Twin Falls, Idaho
Care that comes to you, across Twin Falls, Filer, Hansen, Wendell, Wood River area.
Hospice services
“Compassionate Hospice Care: Where Quality, Comfort, and Dignity Matter”
Hospice is for people whose illness is no longer expected to be cured, and it shifts the goal from treating the disease to making the most of the time there is. Care is provided by a team, not one person, and it supports the whole family — not only the patient.
Choosing hospice is not giving up, and it is not a one-way door. People sometimes improve on hospice, and anyone can leave it and return to curative treatment.
A registered nurse manages your loved one’s care, visiting regularly to stay ahead of pain and other symptoms, adjusting medications, and teaching families what to expect and how to help. A nurse is reachable around the clock — nights, weekends and holidays — so you are never left waiting until morning.
Our medical director oversees the plan of care and works alongside your own doctor, who is welcome to stay involved for as long as you would like. The whole team meets regularly to review how your loved one is doing and change course when needs change.
Comfort is the priority. We manage pain, breathlessness, nausea, restlessness and anxiety, adjusting treatment as often as needed so your loved one can be present with the people who matter to them.
Aides help with bathing, dressing, grooming and other daily personal care — the tasks that are hardest to keep up with and that often matter most to dignity. They also give family caregivers a genuine break.
A medical social worker helps with the parts nobody prepares you for: advance directives, insurance and benefits, funeral planning, family conversations that have been put off, and connecting you to community resources.
A chaplain is available to patients and families of any faith, and to those of none. Support is offered on your terms — we can also work with your own clergy or congregation if you prefer.
Grief support continues for your family for thirteen months after a death, through calls, visits and referrals to counselling or support groups. This is part of hospice care, and it is available whether or not you used other services.
Volunteers offer companionship, sit with your loved one so you can step out, run errands, or simply listen. They are trained, screened and matched thoughtfully.
Medications for pain and symptom relief related to the terminal illness are provided, along with equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, oxygen and walkers, and routine supplies — delivered to the home so you are not chasing them down.
Physical, occupational and speech therapy are available where they add comfort, safety or independence, and a dietitian can help with appetite changes, swallowing difficulty and nutrition.
Care intensity moves with need. Families are often not told these options exist, and the difference matters — a bad night at home does not have to mean an ambulance.
The most common level. The team visits on a schedule built around your loved one’s needs, wherever they live — a private home, a nursing home or an assisted living community.
During a period of crisis, care shifts to mainly nursing support for extended hours in the home, so a difficult stretch can be managed where your loved one already is rather than in a hospital.
When symptoms cannot be brought under control at home, care moves temporarily to an inpatient setting until things settle — and then returns home.
Short-term inpatient care of up to five days so a family caregiver can rest, recover from illness, or attend to something that cannot wait. Caregiver exhaustion is real, and planning for it is not a failure.
Home health
Home health is skilled, short-term care to help you recover and regain independence after a hospital stay, surgery, a fall or a change in health — delivered in your own home, so you are not travelling to appointments while you are least able to.
Nurses manage recovery at home after a hospital stay, surgery or a change in health — wound care, medication management, injections, monitoring chronic conditions such as heart failure or diabetes, and teaching you to manage them confidently.
Therapists work on strength, balance, walking and mobility after surgery, a fall, a stroke or a decline in function, with the goal of restoring independence and reducing the risk of another fall.
Practical help with the activities that make up a day — dressing, bathing, cooking, getting in and out of a chair or bath — including adapting the home and using equipment that makes tasks manageable again.
Support with speech, language, cognition and swallowing after a stroke or other neurological change, including safe-swallowing strategies that reduce the risk of pneumonia.
Help navigating benefits, community services, equipment and long-term planning, and support for the emotional and financial strain that illness puts on a household.
Assessment and dressing of surgical wounds, pressure injuries and slow-healing wounds, with the monitoring that catches infection early rather than at the next appointment.
IV therapy delivered at home — antibiotics, hydration and other infusions that would otherwise mean a daily trip to a clinic or a longer hospital stay.
The stretch just after a hospital discharge or an operation is when readmissions happen. We bridge it: medication reconciliation, wound checks, symptom monitoring and getting your follow-up appointments kept.
Assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming and mobility, working alongside the nursing and therapy plan rather than separately from it.
Medicare covers home health when three conditions are met. If you are unsure whether they apply, call us — working this out is part of what we do, and it costs nothing to ask.
For a specific illness or injury — meaning you have seen your primary provider about it within the last 90 days, or will be seen in the immediate future.
At least one of: intermittent skilled nursing (brief and short-term, not full time), medication management and education, or physical and/or occupational therapy.
Leaving home is brief, infrequent, and requires a taxing effort and the assistance of others. It does not mean you can never leave the house.
Talk with a member of our team about what you or your loved one needs. There is no cost to ask, and no obligation.
Also part of A Bridge Home
Hospice care, serving Floyd County, Cave Spring, Rome.
