Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital: Hospice Center.

Marcus Daly Hospice

Learn More About Our Hospice Facility

We offer compassion, comfort and support to individuals and their families living with incurable illnesses so they may live as fully and independently as they choose.

We provide an interdisciplinary team approach in the treatment of our patients, and deliver this care with compassion and understanding while meeting the needs of the patient, the caregiver and the family.

We are committed to providing the highest quality of care and service to our patients regardless of the patient’s age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion or national origin.

The modern hospice is not a place, a building, or an institution; it is a concept. It is a collection of ideas and attitudes based on a holistic philosophy of living and dying. Its goal is to prolong meaningful and quality living, not postpone or prolong dying.

The goal of all hospice care is palliation, or the alleviation of suffering, in whatever forms that may take. Palliative Care is the medical cornerstone of hospice.
It is relief of physical pain and other disturbing symptoms through the sophisticated use of state-of-the-art pharmacological and other pain- and symptom-control techniques. The object is to balance analgesia with alertness -- to relieve pain without causing drowsiness. Patients can get on with controlling their remaining life, time, and choices as much as possible.

A growing number of patients throughout the Bitterroot Valley choose to receive hospice care in their home by the Marcus Daly Hospice professionals such as nurses and clergy to provide for physical and emotional needs. We are fortunate that Marcus Daly Hospice also has a residence located in Hamilton, for terminally ill patients when the care needs can no longer be met in the home.

Marcus Daly Hospice at Home
Home is where most people want to be. It where they eat, sleep and feel the best.

Hospice Services and Routine care in Your Home in your time of need

Assistance through the phases of illness

Team Approach-Physician, specially trained nurses, home health aides, social workers, clergy, trained volunteers, speech, physical and occupational therapists.

Hospice Care is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

All have received comprehensive training in hospice and palliative care

Medical supplies and equipment brought to your home and utilized to make patient as comfortable as possible

Specially trained volunteers provide respite care in your home for short periods during the day

Respite for family caretakers when care is given in the home

Covered under Medicare, Medicaid and may be covered with some private insurance plans
Some advantages to hospice home care include:

Availability of 24 hour a day, 7 days a week assistance.

Emotional comfort and support by trained hospice staff and volunteers

Bereavement counseling

Hospice Center Care

Accommodations for any hospice patient in need of permanent residence

Beautifully decorated suites

Room to accommodate overnight guests

Meals, laundry, mail, television, telephone included

Fully equipped kitchen and dining area for personal or family use

Garden and Gazebo

24-hour visiting privileges for friends and family of all ages

Medical, nursing, social services considered allowable charges under Medicare

Room and board available on a private pay basis

Respite care provides primary caregiver relief up to five days

Additional time on daily basis on a private pay basis

General inpatient care when needed

Hospice is sensitive care that is directed at improving and/or maintaining a comfortable quality of life for those patients with a limited life expectancy. At Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, we understand that in times of hardship it is important to trust and feel comfortable with the care that you are receiving for yourself or that of a loved one. Our hospital provides a support team including, physicians, specially trained nurses, aides, therapists, social workers, pharmacists, chaplain and volunteers. To learn more about this program feel free to call our hospital:(406) 363-6503.

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