Many people in Phoenix ask us, “What is hospice?” As you care for your seriously ill loved one, do you ever wish you had a medical team easily available to answer your caregiving questions? That’s what hospice care is, and more.
Home visits from a nurse to help manage difficult symptoms
A certified nursing assistant to help with bathing and grooming
Medical equipment and some prescriptions to help with comfort care
A team of professionals to provide emotional and spiritual support
No cost
Do not let concern about finances keep you from these services! Payment for hospice is covered 100% by Medicare and Medicaid. There is no charge to the patient or family. Hospice is frequently covered 100% by private insurance as well. No one will be denied hospice care because of an inability to pay.
Hospice care means staying comfortable
Our goal at hospice is to make each day the best day it can be for persons with incurable conditions. We add life to days by focusing on comfort care. This allows your loved one to be free from pain and spend time doing those things that give them the most joy. With an emphasis on quality of life, our team of hospice care professionals comes to the home to assist you with medical, emotional, and spiritual well being.
You are part of the team At Solace Hospice, families are an active member of the care team. You have day-to-day insights that are invaluable for keeping your loved one comfortable. We develop the plan of care in partnership with you. We make recommendations for your loved one based on what we think they need. But we also incorporate your suggestions, including your needs and what you think will work given family resources and capabilities.
Home is where your loved one lives
No matter where your loved one lives, members of our team can come to the bedside. Including skilled nursing facilities or care homes. That’s hospice care at home.
Nurse visits
A nurse will visit based on your individualized care plan. The nurse can answer questions. They may recommend changes in medication. As your case manager, the nurse can also order equipment or supplies.
Other professionals
There are other members of our team who may come to the home:
nurse aides
a medical social worker
a nondenominational chaplain
These professionals offer important advice and support to patients. They also are available to support family and friends who are providing day-to-day care.
Volunteers!
We even have specially trained hospice care volunteers. They can stay and visit with the patient for a few hours each week so family caregivers can get some respite and take a much-needed break such as going to the grocery store or a medical appointment for themselves.
Our team at Solace Hospice is trained to relieve pain and discomfort.
The definition of “pain” is very broad in hospice. It may include physical, emotional, and spiritual distress.
As a result, our team is holistic in its approach.
Medical options. For many patients the best remedy is medication. If so, we will ask the doctor for a prescription. The Solace team will work with the physician to manage your pain symptoms.
Nonmedical approaches. Many times the problem can best be fixed by changing sleeping position or modifying diet. Other times the healing happens by talking through an emotional issue. Or gaining clarity about a difficult family concern.
Equipment and supplies. If medical equipment is required to keep your loved one comfortable, it can be ordered. Oxygen for shortness of breath. A hospital bed for safety and ease of care. Prescriptions related to the diagnosis as well as comfort medication. These services at provided at no charge to the patient.
Everyone feels better after a bath or shower. Shampooed hair, a good shave and a little makeup can do wonders for self-esteem! Our certified nursing assistants come to the home regularly to provide a bath or shower, change the sheets, and help your loved one stay clean and fresh.
As the person you care for spends more time in bed and is less able to walk, our certified nursing assistants become even more of a blessing. They are skilled at delivering “bed baths” in a way that provides for dignity and cleanliness without risking a hazardous walk to the bathroom.
Serious illness brings up many difficult questions and feelings. As we face the possibility of dying, we all have fears, worries, and concerns. At Solace Hospice, our hospice care team has received special training to help patients and families address these issues. We even have social workers and chaplains on the team. They can meet with you, your loved one, or even with the entire family. Their goal is to help everyone come to a better understanding of how to meet each other’s needs with grace and love.
You have known your loved one for years. During this stage of your journey together, you are likely very intimate with their needs and preferences. You notice changes and provide valuable insights.
You are a critical member of the care team.
But you have needs too. At hospice, we want to be sure that you do not get too worn down, or even injured, in the process of caring for your relative.
In that light, hospice care helps you by providing:
I would be in a world of madness without Ashelee and Diane. Their genuine care and follow through provided peace during the most trying days of my life. So thankful for Solace and their entire support team.
Solace Hospice cared for my husband during the last weeks of his life. Our team was compassionate, professional, and always available to provide direct care, arrange transport, or just talk. We felt encompassed by their excellent care and commitment throughout this journey.
As an Aging Specialist, a Senior Resource Center and over 20 years experience with Seniors “Solace Hospice” has excelled in comfort care and palliative care! They have been one of our preferred providers for years in Arizona. Their involvement in the Industry, their caring staff and their professional approach is appropriate when families need them most. Costel Roman the Director of Business Relations is the biggest advocate I have met in his Industry. Solace Hospice you are appreciated by thousands of families and Senior Living Communities in Arizona.
We could not be more grateful to Solace Hospice and their staff for taking care of our loved one, even though he was on service a short time. Everyone was so sweet to us and him and were very responsive to our needs and requests. The staff was skilled, informative, and available at any time of the day or night. Most importantly, they care about us. They spend time with us. We laugh together and cry together. We always looked forward to visits. Thank y'all for everything.
Been working with Solace Hospice for over a year and never cease to amaze me! They cater to each individuals needs and go beyond the scope of service. Stephanie, Sammy, Diane and Costel are doing a fantastic job, giving 110% of love and hard work and making sure everything that it’s needed arrives within 24 hours. If you’re looking for a great Hospice give them a chance, they will never disappoint.
I can’t say enough about Solace Hospice. The level of care and attention to personal detail is so much higher than the other hospice company I dealt with. My family recently experienced the loss of our mother followed by our father in fairly close succession. All I can say is thank you Solace and I wish I had discovered you sooner. My mom’s passing was handled by another company. I can tell you they are not the same. Solace operates with a premium degree of care and compassion during such a difficult time
I cannot thank Solace Hospice enough for the amount of love and support they have provided my family with during this hard time. They were attentive, caring, informative and overall extremely experienced in this field.A special thanks to Maggie, Bevery, Katie, Janet, Diana, (just a few of the many) for the help you provided.Thank you all so much!!!Enea
I would like to express my gratitude to Costel Roman - Director of Business Relation at Solace Hospice, Thomas Fedzin - Owner of Solace Hospice during a difficult time in my life. There is never an easy moment to loose a loved one. Costel Roman and Solace Hospice have helped my mother to go to Heaven and be with the angels peacefully. God bless all of you for being by my side!!!
Solace Hospic is Definitely #1 Hospic in Arizona a team that’s Compassionate towards the needs of not only patients but owners and also caregivers. Costel Roman is so Professional and always gets the job done . Ask him what he can’t do he will tell you what he can do to make the experience working with solace comfortable as possible. Solace will always be my go to Hospic.
I absolutely LOVE working with Costel and and Beverly!! Costel (AKA Roman) has excellent communication and I value his team immensely! I highly recommend this team if you are looking for a hospice company with great communication skills, friendly faces, and caring hearts!
As a nurse and the owner of several assisted livings, I have had many encounters with different hospices.Solace Hospice has been amazing and has gone above and beyond for my patients and their families! Always helpful, always receptive to the patients needs and always there when needed.Thank you Solace for the outstanding care and dedication your company and your staff provides.
We are so glad and relieved to have met Costel Roman of Solace Hospice.When he came to our assisted living homes and introduced himself he sat with us and explained Solace Hospice’s vision and approach to compassionate high quality care.We were very pleased to hear that residents and families needs are above all else.These past months we worked along side them with a few of our families in our homes .We cannot praise Costel and all of Solace’s staff Enough on the quality of care,professionalism demonstrated and the compassion showed by all of Solace’s staff to the families and our team.We will only recommend a company to our families if we know and experienced first hand that they are among the best in their profession.Congratulations to Solace for putting together an outstanding team. You guys definitely exceeded 5 stars! Luis Pescador.
We were recently reintroduced to Solace Hospice by Costel Roman and Jesse Watson, two of their community liasons, and in the process were impressed with their client-focused service. The biggest selling point for us as a group home is that they were not going to be a hospice that simply stopped fighting for a client and allowed them to die. Many of our residents and their families initially are fearful of the word “hospice” and typically think it means a death sentence. Many of them are not ready to give up the good fight and Solace has been a partner with our home to ensure the resident, their family, and our group homes are all respected and active partners in the continued care and needs of the resident. Everyone from their intake staff, RNs, and CNAs was compassionate, caring, and dutiful in their tasks. Special mention goes to the Nurse assigned to our home, Sabrina. She helped us guide the resident and their family through the difficult process of passing away, and her knowledge and compassion for my resident and her family will never be forgotten. Owning three different group home locations has given me plenty of experience and exposure to many different Hospice companies, but without a doubt, Solace Hospice is one of the best. I can not recommend them enough, whether you be a group home, a family member of a loved one, or someone looking to work at a hospice company. Thank you Costel, your team provided me much peace of mind. I look forward to continue to working with your team.
I cannot begin to describe the gratitude and appreciation my family feels about the experience we had with Solace Hospice. I didn’t know quite what to expect at the time when my father was on your service. My father had such great care! My concerns were quickly relieved. Thank you for the kindness and compassion you have given to us and for the genuine concern for my father and for our family. We sincerely appreciate your tireless effort to care for all your patients and their loved ones, and your eagerness to assist at every turn.
I own 5 assisted living group homes around the Phoenix area. I am always relieved when my residents and their families choose Solace Hospice to help their loved one. I can always rely on Thomas and his staff to take care of my residents. They interact incredibly well with my caregivers and offer assistance 24/7. And they back it up. There have been numerous times when we needed some help from Solace in the middle of the night. Someone from Solace would come out to the home without hesitation and take care of everything. Thank you Thomas for running such a wonderful company!
Great professional help during a hard time. Thank you for making things easier to manage during our time of need. They gave our loved one lots of comfort any time he needed it. Which added relief to me as I knew he was in good hands. Thank you so much Thomas and staff!
Thomas and staff were always friendly and available to help us. We learned so much about our Client’s situations. They are definitely very knowledgeable and confident of what they do to help our clients in our group home meet their needs.
