Metropolitan Hospice ~ A Community of Caring

While many people believe hospice care is unavailable or inappropriate until a patient reaches the last days of his or her life, there is actually a great deal that can be done many months earlier to enhance patients' quality of life and ease the burden on families.

Metropolitan Hospice will work with the patient's primary care physician to provide the following:

In-home visits by our Medical Directors
Extensive support to the patient and family during crucial times
Emotional, spiritual and social support
Lifestyle Services to ease the burden of daily activities
Medical equipment and supplies
Respite care for caregivers
Aid in funeral services and bereavement support for over one year after the death of the patient.

Primary care physicians do not have to relinquish care of their patients once referred to Hospice.
Patient's care and physician visits are coordinated with the primary care physician and the hospice interdisciplinary team.
Pain management through hospice reduces the amount of narcotics a primary care physician may have to prescribe for the patient.
Patients do not have to sign a Do-not Resuscitate (DNR) Order to elect hospice.

Metropolitan Hospice will help you manage your terminally ill patients through routine reports of their care plans and health status.

You may continue to remain the primary care physician of record or you may designate the Hospice medical director as the primary physician once the patient is admitted to the Hospice program.

On our web site, you can access current hospice-appropriate diagnoses and frequently asked questions by health care professionals.