Heart of America Hospice Program

Compassionate Care since 1998.

Mission

To improve the quality of life, not the extension of life. Hospice affirms life and neither hastens nor postpones death.

Heart of America Hospice is dedicated to providing for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families. Our Hospice Team believes in a holistic approach to providing high quality, personalized care, education and coordination through an interdisciplinary team.

Our Care Our Services Referrals Insruance Coverage

Provides palliative or comfort care rather than curative treatment in the patient’s home, nursing home, or hospital setting in the Rugby, Towner, Leeds, Bottineau, and surrounding areas.
Emphasizes maintaining the highest quality of life through counseling, and symptom and pain management. Our focus turns from cure to care.
Provides supplies, medications, and equipment needed to maintain quality of life.
Supports family and caregivers through counseling, resources, training, and education.

By providing interdisciplinary care that is overseen by a medical director and several care providers, our Hospice program is dedicated to working with each patient to maintain the highest level of quality of life possible.

Physician Services - HAMC's Hospice medical director works hand in hand with each patient's primary physical to identify an individualized care plan and

provides consistent updates along the way.

Skilled Nursing - HAMC's Hospice nursing staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support the needs or changes in condition with medications for pain relief and symptom management as ordered by the physician.

Social Work Services - Assists patients and their families with quality of life education, physiological issues, community resources, and emotional support.

Health Aid Services - HAMC's aides provide assistance with bathing, personal care, and light housekeeping.

Pastoral Services - Provides spiritual, emotional support, and other counseling services for the patient and their loved ones.

Nutritional Support - Nutritionists provide education on the individual needs of each patient as their dietary

needs change.

Volunteer Support - HAMC's Hospice volunteers provide respite care, assistance with household chores, errands, transportation, and companionship.

Bereavement Counselor - The Hospice staff provides grief and bereavement counseling and support, for the patient and their family throughout the journey and for 13 months after the loss of a loved one

Patient referrals can originate from personal physicians, community agencies, caregivers, friends, family members, and patients themselves. Anyone who meets the qualifying criteria for Hospice will be admitted. Patients much have an illness with a life expectancy of 6 months or less to be eligible for Hospice.

This includes illnesses such as:

Alzheimer’s
Cancer
COPD
Parkinson’s
Liver Disease
Dementia
AIDS
ALS
Heart Disease
Kidney Disease

Hospice services will be billed to your insurance. Generally, services are covered when the qualifying criteria are met. Services may be eligible for coverage

Medicare
Medicaid
North Dakota Blue Cross Blue Shield
Other commercial and private insurance companies

Memorials, donations, and The Good Samaritan Health Services Foundation significantly supplement these insurances to pay for Hospice care, so families can focus on their loved ones without worrying about finances.

We are located at

406 10th St SE APT 36

Rugby, ND 58368

Click to Call - Ext. 2268

Contact the Hospice Team