Hospice Care

In-Home Hospice Care

At Moonlight Hospice Care, we are deeply committed to providing exceptional in-home hospice care services, focusing on comfort, dignity, and peace for our patients during life's most challenging times. Understanding the unparalleled value of being at home, our team offers tailored care plans to ensure your loved one's comfort in their familiar surroundings. We serve all of Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura County, San Diego, and Palm Desert.

In-home hospice care offers numerous benefits, including the emotional comfort of familiar settings and a personalized care approach that is difficult to replicate elsewhere. Our team of compassionate and skilled professionals collaborates closely with patients and families to manage pain, provide emotional support, and maintain the highest quality of life possible during end-of-life care.

Moonlight Hospice Care takes an extra step by providing in-home medical equipment for those in need, enhancing our capability to deliver top-quality care directly in patients' homes. We believe that every moment is precious and strive to make each one as serene and meaningful as we can for both our patients and their families.

Our services are readily available, ensuring that wherever you are, you can count on us for compassionate, professional in-home hospice care.

Opting for in-home hospice care means choosing comfort, familiarity, and personalized attention at a time when they're most needed. Contact Moonlight Hospice Care today, and let our dedicated team offer the care and support your loved one deserves. We're just a phone call away, prepared to accompany you on this journey with empathy, understanding, and utmost professionalism.

What is a Hospice?

Hospice is a philosophy of care with an empahsis on improving quality of life. Hospice provides a framework for continuous, multi-disciplinary care. Our hospice services focus on quality of life, emotional support for the entire, in-home management of medical needs, and the advanced management of pain and symptoms.

Who Qualifies for Hospice?

Hospice care is for patients who are terminally ill or have a life-threatening illness determined by a physician. These patients include, but are not limited to, those having diagnoses such as cancer, end stage lung disease, iver disease, kidney disease, heart disease, end stage dementia, neurological disease, HIV, AIDS.

Where is Hospice Care Provided?

Hospice Services are designed to provide support to patients, their families and loved ones wherever they call home. This can be a Long Term Care Facility, Assisted Living, Retirement Community or at the patients’ own home. The goal is to maximize the patient’s quality of life.

 Our Hospice Team

Our caring team of professionals and volunteers provide outstanding hospice care. The hospice team follows a personalized plan of phycial, emotional, and spiritual care under the supervision of the patient’s physician and our hospice medical director. The patient’s plan of care is continously renewed and adapted to meet the patient’s changing needs.

The Team Includes:

Physicians: The hospice physician works in conjunction with the patient’s physician to provide pain and symptom management.

RN Case Managers: Coordinate care by making home visits to monitor the patient, teach caregivers and provide skilled care, comfort and support.

Social Workers: Help the family understand and cope with the related emotional financial stress and provide counseling.

Chaplains: On hand to offer spiritual support for patients and their families.

Volunteers: Provide a variety of care from companionship, support, errands, and offer temporary relief to the family.

Home Health Aides: Provide personal care.

Nursing On-Call Services: Available 24/7 to deal with crisis situations, answer questions and conduct visit when necessary.

Hospice In-patient Care: For short term symptom management at skilled nursing facilites.

Respite Care: For Temporary relief to caregivers.

Continuous Care: For brief periods of acute pain and symptom management at home settings.

Who Pays for Hospice?

Hospice services are covered by:

• Medicare

• Medi-cal / Medicaid

• Managed Care HMO plans

• IPAs

• Most private health insurance companies

Admissions to Moonlight Hospice Care, Inc. is based on the patient’s needs rather than the ability to pay.

What is the Right Time?

The sooner we start, the more effectively we can help enhance the quality of life for our patients and their families. Our staff is available to work with the family and physician to determine when a patient can benefit the most from our hospice care.

Moonlight Hospice Care, Inc.

Is a for-profit corporation pursuant to TITLE VI of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964, Section 504 of the REHABILITATION ACT of 1974 and the AGE OF DISCRIMINATION ACT of 1975.

We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, or religious beliefs in admission, treatment, participation in the programs, services, and activities or employment.

Helping Loved Ones Through Grief

Grief can affect family and friends for a long time. Our concern for our patients’ loved ones continues during the time of bereavement. Our staff maintains close contact throughout the year to assist in any way possible.