Our Team
Hospice Team in Texas
Individualised care is offered by Glenvalley Hospice through an interdisciplinary team. The Registered Nurse, Doctor, Social Worker, Chaplain, Certified Nurse’s Aide, and Volunteer make up this team. Medicare considers members of the interdisciplinary team to be “core” services, and as such, the hospice care provider in Houston, Texas, must employ these individuals.
The qualified nurses assess the patients’ needs and manage their pain and symptoms while giving them practical experience. Additionally, the nurses offer assistance to the family members and aid in educating the carers on how to help take care of their loved ones.
Provide the patients with personal care and other assistance with everyday tasks. For patients and loved ones, they also offer company as well as psychological and spiritual support.
A care plan is developed by hospice doctors in collaboration with the patient’s primary care physician and the hospice care team to manage pain and treat symptoms brought on by the patient’s terminal illness or disease.
The chaplains, or spiritual counsellors, offer patients and their families emotional and spiritual support as they navigate difficult choices and questions they may have near the end of life. They might take a minute of silence together to remember the good times and express their feelings in order to ease tense relationships between family members.
Volunteers may provide services either in the way of clerical support to the office, or through patient care activities The trained volunteers provide companionship and support while visiting with patients. They assist with simple caregiving responsibilities and may help with household chores, errands, or transportation if needed.
Support for patients. This can include visiting, reading, taking walks, writing letters, bringing in music, supervising visits with pets and/or massage therapy, for volunteers with the necessary skills.
Respite and support for family members. Volunteers can assist with shopping or household maintenance, or allow family caregivers the opportunity to take care of necessary errands and get some time away from the house.
Bereavement support programs. Hospice volunteers can work closely with the hospice’s professional bereavement staff.
Through the many stages of the end-of-life process, the bereavement specialists support patients and families. They offer bereavement care and grief counselling to the families for up to 13 months and assist patients, families, and friends in preparing for scenarios towards the end of life.