Cottingham Hospice House

For some patients, receiving hospice care in their own homes may not be the best choice. When a patient’s symptoms cannot be managed in the home, or when caregivers need a break, 24-hour care is available in Cottingham Hospice House. And some families can cope with a terminal illness in a more secure and structured surrounding.

The Cottingham Hospice House team collaborates with a patient’s primary care physician (and/or the hospice medical director) and family to coordinate an individualized plan of care, including pain control, symptom management, and psychosocial and spiritual support.

The hospice house is staffed by these caring professionals:

• A medical director board-certified in hospice care
• Highly trained hospice nurses who provide clinical nursing care
• Certified nursing assistants who provide much of the routine personal care
• Social workers who address emotional issues and family dynamics, grief and loss
• Chaplains who provide spiritual or religious care
• Dietary team members who provide nourishment
• Trained volunteers who help with activities and offer friendship, companionship and support

Skilled hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurances (room and board charges may apply in some cases). Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills offers care based on medical need, regardless of ability to pay, race, religion, lifestyle or illness. The house meets all Joint Commission and CMS standards for accreditation, which attests to the quality of the care provided.

Other features and conveniences include:

• Spacious private rooms and baths, with ample family visiting and sleeping space and outdoor patios.
• Common areas for family and patients including a chapel, library, living area, kitchen, laundry room, sunroom, screened porch, family computer and telephone room, children’s play area and meditation garden.
• Landscaped grounds where patients and their visitors can sit and relax in peaceful surroundings.
• Alternative treatments such as music, pet and aroma therapies.