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A nurse guides an elderly woman across a room. The older woman has long, white hair that is in a ponytail and a gray striped shirt. The nurse wears scrubs.
A nurse wearing purple scrubs helps a woman.

UPMC Hospice Services

UPMC hospice teams offer expert, compassionate treatment during the end-of-life period.

We tailor our hospice services to each person's needs and wishes.

What Is Hospice Care?

Hospice:

  • Provides specialized care for patients and families through the last phase of life, addressing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
  • Shifts treatment from curative care to symptom management, comfort care, and enhancing quality of life.

Our team gives care where the person lives, whether:

  • Home.
  • Hospital.
  • Inpatient hospice units.
  • Skilled nursing homes.
  • Assisted living and personal care facilities.

For Professionals

Use this tool to determine if your patient may be eligible for hospice services. 

Hospice Eligibility Guide (PDF)

UPMC Hospice Services

  • Expert care provided by the hospice team for symptoms including pain, nausea, shortness of breath, and anxiety.
  • Medication management.
  • Emotional and spiritual counseling for the person and family.
  • Physical, occupational, and speech therapy for safety.
  • Nutrition counseling.
  • Grief counseling and programs for the family.
  • Medical equipment and supplies to manage safely at home.

Why Choose UPMC Hospice?

UPMC Hospice:

  • Is a non-profit.
  • Has the largest network of hospice agencies in Pennsylvania.
  • Is part of UPMC's integrated health care delivery system. This allows a seamless transition between home health care and hospice services.

The Hospice Care Team

It involves a dedicated team of:

  • Nurses.
  • Home health aides.
  • Social workers.
  • Hospice medical directors.
  • Spiritual care counselors.
  • Physical, occupational, and speech therapists.
  • Dieticians.
  • Grief counselors.
  • Volunteers.

Hospice Frequently Asked Questions

Our hospice program is for people in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness.

You might think about hospice care when:

  • Treatment aims to ease symptoms rather than cure the disease.
  • You measure life expectancy in months rather than years.
  • When the burden of life-prolonging treatment outweighs the benefits.

We offer hospice care wherever the person in need calls home. This includes private homes and care facilities.

You can also get short-term hospice care in a hospital or an inpatient hospice center.

Anyone can ask for UPMC hospice services.

This includes:

  • The person with a life-limiting illness.
  • Family members and loved ones.
  • Doctors.
  • A personal care or nursing home.
  • Hospital social service departments.

UPMC offers hospice services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Call one of our hospice teams for more details.

Hospice care is a benefit under:

  • Medicare.
  • Medical assistance.
  • Other health insurance payers.

Needs and services related to the hospice diagnosis covered by this benefit may include:

  • Medications for symptom management.
  • Medical equipment and supplies.
  • Short-term general inpatient care and respite care.
  • Laboratory services.

UPMC hospice accepts most third-party payers.

Find a UPMC hospice provider in your region

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