Telephone Numbers and Contact information
Phone #:(515) 574-6420 Janna Emick, RN, BSN, Manager
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Web Page:  www.trmc.org Click on Prog & Serv then Trinity Hospice
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Program Details:
Operating Agency: Trinity Hospice (Private, Non-Profit)
Person In Charge: Manager:Janna Emick, RN, BSN
Hours: 7:00am-4:30pm (registered nurses on call 24 hours a day)
Eligibility: Persons with an illness that is no longer responding to medical treatment or whose physical conditions are unlikely to benefit from available medical care and continued treatment will prolong suffering or low quality of life.
Fees: Covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurances but no one is turned away because of inability to pay.
Intake Process: Anyone can make a referral i.e. physician, family member, clergy, health professionals
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Service Area: 50 mile radius of Fort Dodge
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Program/Service Notes:
Program licenses: Medicare certified, JCAHO Accredited. Trinity Hospice is a hospital based hospice program located in Trinity Regional Medical Center. Hospice is not a building. It is an organized way of providing care and support to an individual and their family during the lat6er stages of life, typically the last six months. Hospice is a holistic approach as it addresses emotional, social, spiritual and practical aspects of life in addition to physical and medical issues. Hospice is available for people with any life-limiting illness. The goal of hospice is to: relieve or control physical pain or symptoms; promote maximum comfort and independence for the patient and family-focusing of quality of life; assist the patient and family to reach their end-of-life goals and honor the patient's need for meaning and dignity and offer grief support to the family at end-of life.

This information was last updated on 07/31/2007

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