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RESIDENT CARE
Crossroads House focuses on...
- physical care - symptom control and management in conjunction with the certified health agency and the resident's primary care physician with particular attention to all physical side effects of end of life care.
- emotional care - active listening and helping the resident and family to cope with the emotional stress accompanying impending death.
- spiritual care - attending to the residents and their families spiritual concerns.
NURSING
Crossroads House...
- is staffed with professional RNs, LPNs, CNAs and trained Aides. A nurse is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- nurses are responsible for preparing, prepouring, labeling and stocking unit dose medication for the residents.
- nurses are responsible for the supervision of the volunteers and para-professional staff .
- has a nursing staff that assesses the need for further symptom control intervention. They then contact the certified health agency, which in turn is responsible to implement the needed palliative intervention.
- has a volunteer medical director that is available for consultation upon the resident's or family's request.
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Comfort Care
Comfort Care at Crossroads House...
- is founded upon a belief in the importance of honoring the well being of every individual and respecting the sacred dignity of human life. We are committed to providing compassionate and competent care as to affirm life for the resident and the families we serve.
- neither hastens nor prolongs life.
- gives the residents and their families support they need to prepare for death through the skilled Crossroads House staff and trained volunteers in cooperation with certified health agencies in the community.
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