Home Instead provides non-medical home care that can complement hospice services. Care Pros may help with appropriate personal care, bedbound care, household needs, companionship, and family support, while hospice remains responsible for its clinical role.

Home Instead Bloomington specifically works with Southern Care Hospice and also has experience coordinating around other hospice providers. The local team understands that families may need more continuous hands-on support than periodic hospice visits alone provide.

Care may become more hands-on as someone’s abilities decline. Home Instead Bloomington Care Pros have experience assisting people who are bedbound, providing personal care, and helping families through the practical and emotional demands of the final stage of life.

When hospice is involved, Care Pros work within the Home Instead role while hospice addresses clinical needs. The local team’s eight-year relationship with one client continued through her transition from part-time care to 24/7 support and ultimately into hospice.

That may be possible depending on the circumstances and care arrangement.

For one Bloomington family, continuity mattered greatly. Their mother had received Home Instead care for eight years. When she eventually moved into a hospice house, the family chose to keep her primary Care Pro involved to help with the transition and provide a familiar, reassuring presence. The Care Pro remained closely involved for more than two weeks and was with the client when she died.

Care at this stage isn’t only about completing tasks. Having a Care Pro present can reduce how much hands-on responsibility spouses and adult children must carry, giving them more opportunity to spend time with their loved one as family.

Our Bloomington team also works alongside hospice and understands that families may be dealing with grief before a death occurs. The support can change as the person’s needs change, including moving from a smaller schedule to extensive or around-the-clock care when appropriate.