hosting us!

Embrace, our grief support group, is meeting again tomorrow night. We invite you to join us. You can listen or participa...
11/19/2025

Embrace, our grief support group, is meeting again tomorrow night. We invite you to join us.

You can listen or participate; the choice is yours. We would love to see you there.

8 Hubet Street, Pana
6:30 pm

11/18/2025

Pana Health & Rehab teamed up with Quad County Home Services to host Bingo at the Taylorville Senior Center! 🎉

We had a wonderful time, lots of laughs, and plenty of great prizes to win. 🏆✨
Already looking forward to our next visit!

11/18/2025

November is Home Health & Hospice Month!
This month, we honor the compassionate caregivers who bring comfort, dignity, and support to patients and families when they need it most.

Our Quad County Home Services: Home Health, Hospice and Medical Equipment team goes above and beyond—providing expert care, emotional support, and a healing presence in the homes of those we serve. Their dedication reflects the very best of our mission at Pana Community Hospital. 💙

Join us in thanking these incredible professionals for the meaningful difference they make every day.

Happy National Home Care Week!Today, we are going to explore the main differences between home care and home health care...
11/12/2025

Happy National Home Care Week!

Today, we are going to explore the main differences between home care and home health care.

Home health care services are ordered by a physician. Home care services do not need to be ordered. A person can just call a home care company and have someone visit their home for an evaluation. Home health care patients cannot be evaluated without an order.

Home health care visits are with a licensed medical professional (physical therapist, occupational therapist, etc.). Home care visits are with a non-medical professional.

Home health care is billed to a person's health insurance. If there is no insurance, the person can pay directly for services. Home care services are generally paid for by the person. However, in some situations, Medicaid or long-term care insurance may pay.

There are other differences that we will explore further this week. If you are unsure if you or someone you love needs home care or home health care, you can call our office, and we will be happy to explain the differences.

11/12/2025

Fresh Georgia pecans are now on sale at Pana Community Hospital! Regular pecans are great for holiday baking and chocolate and caramel chocolate make sweet gifts! Stop by the hospital's former gift shop to purchase or contact Melissa Rybolt at 217-562-6340. All proceeds benefit PCH Foundation!

Although hospice week ended yesterday, we have one myth left: hospice makes death come sooner. The goal of hospice is to...
11/09/2025

Although hospice week ended yesterday, we have one myth left: hospice makes death come sooner.
The goal of hospice is to make the quality of the patient’s life the best it can be in their final months, weeks and days. There are no studies that indicate that hospice can accelerate death, but there have been studies showing that some patients live longer when receiving hospice services. Morphine is often accused of hastening death. However, morphine prescribed to a hospice patient does not cause premature death. Hospice physicians are specially trained in the use of morphine and administer only the dose necessary to alleviate a patient’s pain or help them breathe. When administered correctly, morphine helps terminally ill patients enjoy a better quality of life at the end of life. Not all patients even use morphine. It is never forced, but it is always ordered, so it is available if needed. People have also heard that hospice will withhold nutrition and/or hydration at some point in the dying process. There are many things to consider when it comes to nutrition and hydration for patients near the end of life. Since the natural progression of a patient’s disease interferes with the body’s ability to process foods and fluids, it is expected that terminally ill patients will begin to eat and drink less and less. This is expected. Patients will get dehydrated due to the natural dying process. If you force food or drink on a dying person, you could cause them discomfort or even agitation.

We hope you have gained some insight into hospice care over the last week. Some resources that we give to our hospice families about these, and other end-of-life topics can be found at:

https://bkbooks.com








Hospice is only for the patient:This is false.Hospice includes the entire family. Family has access to nurses 24/7 to an...
11/08/2025

Hospice is only for the patient:
This is false.

Hospice includes the entire family. Family has access to nurses 24/7 to answer questions or make extra visits as needed. The social worker is there for the patient and the family for the whole journey. Emotional and bereavement support continue for 13 months after the patient has passed away. We also offer volunteers to assist the family with light housekeeping or to just visit the patient. Each hospice should also have a chaplain. Our chaplain can visit with a family at their request or social work can contact the patient’s chaplain to visit the family.
Hospice care is about the needs of the patient and the family. We are here to support everyone involved.

Today, we are exploring a myth that we hear often; when you go on hospice, you are giving up. Fact: When a patient has a...
11/07/2025

Today, we are exploring a myth that we hear often; when you go on hospice, you are giving up.

Fact: When a patient has an incurable disease, hospice is there to help the patient live until death. Research indicates that people in hospice care tend to live slightly longer than those who aren’t. The hospice team can treat any symptoms that could be limiting the patient daily. Hospice can treat pain, anxiety, breathing issues, and other symptoms with medication. Hospice also provides spiritual and emotional care for the patient and the family. Going on hospice is not giving up hope, hospice is choosing to live more comfortably until you die. Hospice is the best care you can give your loved one when treatment of their disease is no longer an option or a choice. Hospice is truly about the quality of the life you have left over the quantity of time you have left.

If you have any questions about whether you or someone you love would qualify for hospice care, you can call our office at 217-562-6380.

Today, we are going to bust 2 myths at one time.Myth: While on hospice care, my loved one cannot see his/her primary car...
11/06/2025

Today, we are going to bust 2 myths at one time.

Myth:
While on hospice care, my loved one cannot see his/her primary care physician.
Fact:
The patient can choose to have his/her primary care physician be the hospice attending physician. This is a decision made by the patient, the family, and their physician. If the patient's primary care physician does not want to follow the patient on hospice or the patient/family chooses otherwise, every hospice has its own attending physician. Quad County's attending physician is Dr. Walter Cunnington. If Dr. Cunnington is unavailable, Dr. Marlon Muneses is the attending physician.

Myth:
Once you are in hospice care, you can’t change your mind or seek a cure.

Fact:
Patients can choose to revoke hospice care at any time. If a patient decides he/she would like to pursue treatment or change to a new company, the patient can stop hospice at any time. Patients have the right to revoke or change at any time.
Patients can also “graduate” from hospice care. Some patients improve and no longer meet the Medicare guidelines for hospice care. However, if their health declines in the future, they can admit to hospice care again.

Many of us have heard that hospice care is expensive. This is another myth for us to bust today. Most insurances cover h...
11/05/2025

Many of us have heard that hospice care is expensive. This is another myth for us to bust today. Most insurances cover hospice including Medicare, Medicaid, private and commercial insurance.

Many patients do not start hospice care until the last few days of their lives. However, studies have shown that hospice can be less expensive than traditional medical treatments when started earlier. Here is an interesting article regarding this:

https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/earlier-use-of-hospice-can-lower-costs-improve-care-of-medicare-patients/

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