Alacare Home Health & Hospice

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Alacare Home Health & Hospice is dedicated to providing patients with the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment-the patient's own home. The Alacare team includes nurses, home care aides, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, medical social workers, medical nutritionists, certified diabetes educators and chaplains

Founded in 1970 by Charles D. Beard, Jr., the agency is still owned and operated by the Beard family today. With 25 branch offices covering almost every county in the state, Alacare is Alabama's oldest and largest privately owned, Medicare-certified home health agency.

The Mission of Alacare Home Health & Hospice is to serve homebound citizens of Alabama by providing high quality, multidisciplinary home health and hospice services delivered by an experienced, skilled and caring team of dedicated professionals.

Licensed nurses and aides provide all patient care throughout Alacare service areas. Staff members assess and monitor the patient's health-care needs, educate patients and caregivers and collaborate with attending physicians to promote continuity of care.

Basic skilled nursing services may include:

• Assessment
• Disease state management teaching
• Injections
• Urinary catheter insertion/maintenance
• Wound care management
• Parenteral feedings and care
• Infusion therapy

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The hospice philosophy maintains end-of-life care should emphasize quality of life. At its core is the belief each individual has the right to die pain-free with dignity, and families and friends should receive the necessary support to allow the individual to do so.

Hospice is about the time between an individual's life-threatening diagnosis and death. The goal is to treat the person, not just the disease. It involves a team approach to care, including expert medical care and pain management with emotional and spiritual support.

The Alacare Hospice Team preserves the patient's comfort and dignity during the last stages of life while supporting the family members and caregivers who provide the necessary patient care. Spiritual support is available for at least one year after the patient's passing to ease the grief and transition of family members dealing with loss.