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Telehealth Monitoring
Memorial Home Services offers telehealth monitoring, an automated device placed in
patients' homes to take vital signs,
remind them to take medication and answer simple questions about their condition.
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Hospice Checklist
Hospice Checklist
Below is a list of things to think about as you consider contacting a local hospice and how you can help to improve access to end-of-life care for your family, friends and in your community.
- Have an
advance directive in place that authorizes a person of your choosing to make decisions if you become unable to do so for yourself
- Get the information you need about services provided by hospice
- Make sure you understand how hospice services are paid for
- Discuss your thoughts, concerns and choices with your family and friends
- Talk to your health care agent, family and doctor about your choices
- Draw up a living will of instructions to make known what you want done if, for example, you are seriously ill and the only way you can be kept alive is by artificial means
- Encourage your family and loved ones to complete their own advance directives
- Engage others in discussions about end-of-life care issues and encourage them to complete their own advance directives
- Seek out opportunities to help others who are dealing with end-of-life care issues such as volunteering with a local hospice or end-of-life care coalition. If you would like to make a donation in honor or memory of someone whose life has been touched by hospice, please call Memorial Medical Center's Foundation at 217-788-4700 or visit www.memorialmedicalfoundation.com
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