Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice and Palliative Care

Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice and Palliative Care is your community home healthcare provider in Brevard. Committed to quality care and the patient experience, our team of clinicians and therapists bring passion and experience into the homes of those who need and desire home-based clinical care. We work closely with your physician to provide a plan of care customized to the your specific needs. The hospice benefit is intended primarily for any individual with a terminal illness whose life expectancy is six months or less should the illness run its usual course. However, the Medicare program recognizes that not all terminal illnesses have a predictable course; therefore, the benefit is available for extended periods of time beyond 6 months.   Ask questions and seek the advice of friends or healthcare providers you trust to help you choose the hospice agency that is right for you. While the Medicare Hospice Benefit (MHB) requires beneficiaries to forgo curative treatments, some hospices will assist in placing patients into a palliative home health program until the patient is ready for hospice. Quite the contrary. Hospice and hospice care workers help patients to focus on what they hope and wish for in terms of comfort and quality of life. Along with their family members, a hospice patient has a lead role in their plan of care and their level of comfort. Hospice neither hastens nor prevents death. As studies have shown, hospice patients live 29 days longer on average than those without the benefit of hospice care.