St. Alexius Home Care and Hospice
Posted on 2/9/2001
St. Alexius Home Care and Hospice
“I couldn’t have done it alone. We were able to keep Mel at home where he wished to be. Everyone was so helpful and we couldn’t have asked for nicer people,” said Mrs. Marian Skager about St. Alexius Home Care and Hospice. During her husband, Mel’s, illness, she utilized Home Care, housekeeping and eventually Hospice services.
Home Care and Hospice has evolved into a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary, patient focused service. The focus continues to be to provide health care in the comfort and familiarity of the patient’s home, surrounded by family, where the patient maintains better control over his/her health care decisions.
An additional service provided by St. Alexius Home Care & Hospice is our Extend-A-Care program. Extend-A-Care goes beyond Medicare/insurance covered services and is paid privately. Services offered include: maintenance nursing (medication monitoring); personal care (bathing, exercise) and homemaker services (meal preparation, housekeeping, shopping). Through the support of this program, individuals select care appropriate for themselves in order to remain in their homes.
Mrs. Skager expressed appreciation for the support she felt from the Home Care & Hospice staff by stating, “Whenever I had a question, no matter how small, I knew I could call and my question would be answered.
If you have any questions about our program or are interested in volunteering, please do not hesitate to call 530-4500.