Affinity Hospice of Life

Mission Statement

Affinity Hospice of Life's Mission is to ensure all people have the opportunity to receive end of life care which preserves dignity and provides comfort.

Affinity Hospice of Life provides individualized and ethical care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs of people in the last phase of life, those dying from a terminal illness.

• Hospice reflects a spirit and philosophy of caring that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying.
• Hospice makes it possible for the dying to remain independent for as long as possible.
• Hospice emphasizes the control of pain and other symptoms and dying in familiar surroundings.
• Hospice is centered on the patient, family and the caregiver.
• Hospice personnel respect and respond to the unique differences in family or caregiver lifestyle, values and wishes.
• Hospice provides palliative care in the patient's home, short term inpatient care, mobilization and bereavement support.
• Hospice affirms life.
• Hospice believes that through appropraite care and the promotion of a caring attitude, patients, families or caregivers will attain a degree of mental preparation for death.