Grandview Outpatient Lab

If hospice patients need care beyond what can be provided at home, the VITAS inpatient hospice unit is designed to provide necessary and appropriate care. The staffphysician, registered nurse, social worker, chaplain, volunteer, bereavement specialist, team managerfocus on bringing your symptoms under control with the goal of getting you back to where you want to bein the comfort of your own homeas soon as possible. Each VITAS inpatient unit provides a calm, home-like atmosphere. Visits from family, friends and pets are welcome and unrestricted. There are provisions for family members to spend the night or warm up a home-cooked meal. Each unit provides amenities such as family room, kitchenette and quiet room for prayer, meditation or quiet conversation.

Saint Francis Medical in Waterbury, CT is a leading Catholic healthcare system dedicated to providing exceptional patient outcomes in quality, safety, access, and value. Inspired by their faith in Jesus Christ, their mission is to offer a ministry of healing, wellness, quality, and love. With a range of services including cancer care, emergency services, heart hospital, and women and children's services, Saint Francis Medical prioritizes putting people first. Their commitment to celebrating and protecting the gift of life is evident in their state-of-the-art facilities and dedication to providing compassionate care. Generated from the website

If you or a loved one is facing a life-limiting illness, VITAS Healthcare can help. We focus on you, not your disease, to ensure comfort and dignity near the end of life. VITAS provides you and your family with a team of hospice professionalsphysician, nurse, hospice aide, social worker, chaplain, volunteerto meet physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We care for you wherever you call homea private residence, assisted living community or nursing home. If symptoms become severe, we have Intensive Comfort Care, shifts of 24-hour continuous care until symptoms are under control. For those symptoms that cannot be managed at home, VITAS also provides inpatient hospice beds and units in local hospitals. With VITAS youre never alone. Were available 24/7/365, with support available even on holidays and weekends. In the transition from hospital to home, from curative to palliative care, from chronic to end-stage disease, VITAS is with you every step of the way.