HOSPICE CARE

 

BARK is offering in-home hospice care in an effort to reduce your pet's  discomfort and your fears during this stage of life.

 

Veterinary hospice is family-centered care intended to improve the comfort and quality of life in the last season of living.  Hospice is not a place, but a philosophy. We typically serve geriatric patients or those diagnosed with a terminal illness. This care is typically pursued when the focus shifts away from finding a cure and continues until natural death or until the family elects a peaceful euthanasia.   

 

Goals of pet hospice:

 

• To give pets a safe, caring end-of life experience in their comfortable home environment

 

• To provide pain control and physical comfort to the pet

 

• To provide educational and emotional support for the family and to help prepare for the pending death of your companion

 

• To cherish and strengthen the human-animal bond

    

Hospice care includes, but is not limited to: 

 

• Devising and implementing a hospice care plan 

• Information about the end-stage disease process 

• Teaching clients home healthcare techniques 

• Quality of life assessments 

• Recognizing and treating pain and anxiety 

• Dehydration support 

• Nutrition supplementation 

• Incontinence management 

• Bandage and wound care 

• Mobility assistance 

• Hygiene maintenance   

 

 

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