VITAS Healthcare

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.

Connecticut Hospice Homecare, located in Branford, CT, offers a comprehensive range of services for patients and their families. From inpatient hospital care to home care and outpatient palliative care, they provide a flexible approach to cater to individual needs. Their innovative "Stand by Me" palliative care program extends to outpatient treatment at their clinic, as well as in the comfort of patients' homes and assisted living facilities. This program ensures that patients receive the care they require in the setting most suitable for them. As America's First Hospice, Connecticut Hospice is renowned for its expertise in advanced palliative care. Being the sole hospice institution accredited by the Joint Commission, they uphold the national standard for hospice and palliative care, emphasizing quality and compassionate support. Generated from the website content