Gulf Coast Hospice

About Us

Gulf Coast Hospice of Houston is locally owned and operated by caring healthcare professionals dedicated to ensuring the utmost comfort to our patients and their families.

We provide hospice services in your home as well as in a personal care home or an assisted living or nursing facility. Hospital care and respite care for family care-givers can also be provided (based on federal and state regulation). Our experienced staff can discuss the criteria for these specific areas of care.

Our goal is to provide our patients and their loved ones with a level of care and comfort that is both comprehensive and compassionate. We work with the entire family to meet the physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs unique to this stage of life.

We will conduct, at no charge, an assessment of patient eligibility for hospice care seven days a week and on all holidays. We will always be available to answer your questions and provide counsel.

Gulf Coast Hospice will not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion or need.

Care & Services

Gulf Coast Hospice provides a coordinated team of professionals, assisted by volunteers, that works to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of our patients and families, as well as the physical needs of our patients. Staff members are available at all times, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our care giving team includes:

Physician care: Our Medical Directors work with your personal physician to build a comprehensive team of medical professionals who specialize in controlling pain and other symptoms of serious illness. Working together, our team develops a plan of care that is right for each patient's individual situation and needs.

Nursing care: Our nurses are experts at managing the needs of each patient and can serve as a valuable resource in educating family members on how to assist in caring for their loved one. Our specially trained and experienced nurses develop and manage a customized plan of care for each patient.

Chaplain Care: These individuals work to help patients and families cope with spiritual questions and concerns, either directly or by coordinating services with the patient’s and family's spiritual counselors.

Bereavement Coordinators: Gulf Coast Hospice has personnel available to help patients and families deal with grief through each phase of the process including a funeral negotiator. Services extend to the family for 13 months after the death of a hospice patient.

Social Worker Advocacy: Our team of social workers coordinates community resources and helps the patient and family with non-medical concerns. The social workers provide comfort and give support to family members, plan for the future, assist with making financial arrangements and ease other emotional difficulties.

Volunteers: These team members provide companionship and emotional support and offer help in a variety of ways.

Nursing care: Our nurses are experts at managing the needs of each patient and can serve as a valuable resource in educating family members on how to assist in caring for their loved one. Our specially trained and experienced nurses develop and manage a customized plan of care for each patient.

Chaplain Care: These individuals work to help patients and families cope with spiritual questions and concerns, either directly or by coordinating services with the patient’s and family's spiritual counselors.

Bereavement Coordinators: Gulf Coast Hospice has personnel available to help patients and families deal with grief through each phase of the process including a funeral negotiator. Services extend to the family for 13 months after the death of a hospice patient.

Social Worker Advocacy: Our team of social workers coordinates community resources and helps the patient and family with non-medical concerns. The social workers provide comfort and give support to family members, plan for the future, assist with making financial arrangements and ease other emotional difficulties.

Services

Our current service area includes these counties in the greater Houston Area:  Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Chambers, Liberty, Wharton and Montgomery.

Through a team of healthcare professionals, hospice provides:

• Medications and other methods of pain and symptom control.
• Additional medications, medical equipment and supplies necessary to promote comfort at home or in other hospice settings.
• Medical care focused on maintaining patient comfort, including frequent assessment and help for family members.
• Assistance with personal care and activities of daily living.
• Coordination of community resources and help to the patient and family with non-medical concerns. They can help family members mend damaged relationships, plan for the future and ease  other emotional difficulties.
• Help coping with spiritual questions and concerns at the end of life, either directly by or by coordinating services with the patient's and family's spiritual advisers.
• Bereavement services to help patients and families deal with grief.  Our support services continue for 13 months after the death of a hospice patient.
• Volunteers to provide companionship and emotional support and often help in many different ways.