Hospice Services
- These listings are not inclusive and we will appreciate additional listings for the Dallas area. To locate a hospice service in your area: NHPCO. Here also is a link to Charles Kemp's patient & family-oriented palliative care site: Terminal Illness: A Guide to Care
American Hospice
- 1636 North Hampton Suite 220, DeSoto, TX 75115 (Dallas location)
- 800-689-1024
- Hours: Office hours 8:00am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- How to apply: Call to set up a consultation appointment - someone will come to the home to do an education visit. A physician's order is needed to certify that a patient is eligible for hospice.
- Cost of services: Depends on services needed. Financial assistance may be available depending on insurance plan.
- Website: http://www.americanhospice.com
- Services: A medium sized hospice program serving Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, and surrounding areas. Each team consists of at least one full time chaplain, a social worker, nurses, home service aids, and volunteers and support personnel. Other members of the interdisciplinary team include physicians, pharmacists, social workers, and bereavement counselors. Works closely with the Parkland Hospital system and a home for persons with AIDS. Inpatient hospice care available.
Community Hospice
- 1341 W. Mockingbird Ln., Dallas, TX 75247
214-920-8450; FAX 214-920-8496
Hours: business office 8-5; clinical services 24/7 - Website: http://www.chot.org
- Services: Comprehensive hospice care adults and children
Odyssey Healthcare, Inc.
- 5440 Harvest Hill Road, Suite 200 - Toll Hill East, Dallas, TX 75230
- 972-720-0999 or toll-free at 888-285-8081
- Hours: Office hours are Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm, help available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- How to apply: Application done in the office.
- Cost of Services: Varies with services provided. Services covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
- Website: http://www.odsyhealth.com
- Services: End of life care and support for patients and their families in their own homes. Teams of caregivers consist of registered nurses, physicians, home healthcare aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors and trained volunteers. They provide palliative care to the patient, that is, care that helps ease pain and discomforting symptoms. In addition, they provide psycho-social and spiritual support for both patients and their loved ones.
Parkland Palliative Care
- 5201 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235 (Parkland Hospital)
- 214-590-5585.
- Hours: Office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Clinics open Wednesday and Friday mornings.
- Cost of Services: varies
- Website: http://www.parklandhospital.com/patients_visitors/pastCare_pall.html
- Services: The Palliative Care team focuses on physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional care and comfort. Bereavement care is also provided for caregivers for a least one year, which includes memorial services four times a year.
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas/ Ann's Haven - Hospice
- Denton Branch - Ann's Haven: 216 West Mulberry Street, Denton, Texas 76201-6012
- Dallas Branch - Ann's Haven: 1600 Viceroy Drive, Dallas, Texas 75235
- Visiting Nurse Association Intake: 214-689-2555; Ann's Haven in Denton: 940-349-5900 or 800-383-5435, FAX 940-383-4000; Ann’s Haven in Dallas: 214-689-0000 or 800-442-4490
- Hours: The office is open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Nurses are available and on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Languages: The Visiting Nurse Association uses a translating phone service, so all languages are available.
- How to Apply: Referrals need to be made from a doctor to the Visiting Nurse Association for home care. For hospice services, the VNA needs a doctor's diagnosis that a patient has six months or less to live. The VNA will then evaluate the patient and place them on services if approved.
- Cost of services: Cost depends on each individual case. The VNA accepts Medicare and Medicaid, as well as some private insurance companies. Scholarship money raised at fundraising events may be available to patients in need.
- Website: http://www.vnatexas.org , Email: dentoninfo@vnatexas.org
- Services:
- Hospice Services - (940) 349-5900
- Meals on Wheels (214) 689-2639
- Home Healthcare (post-operative care, medical equipment set-up and education, nursing care, wound care) - (214)-689-2555
- Maternal and Children's Services - (214) 689-2555
- Long-term Care - (214) 689-2555
- Eldercare - (214) 689-2555
- Alzheimer's and Homemaker Service's - (212) 689-2555
- VNA Wellness Program - (214) 689-2607
- Rehabilitation Services - (214) 689-2555
- Other information: A bereavement program is offered to patients and family to help them cope with the grief of loss. Chaplains, Social Workers, and volunteers lead classes and workshops. Safe Haven is a bereavement program for children under 18 who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. These classes and workshops are available throughout the year.
VistaCare Hospice
- 7557 Rambler #112, Dallas, TX 75231 (check website for other locations)
- toll free at 800-375-4677
- Hours: Care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, office open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday
- How to Apply: Call to set up an appointment- someone will visit patient at home for a consultation. Eligibility must be confirmed by a physician of a life expectancy of 6 months or less.
- Languages: English and Spanish, translator service used for other languages.
- Cost: Varies with services provided. 100% covered by both Medicare and Medicaid.
- Website: http://www.vistacare.com. To find out more information about hospice - check the new Carepages link.
- Services: pain management, emotional and spiritual support, home care. Teams of physicians, nurses, certified nurse assistants, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers work together to provide care for patients.
VITAS Hospice
- 8585 North Stemmons Freeway Suite #700 S., Dallas, TX (check website for other locations)
- 972-661-2004, referral number: 1-800-93VITAS
- Hours: Office open 24/7, care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Languages: English and Spanish
- How to apply: Call to set up a consultation visit. Must have a physician's order to certify that pt. is eligible for hospice services.
- Cost of Services: 100% covered by Medicare, financial coverage varies with Medicaid and private insurance companies. Financial assistance may be possible - talk with a caseworker.
- Website: http://www.vitas.com
- Services: End of life care, pain management, grief counseling, caseworker, social worker, chaplain. Symptom control and comfort - care focuses on quality of life remaining. Bereavement for families (follow up follows three months after death of loved one).