For Medical Professionals

BJC Hospice provides:

Caring, experienced staff

• Continuum of palliative comfort care for adults and children
• Availability of medical director and nurse 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• 24-hour on-call triage and home visits
• Experienced medical director certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
   

Specialized care

• Wings, specialized pediatric hospice and palliative care programs
• Experts in hospice care for adult patients with complex life-threatening diseases
• Infusion therapy services provided by IV certified hospice nurses
• Dietary, wound care and respiratory therapy services as needed
   

Innovative programs and therapies

• Lumina program for life review, memory videos and letters
• Music therapy for management of symptoms to promote comfort
• Adult and junior volunteers who visit and support patients and families
• PasSage program -- provides support to patient and caregiver in last 24-48 hours
   

Extensive bereavement support

• Thirteen months of bereavement follow-up including visits, calls and literature
• Expressive therapy to assist children to express their feelings through art, music, and play therapy
• Stepping Stones grief camp for children 6-12 years
• Labyrinth teen retreat, for ages 13-19, helps teens cope with grief
• Weavings grief retreat for mothers who have lost a child
• Daybreak grief retreat for couples who have lost a child
• Grief support for children, siblings, grandchildren of hospice patients