Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care
Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care is a non-profit health care organization founded in 1980. It is located in Salisbury, Maryland, and serves Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester counties. Its mission as a hospice is to serve the needs of the terminally ill in their own homes throughout the four Lower Shore counties. Coastal Hospice also provides palliative care, or medical care for managing pain and other symptoms of cancer. Coastal Hospice uses a team approach, sending registered nurses, counselors, home health aides, social workers, and volunteers to patients' homes. Working with the patients' own physicians, the health care workers strive to help patients live fully and as pain-free as possible. Charitable contributions and donations support charity care, helping to offset costs of care for those who need help but cannot pay either privately or by insurance. Coastal Hospice at the Lake Coastal Hospice at the Lake opened in 2004. It is a 14-bed inpatient facility located within the Deer's Head Center. It is designed to give patients short-term care, usually less than five days, when a patient needs intensified medical care to treat symptoms that cannot be managed at home. The facility is also used for respite care, when a