The Memorial Hospice Program provides palliative care to people with terminal illnesses. Our specially trained team offers a variety of services for patients in their homes, in skilled nursing facilities, board and care homes, or residential care facilities. Each team member plays a unique role in caring for our Hospice patients.
Mission Statement:
To provide supportive services that improve quality of life for individuals and families facing death, loss and grief by promoting hope, compassion, and comfort.
Services Provided:
- Intermittent and continuous nursing care
- Medication for relief of pain and other symptoms
- Patient and family education
- Coordination of community resources
- Psychosocial Counseling and support
- Medical equipment and supplies
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Pain management
- Spiritual and emotional counseling
- Nutritional consultation
- Bereavement counseling and support
- Acute inpatient care
- Respite care
- Attendant Care Services
- Therapy to maximize functional ability
- Volunteer Services
Further Details:
We offer these services in a spirit of love and respect for your dignity and personal choices. Death, in the words of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross can be “the final stages of growth.” The Hospice Program helps patients and their families face death with serenity and peace of mind.
Contact Information:
Long Beach Memorial Hospice Program
695 E. 27th Street
Signal Hill, CA, 90755
Phone: (562) 933-0910
Medical Director:
Dr. Steven Lake
Executive Director:
Katie Neal, RN, BSN, CHPN
Referral Contact:
Elizabeth Devon, RN, BSN, CHPN, Clinical Operations Manager
