VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Lombard

VITAS can help patients and their families seeking hospice and palliative care in the face of terminal illness. For more information about our end of life services, visit VITAS.com or call 866. 500. 4352.

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SIC (US 1987) : Social workers and case managers charged with placing patients into appropriate care settings often turn to hospice providers. They know that hospice services can help when a patient is not responding to curative care as hoped, when hospitalization is no longer the answer, or when the patient refuses painful and/or futile therapies.
But what does the social worker on the hospice team do? Just like hospice doctors and nurses who handle the unique and challenging issues that arise at the end of life, social workers are also key members of a patient’s hospice team.
VITAS social workers, in fact, are front-line healthcare professionals, serving as the eyes, ears, sounding board and confidantes of their patients and families. They provide guidance, resources and direct intervention when end-of-life symptoms, circumstances and diagnoses arise or change.
March is National Social Work Month, an ideal time to examine the social worker’s role in the hospice and palliative care specialties. Licensed clinical social workers are employed throughout the healthcare profession, and they can take advantage of special training in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to earn special certification as a hospice and palliative care social worker. Hospice Care