Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta - Mount Shasta, CA

About Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta

Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta is a medical center that offers many services, including skilled nursing care, medications for pain, and medical supplies/equipment. Visit Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta located at 914 Pine St, Mount Shasta, CA. This Mount Shasta medical center is one of the best in California. As part of the Dignity Health network, Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta is dedicated to delivering high quality, compassionate care and access to Mount Shasta and nearby communities.

Comprehensive services offered at Mercy Hospice Mount Shasta

Your time is important. When you’re with our care team, we want you to get the most out of your visit. Our multidisciplinary team of physicians is ready to serve when you need us most. With a combination of expert knowledge, compassionate care, and personalized treatment plans, you can count on us to work for you.

• Skilled Nursing Care
• Medications for Pain
• Medical Supplies/Equipment
• Instruction for Family Members
• Emotional/Spiritual Support
• Legal Planning
• Financial Planning
• Home Health Aide Services
• Caregiver Relief
• Short-Term Inpatient Care
• Respite Care
• Bereavement Support

Skilled Nursing Care

Skilled nursing is a form of high-level patient care that is provided by licensed nurses in settings such as hospitals, assisted living communities, nursing homes, Life Plan Communities, and other types of certified locations.

Medications for Pain

There are a variety of medications for pain that can be obtained over-the-counter or with a prescription. Classes of pain medication include acetaminophen, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, opioids, muscles relaxants, anti-anxiety medications, and some antidepressants and anticonvulsant medications.

Medical Supplies/Equipment

Medical supplies and equipment are instrumental in providing the proper acute and long-term care to patients in a hospital or other healthcare setting. There is a wide range of medical supplies and equipment, from splints and braces, to medical beds and stretchers, to imaging machines and the equipment used to monitor vital signs.

Instruction for Family Members

When a patient is discharged from the hospital, instructions for family members on their care at home is important to their recovery. This can be accomplished by ensuring a family member is present when the patient is being taught and printed materials should be provided to the family members in charge of patient care.

Emotional/Spiritual Support

Emotional and spiritual support is typically the work of hospital chaplains and they work with local religious and spiritual leaders to help provide emotional and spiritual support for patients and their families.

Legal Planning

Legal and financial planning is done with the use of documents, such as a will, living trust, or advanced directives, that are created to ensure a person's late-stage or end-of-life care and financial wishes are carried out as they want them to be.

Financial Planning

A Patient Financial Counselor offers financial advice and assistance to patients regarding medical bills. They are the liaison between patients and their insurance companies; often coordinating payments and answering questions from both parties.

Home Health Aide Services

Home health aide services care for people who have disabilities, chronic illnesses, cognitive impairments, or age-related problems and who still live in their own home.

Caregiver Relief

Respite care provides temporary relief to a primary caregiver from the continuous support and care of a person who is elderly or disabled and dependent on others.

Short-Term Inpatient Care

Short-term inpatient care is care given to a patient in-hospital. This is typically provided to patients who require respite, symptom management, or pain management. Short-term inpatient care can be provided after surgery, for an injury, or during illness.

Respite Care

Respiratory care is therapy that is performed by a respiratory therapist, who care for people who have chronic lung conditions, such as asthma, emphysema, or bronchitis. Respiratory therapy can include the delivery of medications to the lungs and breathing therapy.

Bereavement Support

Bereavement is the period of sadness and loneliness that people experience from a loss. Mental reactions can include anger, guilt, anxiety, sadness and despair.