What services does Hospice of Westchester provide?

Hospice of Westchester provides hospice care built around a team of professionals and volunteers who work with the patient's physician to create an individualized plan of care focused on controlling pain and keeping patients and families comfortable. All clinicians work under the direction of the hospice medical director. The listed service areas are social work, spiritual care, bereavement services, complementary care, Comfort Crew, pediatrics, and volunteer services.

How care is organized

The organization describes its model as combining medical care with emotional and spiritual support so that individuals and their loved ones can make the most of each day. Two structural points stand out:

• Individualized planning. The care plan is developed with the patient's physician rather than applied as a standard package.
• Medical direction. Every clinician operates under the hospice medical director, which keeps the team aligned on pain control and comfort goals.

Service areas

The site does not publish detail on eligibility, coverage, cost, or how each service is delivered beyond these labels. If you need specifics such as who qualifies, what a visit includes, or how referrals work, those questions are best directed to the organization rather than inferred from the service list.

What the stated values suggest about the approach

Hospice of Westchester lists core values that include commitment and compassion, respect for individuality, diversity, personal choice and spiritual belief, honesty and integrity, stewardship of entrusted resources, teamwork, and ethical relationships with community partners. In practice, the emphasis on personal choice and spiritual belief is consistent with the inclusion of spiritual care and bereavement services alongside medical care.

A family perspective on home care

The site includes a family quote describing care at home: "By having Fred at home I could be with him all the time. Our children, our grandchildren, our friends could visit at any time..." This reflects the organization's stated aim of enabling patients and loved ones to make the most of each day, and it points to home as a setting families associate with this service. The site does not specify which settings are available or how setting is decided.

Questions to ask before choosing

The site frames its own section as "How do I choose a Hospice? The Hospice of Westchester difference." If you are comparing hospices, the service list above gives you concrete topics to raise:

• Which of these services would be included in a specific patient's plan?
• How is the care plan coordinated with the patient's own physician?
• What role do volunteers and the Comfort Crew play in day-to-day care?
• How are bereavement services provided to family members, and for how long?

Because the site does not publish cost, insurance, or eligibility information, confirm those directly with the organization before making a decision.