Evercare Hospice & Palliative Care

About Us

Evercare Hospice & Palliative Care is part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. We provide hospice and palliative care services in 11 states.

We not only provide all of the basic hospice and palliative care services required by law; we offer many additional services that standard hospices do not. Here are the benefits and services our patients could receive:

• Involvement of an Evercare Hospice or Palliative Care Physician
• Unrestricted access to the kind of therapies patients need (including certain life-prolonging therapies, like radiation or chemotherapy)
• Coordinated care with the patient’s physician
• Assistance navigating the health care system and Medicare/Medicaid certification
• 24-hour-a-day on-call support
• Pain management and control
• Psychological and spiritual support
• Family support and education

Evercare Hospice & Palliative Care is Medicare-approved, which means that our services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, military health plans and most private insurance companies. You don't have to be a member of a UnitedHealth Group or Evercare plan to qualify to receive our services.

The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care

About Hospice

Hospice is specialized medical care for people who have less than six months to live. Hospice is not about giving up. It’s about giving care. Hospice services include medications, medical supplies and equipment to manage patients’ symptoms and promote comfort. Hospice provides 24-hour-a-day support for patients and their families, as well as bereavement (grief) counseling for families and friends following the death of a loved one.

About Palliative Care

Palliative care is designed to reduce suffering caused by the symptoms of advanced illness. The goal of palliative care is to anticipate, prevent and relieve suffering—regardless of the stage of the disease—and to enhance a patient’s quality of life. Palliative care is generally low-tech and high touch, focusing on the right care at the right time.

In addition to alleviating the patient’s discomfort, palliative care can also provide an opportunity for family and friends to gather information about how an illness is likely to progress and to begin planning for long-term-care needs.

When to Consider Hospice or Palliative Care

You may want to discuss hospice or palliative care with your physician if any or all of the following are present in your loved one:

• Progressive declining health, despite treatment
• Increased or uncontrollable pain
• Frequent hospitalizations
• Repeat or multiple infections
• Progressive or profound weakness and fatigue
• Shortness of breath with or without oxygen
• Decreased ability to perform regular activities of daily living
• Alterations in mental status
• Exhausted patient and family or caregivers
• The desire of the patient and family to stop aggressive treatments