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Pathways Hospice and Palliative care provides patients in long term care and home setting with symptom management and pain control for the chronically and terminally ill.
Hospice – The decision to seek hospice care is an important one. Hospice focuses on “caring,” not curing, with the fundamental principle that each of us has the right to live each day with comfort and dignity. Hospice is a concept of care that includes a team of professionals and volunteers who are experts in the field of end of life care. The purpose of hospice care is to enable patients to live as fully as possible by addressing the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the patient and their loved ones.
Pathways is one of the most experienced hospice programs in the greater Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri area.
Palliative Care – Pathways palliative care specializes in the relief of pain, symptoms and stress brought on by chronic life limiting illness. Palliative care offers the patient and family the best quality of life possible while preventing and alleviating suffering.
Many people confuse palliative care with hospice care. Palliative care can be offered at any point of a disease. A patient can receive palliative care while still receiving or seeking curative treatments. Pain associated with cancer, COPD, Alzheimer’s or other types of end stage dementia, ALS, advanced cardiac disease, kidney or liver disease and many more can be alleviated with palliative care services.
Threshold Choir – Pathways Comfort Singers are a group of specially trained volunteers who provide peace and comfort through song at the bedside of hospice patients who are at the threshold of life and death. Formed in 2013, the Pathways Comfort Singers are proud to be the first Threshold Choir chapter in Missouri. Learn more at: https://thresholdchoir.org/node/659
Memorial Services – Pathways invites all family and friends of their patients that have passed to an annual memorial service. This tribute is hosted and presented by Pathways to celebrate the lives of loved ones through music, singing, candle lighting and photographs.
Experience – Established in 1996, Pathways is one of the the most esteemed Hospice companies in the country. Proud member of National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; Missouri Hospice and Palliative Care Association; Greater St. Louis Hospice Organization; National Institute for Jewish Hospice.
Who We Serve – The hospice journey is not meant to be traveled alone. Our hospice team has walked the path with thousands of patients and families of every race, religion, and gender.
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My father received excellent care from the hospice teams….I appreciated all the information and many visits from the teams in checking on him. He and the family received compassion and comfort during his last few days. Your services are greatly appreciated.
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You were very patient….We lost my brother-in-law three years ago from lung cancer (out of state). I am not sure which hospice company his was but there was no comparison. You were far superior and we are very grateful.
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I thought hospice was wonderful for Steve. Everyone was very pleasant, caring and professional. I thought Jackie did a great job managing Steve’s pain and in preparing me upon each visit for what to expect next. Steve loved the ladies of Hospice who sang to him. I cannot thank them enough for coming out that morning. Steve died with great dignity how he would have wanted. He died in my arms with me holding his hands. His death was beautiful in my eyes and I will love him forever. Thank you all for taking good care of Steve.
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Nurse Nikki was wonderful. I feel very fortunate to have known Nikki. Nurse Aide Keisha was terrific. Her humor and excellent care for Patti was wonderful. Patti and I were very fortunate to have very caring and understanding people in Patti’s trying times. Thank you again.
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Yvonne was a wonderful nurse for my mother. She did a great job caring for her. She was also kind to me. I appreciated her services given. Christine was an awesome aide to my mom. My mom enjoyed her visits. She was gentle and kind. So glad we had her. I would recommend Yvonne and Christine for any member of my family. They did a wonderful job.
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This Hospice group has helped my family through 3 deaths. Each time they have made the end of life more comfortable and prepared. Once death came there was a peace due to the care they were given to a pair free ending. Everyone was very supportive and caring. Thanks to all as you don’t know how much it has touched my life to have a great group of support and prayers.
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You should be quite proud of your nurses, social workers and chaplains. Each of them acted as though mother was their sole concern. We were kept informed (not left in the dark as so many medical professional seem to do). They treated her and us as though we were family. We cannot thank Pathways enough!
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The team was wonderful both with mother and all family members. I would like to thank Court for his help and understanding. He really helped me through all of this. Mother’s care was so much better after Hospice came. Thank you!
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I want to let you know how impressed we were with your services. You recently took care of my Mother-In-Law Alice R. and you could not have done any more than you did. Your services were excellent. I would definitely refer anyone to your services. Your staff was so caring and helpful. We couldn’t ask for anything more. Thank you so much for being there for me and my family.
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My family and I would like to offer a sincere thank you to the Pathways nurses, caregivers, chaplain, social workers that provided my dad Larry with the best care he ever received. Your efforts let him live his last few weeks with dignity and love knowing that each person that was in contact with him sincerely cared for him. We were provided timely and up to the minute assessments on his condition and care plan. Every Pathways person we met was friendly, honest, and personable and spoke with each of us knowing what we were going through. They lent to us their knowledge and expectations as to what my dad was experiencing, what each medication was intended for and engaged us in our wishes for his care. You helped us immensely in a tough time, which ended up being much longer than initially expected. Each of you helped him to pass on peacefully and we will always be grateful.
Sincerely;
Anthony, Bonnie, Tim, Joyce, and Michael Krueger; Holly, Paul, Jacob and Sarah
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