Did You Know?

Any person in the later stages of a serious illness is eligible when:

• Their primary physician feels that if the disease continues in the expected course, the patient’s life expectancy is measured in months as opposed to years.
• They want to focus on the quality of life and optimum comfort with pain and symptoms well managed.
• They want to discontinue curative therapies which are no longer effective.

Anyone can request information about our services without obligation. Our hospice team is available to help you, or your physician determine if hospice care is the right choice. Patients may change their minds about receiving hospice care at any time. Patients and families lead the hospice team and are always included in the decision- making process–your opinions and wishes matter the most to our team.

• Making a referral to Hospice of the Piedmont or Hospice of Randolph is simple — just call us at 336.889.8446 or fill out our referral form.

Hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.

Thanks to the generous support of our community, no one is turned away or denied care by Hospice of the Piedmont or Hospice of Randolph because of financial resources.

Our clinical team specializes in end-of-life symptom management — pain, shortness of breath, nausea, agitation, changes in appetite and sleep, and the emotional and spiritual symptoms families often don’t expect.

Palliative care for the elderly is appropriate any time symptoms or quality of life become the main concern, even if a cure is still being pursued. Hospice is appropriate when the focus shifts fully to comfort.

Hospice of the Piedmont serves Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, and surrounding communities. Care is provided wherever your loved one lives — at home, in an assisted living or skilled nursing facility, or at one of our inpatient hospice houses, including Hospice Home at High Point and the Randolph Hospice House.

A typical hospice care team includes a hospice physician, a registered nurse case manager, a hospice aide (CNA), a licensed social worker, a chaplain, volunteers, and a bereavement counselor — plus 24/7 on-call clinical support.

In some cases, yes. If palliative chemo is genuinely improving comfort and isn’t causing significant side effects, it may continue. Our team will discuss this with you and the oncology team — together.

Supportive care covers everything that helps with comfort and quality of life — pain and symptom management, breathing support, emotional and spiritual care, family support, and help with daily activities. It’s the heart of what hospice does.

Almost never all of them. Many medications continue, especially anything that supports comfort or basic body function. Some medications that are no longer helping may be stopped — always in conversation with you and the existing care team.

No. Cancer is one of many qualifying diagnoses. Heart disease, COPD, dementia, kidney failure, ALS, Parkinson’s, and other life-limiting illnesses all commonly meet the criteria for hospice care.

We’ll let you know honestly, and we’ll point you to options — including our home-based palliative care program, Care Connection, which supports people who aren’t ready for hospice but who could still benefit from extra symptom management and care coordination at home.

Hospice benefits typically cover the full hospice care team, medications related to the hospice diagnosis, durable medical equipment, supplies, continuous home care during crisis, inpatient and respite care, and bereavement support for the family afterward.

Our admissions team will verify your specific benefits — Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance — before care begins. We’ll walk you through what’s covered and what isn’t, in plain language.

Hospice of the Piedmont provides care regardless of someone’s ability to pay. Charitable support from our community is what makes that possible. If cost is a concern, please call us before assuming hospice isn’t an option.