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Care Services
Bringing comfort, dignity, and care home
Since 1982, Treasure Coast Hospice has provided expert medical care, emotional support, and spiritual guidance for patients and families in Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties.
Helping Families Navigate Care with Confidence
Every family's journey is different, which is why we offer a full range of compassionate care services designed to meet your needs with dignity, comfort, and personalized support.
You do not have to know if it is time before you call.
Hospice care supports people with advanced illness when comfort, quality of life, and time with family become the priority. It is not a place and it is not giving up. It is a specialized benefit that brings pain management, symptom relief, emotional support, spiritual care, and practical guidance to the patient and family.
The plan is personal
Care is guided by the patient's goals, faith, family structure, culture, and definition of comfort.
Rooted in the Treasure Coast
As a community-based not-for-profit, Treasure Coast Hospice cares for local families regardless of ability to pay.
Expert care brought directly to you.
Most hospice care is provided wherever the patient lives. When symptoms require short-term intensive management, Treasure Coast Hospice also offers dedicated inpatient settings close to home.
Private homes
Clinical visits, medications, equipment coordination, caregiver teaching, and emotional support are brought into the familiar setting of home.
Assisted living and nursing facilities
Our team partners with assisted living residences and nursing facilities to add specialized hospice support around the patient and their caregivers.
Dedicated inpatient units
The Hay-Madeira and Harper Inpatient Units in Stuart and The Lynch Pavilion in Fort Pierce provide short-term care for acute symptoms that cannot be managed at home.
Four levels of care
The right level of care for each stage of the journey.
As a Medicare-certified provider, Treasure Coast Hospice offers the four levels of hospice care and adjusts support as symptoms, caregiver needs, and clinical circumstances change.
01Routine Home Care
Ongoing care in the patient's home or facility.
Routine care is usually appropriate when symptoms are controlled and family or facility caregivers can provide day-to-day support between hospice visits.02Continuous Home Care
Short-term intensive support during a symptom crisis.
This level is for short-term symptom crises, not general supervision, routine respite, or caregiver fatigue without an acute medical need.03General Inpatient Care
Temporary inpatient care for symptoms that cannot be managed at home.
General inpatient care is short term. Once symptoms are controlled, care transitions back to the appropriate setting.04Respite Care
Up to five days of temporary caregiver relief.
Respite care is not intended for permanent placement or acute symptom crises that require continuous or general inpatient care.
An extended team of medical, emotional, and practical support.
Hospice is a team benefit. Physicians, nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains, counselors, and volunteers coordinate care around what matters most to the patient and family.
Give Us a CallWe really surround you. It's not disjointed like the rest of healthcare. It's cohesive, supportive, and genuinely loving.
Shannon Cooper, Chief Clinical Officer
Hospice physicians
Oversee the care plan, manage symptoms, and coordinate with the patient's attending physician.
Registered nurses
Assess changes, manage medications, educate caregivers, and coordinate urgent support.
Hospice aides
Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, and personal comfort needs.
Social workers
Help families navigate care planning, resources, emotional stress, and end-of-life logistics.
Chaplains and spiritual counselors
Offer non-judgmental spiritual support based on each person's beliefs and wishes.
Bereavement counselors
Provide grief support for families through individual counseling, groups, and the Thomas Counseling Center.
Families should feel surrounded, not sent home alone.
Cheryl Mayes, family caregiverThe care team is more like an extended family than a medical staff. After Bill passed away, grief support helped me begin healing and find a way to give back.
Starting care
Starting care begins with a conversation.
Anyone can call to ask questions. Formal admission follows a clear clinical process, and our team helps with each step.
Contact and initial guidance
Call our 24/7 team at 772-403-4500 to describe what is happening and ask questions about care options.
Physician certification
The hospice medical director and attending physician, when available, certify eligibility based on clinical judgment.
Hospice election
The patient or authorized representative signs an election statement choosing comfort-focused hospice care.
Benefit coordination
Our team files the required notice and coordinates benefit details, medications, equipment, and supplies.
Personalized plan of care
The interdisciplinary team creates and regularly updates a care plan with the patient and family.
We are here whenever you need us.
Our compassionate specialists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.