Good Shepherd Hospice

Hospice Care Network, based in Woodbury, N.Y., offers a range of services to terminally ill patients and their families. The institution provides care through an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, bereavement counselors, pastoral care providers and trained volunteers. The services focus on physical comfort, pain relief, symptom management and address the patient's emotional, psychological, social and financial needs. Additionally, Hospice Care Network offers bereavement and counseling services. The institution utilizes a team-oriented approach to medical care, pain management and emotional support, individually tailored to a patient's and family's needs and wishes. Hospice care is offered to infants, children, adults and geriatric patients with advanced illnesses, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, birth defects, and end-stage heart, lung and renal diseases.

Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk is a nonprofit, home health care and hospice agency serving the residents of Suffolk County since 1952. It has more than 200 staff members and over 100 trained hospice volunteers who assist patients and their families with transportation, grocery shopping and companionship. It offers a wide range of home health care services, such as registered nurses, enterostomal therapy, chronic wound and home health care, psychiatric and mental health nursing, and physical, speech and occupational therapies. It also provides various hospice care services, including medical social work, pastoral care, nutritional counseling, medical equipment and supplies, respite care, bereavement counseling, and medication for pain and symptom control. Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk is located in Northport, N.Y.