North Country Healthcare
Home Health & Hospice

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North Country Healthcare

Serving 52 Communities Within New Hampshire’s Coös and Grafton Counties and Now Serving Residents of Plymouth, NH and Surrounding Towns.

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Home Care is a service for those in need of medical treatment and/or assistance with the activities of daily living due to recovery from an acute illness, injury or disability, or exacerbation of an acute illness. Our team of nurses and therapists will help you achieve your goals in the comfort of your own home.

Palliative care is for people with a serious illness. It is available at any age and stage in your illness, and you can receive it along with curative treatment.

Hospice care is individualized end-of-life care to enhance the quality of life. A team of specialized health professionals, skilled in pain and symptom management, provide comfort and care to patients, their families and caregivers. You can self refer to this program by calling (603) 444-5317.

The Myths and Facts About Hospice Care

Myth
Enrolling in hospice means giving up on living.
Fact
Enrolling in hospice is choosing to focus on quality of life and focused care. People enrolled in hospice actually live, on average, 29 days longer.

Myth
To get hospice care, I will have to leave my home for an inpatient facility and give up my primary care doctor.
Fact
Hospice is not a place, it is a service. 67% of hospice patients receive hospice services in their own homes with their own doctor as part of the team.

Myth
Hospice care is expensive and my family won’t be able to afford it.
Fact
Nearly all insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid cover Hospice care at 100%. That means you will never see a bill from us.

Myth
Hospice care is just for people with a cancer diagnosis.
Fact
Hospice serves people of any age dealing with any life-limiting illness, and is not limited to those with a cancer diagnosis.

Myth
All hospice providers are pretty much the same.
Fact
Hospice providers are independent from one another and can be profit or not-for-profit, providing a wide range of different services.

Myth
If it’s time for hospice, my doctor will talk to me about it.
Fact
Many doctors wait for the patient to bring up hospice, leading to late enrollment. Families and patients often wish they had enrolled in hospice earlier.

Myth
Being on hospice care means that I will remain homebound.
Fact
We encourage you to keep your freedom, it’s important to travel when you feel well and we will arrange care for you if you need it.

Palliative Care Services

What is palliative care? Palliative care is designed to focus on the patient and their family and is offered to anyone who has a serious or life-limiting illness. We are a resource to patients at any stage of their illness. We work in conjunction with primary care providers and specialists to determine the best symptom management options for you. Our goal is to improve your quality of life.

Hospice Family

GOALS OF PALLIATIVE CARE:

  • Provide relief from pain and other distressing symptoms.
  • Assist the patient with meeting their goals and improve health where possible for better quality of life.
  • Ensure patient and family have an understanding of disease and treatment options.
  • Offer a support system to the patient and family through our clinical and support services team.
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