Hospice
The NMMC Hospice team provides comfort, dignity and respectful care for you and your family.
Every Moment Matters with Hospice at NMHS
Hospice wraps care around terminally ill patients and their families, emphasizing management of pain and other symptoms and meeting psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
Delivering Hospice Care Since 1984
At North Mississippi Health Services Hospice, our goal is to add quality to the time remaining for the terminally ill and their families.
When we began offering end-of-life care in patients’ homes across the region, North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice was the first hospice agency licensed in Mississippi in 1984. Most hospice care is still delivered in patients’ homes, but we also offer hospice services in personal care homes. Additionally, we have a the 16-bed inpatient hospice unit at NMMC-Tupelo, and hospice services are provided as needed at our hospitals in Amory, Eupora, Iuka, Pontotoc and West Point and at 14 area nursing homes.
To be eligible for hospice care:
- Patients must have a life-limiting illness whose life expectancy is measured in weeks or months, not years.
- Patients, with their physician and family, choose comfort care.
Compassionate quality health care
24-hour nursing on-call support
Personal care assistance
Family counseling to help cope with terminal illness
Pastoral support for spiritual care
Prescription medication coverage, with emphasis on pain & symptom management
Medical equipment and supplies as needed for comfort
Volunteer support including compassionate, friendly visits & errands
Respite care
Bereavement care for 13 months to ease grief and transition
Our team includes:
Physicians
Nurses
Personal care aides
Social workers
Chaplains
Pharmacist
Registered dietitian
Home hospice services are available in Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union and Webster counties.
Enables patients to remain at home with their family
Patient must have a primary caregiver able to participate in home car
Available for patients living in personal care homes
In cases where inpatient hospice care is needed, we have a specialized 16-bed hospice unit at NMMC-Tupelo and can provide hospice services as needed at our hospitals in Amory, Eupora, Iuka, Pontotoc and West Point. Inpatient hospice services can assist:
Those who need a more intensive level of care to remain comfortable
Patients who desire hospice services but are too frail to leave the hospital
Home hospice patients whose families request respite care
NMMC Hospice partners with these long-term care facilities to offer services. Hospice at these facilities is an ideal option for families who are unable or uncomfortable helping their loved one at home.
Baldwyn Nursing Facility
Bruce Community Living Center
Cedars Health Center/The Greenhouses, Tupelo
Courtyards Community Living Center, Fulton
Dugan Memorial Home, West Point
Diversicare in Tupelo, Amory, Eupora & Ripley
Graceland Car Center of Pontotoc
Longwood Community Living Center, Booneville
Longwood Community Living Center, Booneville
Tishomingo Community Living Center, Iuka
- Webster Long Term Care, Eupora
- West Point Community Living Center
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Download “Conversations Before the Crisis” to guide you through creating your own advance directive. This workbook will be a valuable resource for your loved ones in the event that they need to make health care decisions for you.