Phoenix Home Care & Hospice

Located in Kansas City, Mo., Crossroads Hospice is a hospice care organization that serves terminally ill patients. Its registered nurses provide symptom management and pain control management services. The organization offers 24-hour nursing and respite care and bereavement services to the patients' families. It also provides short-term inpatient care for acute symptom management. The organization s staff includes physicians, nurses, home help aides, chaplains, social workers and volunteers. It additionally offers speech, occupational and physical therapies. Crossroads Hospice provides medical equipment and supplies. It runs a charitable foundation to promote and support end-of-life care and services to patients and their caregivers through community education and awareness. The foundation offers various programs, including the gift of blessings and gratitude, gift of a day and grief recovery programs.

Crossroads Hospice offers family counseling, long-term care, nursing and grief support services. Operational for more than 60 years, it serves the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients with terminal illnesses. The center operates in Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Crossroads Hospice offers community outreach and continuing education programs. The center conducts palliative assessments. It administers The Ultimate Gift program, which includes several recreational activities, such as fishing and games. The center provides pet, aroma and music therapies. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Crossroads Hospice is certified by Medicare and Medicaid.