Choosing a hospice is an important step. At Altru, comfort care is the hallmark of our program and because we are your hometown hospice we can identify community resources which may be of help during this time.
Hospice Care Includes:
- Nursing services
- Physician services
- Pharmacist
- Aide for bathing and personal care
- Spiritual, emotional, and other counseling
- Dietary counseling
- Physical, occupational, and speech language therapy
- Volunteer support
- Medications for pain relief and symptom management
- Medical supplies and equipment
- Continuous care during periods of crisis
- Grief and bereavement services
- Hospital care
For hospice patients and their families, help is just a phone call away, 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.
Services are provided by a team of trained professionals.
Team Members
- Physicians
- Registered nurses (24-hour access)
- Social workers
- Aides
- Chaplains
- Bereavement counselors
- Therapists
- Specially trained volunteers
Insurance Coverage
Generally, services are covered when qualifying criteria is met. Services are eligible for coverage by North Dakota and Minnesota Blue Cross, Medicare, Medicaid and other commercial and private insurance companies. Hospice services will be billed to your insurance.
For more information, call 701.780.5258 or toll free at 800.545.5615, ext. 5258.
MEND
MEND is a structured support support designed to help grieving persons do basic grief work and begin to build new directions in their lives. Sessions include education and the opportunity for personal sharing. MEND is free and open to the public.
Camp Good Mourning
Camp Good Mourning is an annual three day grief camp for children and teens ages six through 18 years of age who have experienced the death of a loved one.
In order to refocus on life, children must first deal with their grief. Group sessions and activities help children and teens express their feelings, learn healthy coping skills and allow them to share their experiences with other children and teens in their own age group who have lost a loved one.
Some of the fun and therapeutic activities children and teens can participate in include games, swimming, arts and crafts, hiking, journaling, music therapy, trust-building activities and low adventure and high ropes courses.
Camp is brought to a close with a memorial service and a tree planting ceremony. Following the ceremony, a family picnic is enjoyed by all.
Altru’s Hospice will hold its 15th Camp Good Mourning on June 28 – 30, 2013, at Park River Bible Camp, near Park River, North Dakota.
For more information about Camp Good Mourning, please call Altru’s Hospice at 701.780.5258.
To register for camp, please download the Camp Good Mourning brochure.
Volunteer Form
Application
Camper Forms
Camper Contract
Packing List
Parent/Guardian Forms
Medication List
Packing List
Parent Questionnaire
For more information, call 701.780.5258 or toll free at 800.545.5615, ext. 5258.
A referral to hospice can be instituted by:
- An order from the physician
- A request for information from the patient or family
Hospice referrals for diagnosis other than cancer are appropriate. These include but are not limited to:
- Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) and coma
- End stage renal disease (i.e. kidney failure)
- Dementia or alzheimers disease
- AIDS
- End stage heart disease (i.e. congestive heart failure or coronary artery disease)
- End stage neurological disease (i.e. ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease)
- End stage liver disease (i.e. cirrhosis)
- End stage lung disease (i.e. COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Decline in health status - general debility
For more information, call 701.780.5258 or toll free at 800.545.5615, ext. 5258.
