Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital | (530) 886-6650
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JCAHO Accredited, Medicare Certified
What is Home Health Care?
Sutter Auburn Faith Visiting Nurse Association has a comprehensive range of home care professionals, products, and services that provide patients the ability to stay home or return home to recover from a medical condition, surgery, or exacerbation of a chronic illness.
The goal of home health is to assess, teach and assist patients and their caregivers, reach functional independence, and return to the community.
What is Hospice Care?
Hospice is a way of caring that brings comfort to persons living with a terminal illness. Hospice gives support to patients, as well as their families.
The hospice team provides effective pain management and symptom control along with psychosocial, emotional and spiritual support. The Hospice team respects the patient and family unit's right to make decisions about his or her own care.
Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death, but affirms life, emphasizing quality, not length.
The goal of Hospice is to enable terminally ill patients to live life as fully as possible with a spirit of hope and a sense of personal satisfaction and worth.
Admission Criteria
Home Health- Patient requires the services of a licensed clinical professional (RN, PT, OT, ST, MSW)
- Physician orders are required
- Care is provided on an intermittent basis
- Patient must be homebound (for Medicare beneficiaries)
Hospice- Patient has a limited life expectancy of six months or less
- Curative medical intervention is no longer desired
- An attending physician is directing the patient's care
- A caregiver must be available
Referrals to Sutter Auburn Faith VNA & Hospice
Phone:
(530) 886-6650 | VNA & Hospice Main Office Number
Fax:
(530) 886-6651 | VNA
(530) 886-6661 | Hospice
Information needed: Demographic information, recent history and physical, insurance contacts, hospital discharge note. Name of physician who will follow patient at home and sign orders. VNA or Hospice Staff will call you to confirm receipt of fax.
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