In-Patient Hospice
PEACHTREE CHRISTIAN HOSPICE
Peachtree Christian Hospice is a 16-bed non-residential inpatient hospice facility situated on 8.7 peaceful acres in the Duluth area of Gwinnett County near I-85.
Our facility opened in October of 2000. We are committed to serve the physical, social and spiritual needs of patients facing a life limiting illness, and those they love. Our focus is on providing quality compassionate care that promotes the comfort and dignity of both patients and those they love when short-term intensive palliative care is needed.
Purpose
Our purpose is to provide loving and compassionate care for terminally ill patients who find themselves in need of a more intensive level of palliative care. The goal is to provide short-term comprehensive and intensive interventions that will stabilize the patient, and make it possible for them to return to their home/familiar setting and continue routine hospice care.
Facility
Family members and loved ones will be able to comfort patients in a beautiful setting with patient rooms that give the feeling of being at home. Families and love ones will also have their own space to reflect, visit and share their feelings, as well as be comforted with bereavement support.
Staff
A professional caring staff will be available 24 hours a day seven days a week. The hospice team consists of a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, social workers, ministers, nursing assistants, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists and trained volunteers. Together the team will plan an individual program of care for each patient and family. Care designed to relieve the physical, emotional and spiritual pain. Care that enables the patient and family to have as much control over their environment as desired.
Services
Our facility provides a full range of services that will include:
• Pain & Symptom Management
• Personal Care
• Psychosocial Support
• Spiritual Support
• Bereavement Support
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• Dietary Services
• Pharmacy
• Therapies
• Volunteers |
Eligibility
Medicare, Medicaid, and most major insurance companies cover inpatient hospice care. Private funds and charitable contributions can also be utilized to cover hospice care.
If you, a family member or a friend need Inpatient hospice care, contact your physician or call United Hospice. Once your physician has given approval, a Hospice admission nurse can visit at home, the hospital, nursing home, or inpatient facility to explain all the services offered and initiate hospice care.
Peachtree Christian Hospice & United Hospice will serve anyone with a life-limiting illness regardless of age, sex, race, national origin or financial means.
Location
The hospice facility is located on 8.7 acres fronting on Duluth Park Lane just three blocks north of Joan Glancy Memorial Hospital in Duluth.
Management
Our facility is being managed by UHS-Pruitt Corporation, a Georgia based company engaged in a variety of health care services providing long-term care, hospice, home health and pharmacy services in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida since 1969. We work closely with the leaders from the Peachtree Christian Church is together providing high quality care, and a place of Care, Rest and Comfort.
What is Hospice?
Hospice care is a holistic approach to the treatment of a terminal illness which emphasizes the physical, emotional and spiritual comfort of the individual versus a curative treatment. Individuals for whom aggressive treatment has been unsuccessful, or is no longer desired may seek it.
What is In-patient Hospice?
Hospice inpatient care is a short-term acute palliative level of intervention for hospice patients that attempts to resolve acute episodes, allowing patients to return to their home/familiar setting, and continue with routine hospice care. Service to the community to aid those facing a life-limiting illness requires community support.
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How can you help?
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Volunteers are needed to assist in every phase of the operation of the hospice… from answering phones to assisting the medical staff to simply visiting with patients. |
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Since we will serve those without the financial ability to pay, we need your support in fund raising activities. |
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We are also accepting donations of a limited selection of furnishings and artwork in accordance with our interior design standards. |
Please contact our office by phone (770) 232-7727 or application to volunteer your services.