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Are you looking for care for yourself or a loved one?

If so, please call 800.653.4490 and press option 2. A member of our care team will be happy to assist you in finding a location near you. If you are a physician seeking referral assistance, please call 888.449.4121.

Honored and privileged to serve more than 60 Ohio counties.

Ohio's Hospice at United Church Homes

Serving: Stark and Washington Counties

Administrative Office

Chapel Hill
12200 Strausser St. NW
Canal Fulton, OH 44614
Phone: 330.264.4899

Administrative Office

200 Timberline Dr. #1212
Marietta, OH 45750
Phone: 740.629.9990

Ohio's Hospice | Cincinnati

Administrative Office

11013 Montgomery Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45249
1.800.653.4490

Ohio's Hospice | Dayton

Serving: Logan, Champaign, Clark, Preble, Montgomery, Greene, Butler, Warren and Hamilton Counties

Inpatient Care Center

324 Wilmington Ave.
Dayton, OH 45420
Phone: 937.256.4490
1.800.653.4490

Administrative Office

7575 Paragon Rd.
Dayton, OH 45459
Phone: 937.256.4490
1.800.653.4490

Ohio's Hospice | Franklin

Serving: Butler and Warren Counties

Inpatient Care Center

5940 Long Meadow Dr.
Franklin, OH 45005
Phone: 513.422.0300

Ohio's Hospice | Marysville

Serving: Union and Madison Counties

Administrative Office

779 London Ave.
Marysville, OH 43040
Phone: 937.644.1928

Ohio's Hospice | Middleburg Heights

Administrative Office

18051 Jefferson Park Rd.
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
1.833.444.4177

Ohio's Hospice | Mt. Gilead

Serving: Morrow County

Administrative Office

228 South St.
Mt. Gilead, OH 43338
Phone: 419.946.9822

Ohio's Hospice | Newark

Serving: Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, Delaware, Licking, Muskingum, Franklin, Fairfield, Perry and Hocking Counties

Administrative Office

2269 Cherry Valley Rd.
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.788.1400

Inpatient Care Center

1320 West Main St.
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.344.0379

Ohio's Hospice at
The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center

410 W 10th Ave - 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.685.0001

Ohio's Hospice at
Licking Memorial Hospital

1320 West Main St.
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.344.0379

Ohio's Hospice | New Philadelphia

Serving: Tuscarawas, Stark, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Holmes Counties

Inpatient Care Center

716 Commercial Ave. SW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Phone: 330.343.7605

Ohio's Hospice | Springfield

Serving: Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties

Administrative Office

1830 N. Limestone St.
Springfield, OH 45503
Phone: 937.390.9665

Ohio's Hospice | Troy

Serving: Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby, and Van Wert Counties

Inpatient Care Center

3230 N. Co. Rd. 25A
Troy, OH 45373
Phone: 937.335.5191

Ohio's Hospice | Washington Court House

Serving: Fayette, Clinton, Pickaway, Ross, Highland, Pike, Clermont, Brown and Adams Counties

Administrative Office

222 N. Oakland Ave.
Washington Court House, OH 43160
Phone: 740.335.0149

Ohio's Hospice | Wilmington

Serving: Clinton County

Administrative Office

1669 Rombach Ave.
Wilmington, OH 45177
Phone: 937.382.5400
Fax: 937.383.3898

Ohio's Hospice | Wooster

Serving: Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Stark, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties

Inpatient Care Center

1900 Akron Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330.264.4899

Four Ways to Build a Better Hospice Team

More than a Bunch of Folks: Four Ways to Build a Better Hospice Team

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require hospice teams to meet every two weeks to review a patient’s plan of care. These teams include a physician, a nurse, a social worker, and a spiritual support person or counselor. They may also include a volunteer, a nursing assistant, an advanced practice nurse, a bereavement specialist, students, or other guests.

These meetings are important for keeping teammates informed and on the same page. But a strong hospice team does more than just meet biweekly. It builds a true collaboration in which team members share their expertise—while focusing on the goals of patients and families.

This approach was introduced by modern hospice founder Dame Cicely Saunders, who designed teams around the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs of patients at the end of life. Today’s hospice teams focus on these dimensions—and much more. They evaluate resource needs, address safety concerns, and plan staff support for the complex medical management of patient and family situations. Discussions center on the needs of family, friends, and significant others—and the extensive need for education and support.

Developing a team that can address all of these requirements—and continue to learn and build its competency—isn’t easy.

Here are four ideas from Ohio Hospice on how to do just that. four ways to build a better hospice team

  1. Build team competency

In 2012, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization defined three levels of team competency: novice, proficient and expert. Good team communications and the ability to identify patient and family needs are critical at the expert level. To guide a team well, leaders also need:

  • Time management skills
  • Collaborative team building training and support
  • The strength and grace to deal with unique personality styles
  • The ability to observe, evaluate and redirect the group’s process
  1. Equip and empower everyone to do their best
  • Respect each discipline and its impact on the Plan of Care; let everyone know you expect them to drive excellence in their field of practice.
  • At the same time, make sure that individual team members’ objectives never override those of the patient and family
  • Seek outside resources in complex cases.
  • Encourage creativity, humor, celebrations, and the acknowledgement of appreciation.
  • Continually evaluate the team to push past barriers and demonstrate growth and development.
  • Seek additional education to improve team functioning.
  1. Support the Quality of Life goal

At Ohio’s Hospice, all patients are introduced to their care teams by a social worker, who helps the team understand the individual’s unique identity. Family support, career history, military involvement, funeral plans, DNR status, resource requirements, safety needs and unique challenges are part of this introduction.

The discussion should also include a Quality of Life goal. It may be “controlling pain,” “staying at home,” or a longer-term goal of “meeting a new grandchild.” If the team moves the center of care to support this goal, all members can stay focused and make a unique contribution.

  1. Seek balance

Finding the sweet spot between team support and team growth is ongoing. Successful leaders acknowledge the changes teammates face, adjust structures as needed, and support staff in meeting patient needs.

Remember, while the team is just a group of people, they are REAL people dedicated to the never-ending, changing mission of care.

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Mary Murphy, RN, MS, AOCN, ACHPN
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