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    Good Shepherd Hospice

    5.0 (2 reviews)

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    1 year ago

    every staff member is absolutely wonderful. The most caring nurses cnas and support staff.

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    Porta Caeli House - Noel

    Porta Caeli House

    5.0(3 reviews)
    71.6 mi

    Welcome 2024!!!! I…read morecouldn't imagine going into 2024 without the help of Porta Caeli. "you have never really LIVED until you have done something for someone who can never repay you" ----Mother Theresa My family and I are forever grateful to the great souls at this hospice house. Many thanks to the staff and the great folks that donate to the hospice house. Although, we haven't lost our loved one as of yet, one week at the hospice house and we feel so supported. Going through these tough days are easier by visits from priests (at least 3 times a week), food prepared daily, attentive staff, and all the comforts of home. I can not say thank you enough!!! My loved one feels better about transitioning knowing that prayer comes from 90 year old priests and deacons that have traveled as missionaries throughout the world (with more than 65-70 years of serving under their belt). I think my loved one is in good hands!

    This is a hospice residence on the campus of Catholic Charities on North Harvard. Towards the end…read moreof my moms life journey this place stepped up and made her last days as good as possible given her state. The property is only about 3 yrs old but looks brand new on the inside and outside. I believe they can house up to twelve guests although while my mom was there there were only 2, including my mom. The staff was nothing but kind and focused on treating their guests respectfully. It is NOT a medical facility, there aren't IV's everywhere and noisy equipment. The rooms are comfortable with TV's and Amazon Alexa to provide music. Normally (outside of this covid stupidity) there is access to a nice outside garden area, a chapel, and an inside social area.Hospice nurses check regularly on the guests to make sure they are as comfortable as possible.The staff not only check on the guests regularly but also check on the guests of the guest. In my moms case it seemed at first her meds weren't making her comfortable. The staff here noticed exactly the same thing so when the hospice nurses came by they worked with them to insure my mom was medicated adequately. I can't say enough about the staff. Hospice work HAS to be one of the hardest jobs on a persons physical AND mental well being. I know that I would be wholly inadequate to do this work and I really appreciate the folks that make it their calling. If you have to bring a loved one to this place I can say that they will be cared for and respected. Go to their website portacaeli.org and give them any support you can, this is a worthy ministry.

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    Gentiva Hospice

    Gentiva Hospice

    1.0(2 reviews)
    55.2 mi

    Horrible hospice company! Would never recommend! They left my dying uncle suffer, said they showed…read moreup and didn't! Due to the negligence of this company my uncle had to suffer in his final days!!!!

    I would like to first say that I try to check all reviews before I commit to something. I read all…read morethe good and all the bad and try to weigh out all the options and fairly judge a company. When my dad was referred to Avalon by his primary care doctor for the end stage liver failure a year ago we were happy to have someone come in to help our mom with his care. They had 2 5 star ratings and we thought we were getting a great company to work with. His first nurse Cliff was amazing. He found common ground with talking fishing with dad and quickly made him comfortable with having nurses in his home. But Cliff moved on to a different company. His next nurse was compassionate but was short with him and her visits were quick (15 mins) and never really asked if he or my mom needed any more help. She came once a week. Unless she had a "family emergency" or was not able to show. So dad would go a week sometimes 2 weeks without being seen. This neglect caused a clog in his drain port for the ascites that was building in his abdomen. The port had to be removed. From that point on my dad's health quickly deteriorated. He was in chronic pain all the time mostly complaining about upper back pain and breathing problems. He was told by Avalon that he was maxed out on pain meds and he couldn't have anything else. The ammonia built up multiple times over the past 3 months and he was delirious and my poor mother had to keep him clean from the bowel movements. He started to get bed sores. Still no concern from his nurse. Then he stopped having bowel movements and the nurse suggested my mother or sister give him an enema. It was my understanding that it was the hospice job not family to make him as comfortable as possible. She never showed the next day. We had to call our cousin from another hospice to help us out. That was the last straw for me and I couldn't stay quiet anymore and asked mom to get more people in to help her. She talked to the nurse about coming more to keep tabs on dad. And monitor his ammonia spikes and his fluctuating heart rates. Some days he went from 120bpm to 35bpm. An aide came twice to bathe dad. And the nurse came 2 days a week for the past month. No one seemed to care that this was happening and he could barely move without massive pain. He groaned all the time. He started to build ammonia again and my mom was the one cleaning him up. And making sure his meds were kept up on. She was in the middle of cleaning him up last Wednesday when he had a heart attack and passed. Here we are 8 days after his passing and hospice has yet to sign his death certificate. My dad is laying in the morgue waiting to be put at rest. The thing I'm most disappointed and saddest about is that my dad deserved dignity in life and in death. Neither happened with this pathetic company. I hope and pray this never happens to another family. And I would like to also end with. Don't always believe a company's gleaming reviews and maybe question why they do not put up the concerning reviews. My cousin who is a hospice nurse in KC put up a review and it was immediately taken down.

    Good Shepherd Hospice - hospice - Updated May 2026

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