Arizona Palliative Home Care was selected as one of this year's Circle of Life award winners for innovation in Palliative and end of life care. Our organization offers Palliative Home Care, Palliative Care for Dementia and Transitional Care. Our Palliative Home Care (PHC) program involves an interdisciplinary team making home visits to patients at end of life, whose goals are not yet appropriate for Hospice, as well as patients with chronic disease who continue to cycle into the hospital. PHC has created unique financial relationships with various insurers and hospital systems to help fund this care. Palliative Care for Dementia is a specialized program that addresses the needs of Dementia patients and their caregivers. An in-home program and a 10-bed Hospice dementia inpatient unit have been implemented to enrich patient lives and offer caregivers much needed respite. In development is a first-of-its-kind three acre campus devoted to dementia care with an education center, 10 bed hospice dementia inpatient unit, 12 bed assisted living residence, and 22-person adult day care integrated with a child care center. Transitional Care was developed alongside hospital systems to help prevent 30 day readmissions. An after-hours RN visits the patient immediately after discharge to provide education and medication reconciliation followed by a Nurse Practitioner and 24/7 telephonic support.

Hospice of the Valley is committed to innovation in Palliative Care with the goal of partnering with hospitals, health systems, the community and payers. These three programs continue to build on the agency’s 40-year legacy of caring and trust, to provide what is needed now and in the future.

Author

Gobi Paramanandam, MD
Director
Arizona Palliative Home Care
1510 E Flower St
Phoenix, AZ, 85014
(602) 212-3000

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