Agency Details:

Odyssey Health Care

To serve all people at the end of life's journey.

At Odyssey Health Care, we improve the quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses and provide support for their loved ones.

Description:
Odyssey Health Care is one of the largest hospice organizations in America.

Although hospice is sometimes thought of as a place, it is really a concept about the quality of life as it nears the end for the patients and their families and friends.

We believe that even when medicine cannot provide a cure, it can offer comfort, care and assistance in the final chapter of a patient's life story. We do not try to "cure" the patient.

History:
At Odyssey Health Care, we improve the quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses and provide support for their loved ones. We've been meeting this need since 1996.

Our teams of caregivers consist of registered nurses, physicians, home health care aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors and trained volunteers. They provide what is called 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.

Patients typically receive our services in their own homes or in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. We also serve patients in hospitals or, in certain geographic locations, in Odyssey's own freestanding hospice facilities.

Contact person: Elizabeth Stetson, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (732) 562-8686

Address:

20 New England Ave Piscataway, NJ 08854 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.odsyhealth.com

Last updated on July 9, 2009