08/05/2021
Allow us to explain what makes us different.
Pathway commits far more resources to Patient Care.
We offer more clinical hours per patient week.
That can mean more time to spend with the patient on each visit. Extending the opportunity to develop a relationship and to give a better, more complete, level of care, every time you visit a patient. As a nurse, it means time to fully evaluate, not just the physical conditions but their mental and social issues. Time to just make them feel important and cared for. And as a Hospice Aid, it means time to spend one-on-one with the patient doing things that are important to the patient.
We offer a wider array of extra services.
Every Patient is different and we tailor the care to the needs of the patient.
We know that PT, OT and ST may not improve the patient’s physical capabilities, but in hospice they don’t have to, if those services improve the patients outlook, or makes them happy that they aren’t abandoned, we can provide it.
We have found that excellent massage therapy is a great way for some patients to relieve anxiety and stress, and can reduce pain. This can allows the patient to reduce their need for pharmaceuticals and reduces the negative results of that comes from excessive medications.
We have an expansive Palliative Program
If you understand that Palliative care is extensive pain management, you aren’t wrong, you just don’t yet know what Palliative Care CAN BE. Palliative Care is anything and EVERYTHING that can alleviate a symptom, or be a comfort. Pain isn’t the only symptom that true Palliative care can address. Every patient is unique and there is a whole world of possible palliative cares that can help that patient enjoy their life. We are open to exploring all of them. Traditional options like pet therapy, aroma therapy, music therapy, or more hands on ones, like foot zoning, acupuncture, or lymphatic massage. Pathway Hospice and Palliative Care will help the patient find the things that work best for them.
We support the pursuit of alternative therapies.
Hospice shouldn’t be about giving up, it should be about taking control of the things that we can control and focusing on living the best life possible for as long as possible. We want to encourage hope and happiness. If trying Hyperbaric chambers, or vitamin infusions, or any other possible therapy that someone wants to try, gives them happiness, a sense of purpose, or a feeling of hope, we support that.
We provide services for the Caregiver and the Family. This can be an overwhelming time for everyone who loves and is involved in the care of a patient at the end of life.
The caregiver's own life can be exhausting, taking on the full responsibility for another person’s ADLs can be undoable. We can provide services that relieve the caregiver of some of their daily cares. We’ve sent in housekeepers, to bring the home back up to the caregivers standards so they don’t have the weight of that undone task on their shoulders too. We can send Massage therapists to caregiver. Ask us about some of the things we've done for patients and their families.
Every Patient is unique, and every family circumstance is different. We are committed to adapting our plan of care to consider all of that.
Great Palliative Care extends and enhances lives.
Study after study has shown that well executed hospice care can extend life. And even more studies have shown that adding a robust palliative care plan to hospice extends lives even more AND makes that life more enjoyable.
Because we focus on providing extensive palliative care, in addition to the highest level of clinical care, our patients live longer and have more fulfilling lives. Their caregivers and families are happier, more confident in their ability to care, and have far fewer regrets or questions about whether care was appropriate.
Because our clients have great experiences, far more than they expected, we have more opportunities to participate in great experiences. Our Care Team gets to see successes, and meaningful events. We get to be considered a good part of a great life story.
We want more people to have great life experiences, and we often get to share in those experiences because we do Hospice Different.
We are Eldercare Radio
Since the beginning COVID we were asked by KDXU (94.9FM and 890AM) the leading news, talk, and information radio station in Southern Utah to host a weekly radio program focused on improving the lives of our seniors. For the past year and half, every Wednesday at 8:30am, we have shared our experiences, our hopes, and our understanding with the community. We are changing what people think of hospice. We are introducing an entirely different perspective, and the community is responding.
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