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Helping you navigate serious illness with greater comfort, confidence, and support.
Hear directly from families who have experienced care firsthand.
Choosing hospice care is difficult, so is caring for a loved one. Mission Hospice has created a wealth of resources for families and caregivers taking care of their loved ones.
Personalized guidance designed to help you navigate serious illness and prepare for changing needs.
Support begins with getting to know your current situation, concerns, priorities, and goals. This helps ensure the guidance you receive reflects what matters most to you and your family.
Transitions can help you better understand available resources and care options, giving you and your family the information you need to make informed choices as circumstances change.
Your Transitions team can help identify community programs, services, and other resources that address practical needs and provide additional support for patients and caregivers.
Planning ahead can make changing health needs feel more manageable. Transitions provides guidance that can help patients and families consider future care preferences and communicate what matters most.
Caregivers receive education, guidance, and emotional support to help them navigate their role, understand changing needs, and feel more confident supporting someone they love.
Transitions provides ongoing support as needs evolve, helping patients and families navigate changes and determine when additional services or a different level of care may be appropriate.
Compassionate professionals and volunteers work together to provide guidance, connection, and practical support for your individual needs.
Provides personalized guidance, education, and ongoing support while helping you and your family navigate serious illness and changing needs.
Offer companionship and practical support, helping patients and caregivers feel less alone as they navigate the challenges of serious illness.
Transitions helps connect patients and families with organizations, programs, and services that can provide additional practical and emotional support.
From your first conversation through changing needs, we’re here to help you navigate what comes next.
We begin by learning about your situation, concerns, goals, and current support system so we can understand how Transitions may be able to help.
Together, we identify the guidance, resources, and support that may be most helpful to you and your family based on your individual circumstances.
As your needs change, Transitions continues to provide guidance, connection, and practical and emotional support to help you navigate new challenges.
If your needs change or hospice care becomes appropriate, our team can help you understand your options and make the transition to additional care and support.
Find answers to common questions about Mission Hospice’s Transitions program and the support available to patients and families.
Transitions is a program for people living with serious illness who may not be ready or eligible for hospice. It provides practical and emotional support, education, guidance, and connections to helpful resources.
Transitions is designed for people facing serious illness who could benefit from additional support but are not currently receiving hospice care. Contact Mission Hospice to discuss your situation and determine whether the program is right for you.
No. Transitions is specifically designed to provide support before hospice is appropriate or desired, helping patients and families navigate serious illness while exploring their needs and options.
Support may include education, emotional support, advance care planning guidance, connections to community resources, volunteer support, and help navigating changing needs and care options.
Yes. Transitions recognizes that serious illness affects the entire family. Caregivers and loved ones can receive information, guidance, and emotional support to help them navigate changing needs alongside the patient.
Yes. Patients and families are important members of the hospice care team. Loved ones can participate in care planning and receive education, guidance, respite, emotional support, and practical resources throughout the hospice journey.
If hospice becomes appropriate, Mission Hospice can help you and your family understand what hospice provides, answer questions, and explore next steps. The goal is to make changes in care feel as informed and supported as possible.
Both focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. Palliative care provides additional support for people living with serious illness, while hospice provides comprehensive end-of-life care for people with a terminal diagnosis who meet hospice eligibility requirements.
Get answers, explore your options, and find the support that’s right for you and your family.