Agency Details:

Heartland Hospice

MISSION: The mission of Heartland Hospice is to provide quality hospice care to patients with a limited life expectancy, as well as, support to their caregivers. The quality of life for those we serve is enhanced through palliative and specialized supportive care designed to meet the physical, psychosocial, social and spiritual needs of the patients and caregivers. Hospice care is provided in an interdisciplinary team utilizing an approach to the care delivered to patients either in their own home or extended care facility; working cooperatively with area health care providers and other community resources. Heartland Hospice strives to provide care to all who are eligible and need hospice care irrespective of ability to pay.

Description:
Hospice is a compassionate approach to caring for those who are faced with a life-limiting illness. Hospice provides patients and their families with supportive services that not only keep the patient comfortable and educate the family, but also provide emotional support.
Many people think that hospice is a place, but really it is a philosophy of care. Whether a patient is living in the home he or she has owned for years, a nursing home or assisted living, hospice care can be tailored to fit the patient’s and family’s unique situation. The typical hospice team consists of the patient’s physician and the hospice physician; registered nurses; social workers; spiritual care coordinators; bereavement counselors; dietitians; pharmacists; physical, occupational and speech therapists; home care aides; and volunteers. Some patients even benefit from music, art and massage therapists, as well. Access to hospice is based upon a documented life-limiting prognosis by a certified physician and the patient’s decision to elect to receive hospice benefits. Hospice is a 100 percent-covered benefit under Medicare. Hospice care is also covered under Medicaid and many insurance plans.

History:
Heartland is a national leader of home care, hospice and I.V. services in the United States. We are a division of HCR ManorCare, the leading provider of short-term medical care and rehabilitation for patients who have been in the hospital as well as for those in need of long-term skilled nursing care. The company's nearly 60,000 employees provide care for patients and residents through a network of more than 500 skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and hospice and home care agencies. The company operates primarily under the respected Heartland, ManorCare Health Services and Arden Court names.

Contact people:

Ginger Thompson, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Kristin Alquist, Social Worker, (phone), (email) Evelyn Walters, Administrator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (785) 271-8229

Address:

2231 SW Wanamaker Rd. Suite 202 Topeka, KS 66614 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.hcr-manorcare.com

Directions:

The office building is located on Wanamaker, just south of 21st ST on the West side of the road. It is in the same parking lot as Chucky Cheese, just south of it. Our office is on the. . . (more)

Last updated on June 24, 2009