How are Hospice Services Paid For?

How are Hospice Services Paid For? Hospice East Bay is a not-for-profit organization that provides care for patients and families facing serious illness. Many people ...

Where Does Hospice Happen?

Where Does Hospice Happen? Hospice care is not about a place—it’s about the care and support you receive, wherever you call home. Our hospice and ...

ALS

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Managing breathing issues with medications, ventilators, and oxygen support. Providing treatments for pain, anxiety, or muscle stiffness. Focusing on skin ...

Stroke

Support for Patients Symptom relief and comfort… Managing medications to ease pain, agitation, or infections. Oxygen therapy or positioning support to improve breathing. Providing suction ...

Medication Philosophy

The philosophy behind hospice medications is rooted in comfort, dignity, and choice. Hospice care uses medications thoughtfully and purposefully to relieve suffering and support the ...

Liver Disease

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Managing medications to ease pain, nausea, itching, or confusion caused by liver toxins. Managing breathing difficulties caused by fluid buildup ...

Kidney Disease

Support for Patients Symptom relief and comfort… Managing medications to ease symptoms like nausea, itching, shortness of breath, and discomfort caused by fluid buildup. Pain ...

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Managing pain, nausea, diarrhea, and other HIV-related symptoms. Providing treatments for infections or complications like wounds or breathing difficulties. Offering ...

Heart Disease

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Treating shortness of breath with medications, oxygen therapy, or air circulation tools like fans. Reducing swelling (often in the legs) ...

Cancer

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Providing medications to ease pain, nausea, and breathing problems caused by cancer. Managing symptoms like confusion or headaches if the ...

Alzheimer’s

Support for Patients Daily care and comfort… Assisting with personal care tasks like feeding, bathing, and mobility, which become more challenging as the disease progresses. ...

Why Start Hospice Care Sooner?

Why Start Hospice Care Sooner? The most common thing we hear from families is: “We wish we had started hospice sooner.” Many people don’t realize ...

Lung Disease

Support for Patients Relieving symptoms… Managing medications like morphine to relax the breathing muscles and ease shortness of breath. Offering anxiety treatments to help calm ...