We have extensive hospice and end of life resources for patients and their families

What Does Hospice Care Center Do?

Our Hospice Care Center is a short-term inpatient facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee that provides pain and symptom management to patients. Our Care Center team is available around-the-clock and welcomes patients and families to care in a quiet, private environment.

Features and Amenities

• Staffed solely by hospice professionals who are specialists in pain control and symptom management
• Hospice physician and hospice nurse practitioner on-site daily to oversee medical care
• 14 Private patient rooms
• Foldout recliner in each patient room for additional sleeping
• Beautiful, spacious family room, complete with flat screen TV, WiFi, and a full kitchen
• Caregiver training and education
• Center open to family 24/7

What to Expect

• A home-like environment with comfortable patient rooms and dedicated gathering areas for families
• Coordination between the patient’s personal physician and our hospice medical director, who will oversee the plan of care
• Nurses on-site around-the-clock, every day of the year
• Social workers and spiritual care counselors to care for the emotional and spiritual needs of both patient and family
• Provision of medications, medical supplies and equipment related to the patient’s hospice diagnosis
• Ongoing grief counseling and bereavement support for 13 months following the loss of a loved one
• An environment that welcomes visitors 24 hours a day
• As part of the hospice benefit, if you qualify for this level of care, these services are 100% covered by Medicare and most Medicaid and commercial insurances

Resources for Family

We provide meaningful resources for patients and families who want to learn more about hospice, end-of-life care, as well as offer numerous clinical and government resources.

Hospice Resources

1. A better understanding of hospice. The Boston Globe, April 28, 2023
2. How To Be A Caregiver. It is estimated that 1 in 5 adults will be a caregiver at some point in their life. It is also stated that at some point in every adult’s life they will either are a caregiver, have been a caregiver or need a caregiver. Included in this article at six things to know about being a caregiver. NYTimes, June 4, 2021
3. NHPCO Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America. Alexandria, VA: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, December 2023.
4. Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Dr. Atul Gawande, Annals of Medicine, August 2010.
5. Hospice: What is it and when is it for you? Carina Storrs, Special to CNN. July 2015.

Care Planning Resources

Tennessee Advance Directives

The State of Tennessee offers numerous helpful advance directive forms which are legal documents allowing individuals to convey decisions about end-of-life care well ahead of need, communicating desires to family, friends and health care professionals and avoiding the potential for future confusion. Included on the state site are:

• Advance Directive
• Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST)
• Declaration for Mental Health Treatment

Leave a Hospice Care Center Tree Program – A Lasting Memory

We understand how hard it is to lose a loved one. Flowers, food, and memorials are traditional offerings of condolences. Hospice Care Center will work with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees in memory of our patients.

We will plant a tree in an American National Forest in memory of each patient for whom we have had the honor of providing care. The trees are meant to provide a broad reaching legacy to future generations. These trees will beautify our surroundings, provide life giving oxygen, cleanse ground water, stabilize the soil, reduce pollution and protect wildlife from the elements.

We hope these plantings will provide some measure of peace and well being to our patient’s families, as the trees are intended to bring to the many who will pass their way in years to come.

Learn more about the Arbor Day Foundation Get Care Now