Vinney Palliative Care

By tending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our patients and their families, we offer comfort and support when it matters most.

Our hospice team members work together to provide the most appropriate care and support including:

• Full-Time Hospice Medical Director
• Pain management and symptom control
• Individualized plan of care
• 24-hour emergency on-call nurse
• Holistic approach to patient care
• Continuity of care by a team of caring professionals
• Comfort therapies – art, massage, Reiki, music
• Spiritual counseling with sensitivity to traditions of all faiths
• Services provided in one’s own home, the Menorah Park campus, The Weils or in our inpatient hospice facility, Maltz Hospice House or in another healthcare facility or assisted livingFamily support and counseling available
• Psychosocial and spiritual support for the patient, family members
• and loved ones
• Bereavement Counseling Support
• Palliative care consult services

Meet the Members of Vinney Palliative Care and Hospice. Our Vinney Hospice care team is the loving factor that’s needed during this difficult journey….

• Board-certified Hospice Medical Director
• Registered Nurses
• Licensed Social Workers
• Spiritual Counselors
• Home Health Aides
• Reiki Therapists
• Music Therapists
• Art Therapists
• Volunteers
• Bereavement Specialist
• Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists

Medical Care

Under hospice, the patient’s own physician will continue to direct care, under the guidance of the hospice staff who make frequent visits. The hospice medical director is available to provide ongoing consultation to the hospice team and primary care physician.

Nursing Care

A hospice nurse is assigned to each patient and family to oversee the total care of the patient.

This specially trained nurse will:

• Make scheduled home visits
• Make visits for urgent needs
• Work closely with your physician to control pain and other symptoms
• Teach family members and caregivers how to best take care of the patient
• Coordinate and supervise hospice home health aides
• Evaluate the home setting for safety
• Make recommendations for durable medical equipment
• such as a hospital bed, oxygen, bedside commode or wheelchair

Social Services

Our hospice social workers assist patients and families with a wide variety of non-medical concerns, such as offering counseling and guidance, making an initial assessment visit and subsequent visits as required for support and case management, as well offering bereavement counseling and support.

Spiritual Care

A dedicated and specially trained hospice rabbi and Christian chaplain serve our patients and families with spiritual support and guidance. They provide ongoing counseling and visitation and can coordinate with other clergy in the community.

Music and art therapists and Reiki practitioners provide supportive care to improve symptom management by helping to create a relaxing and nurturing environment.

Why Consider Hospice?

"As a hospice chaplain and director of spiritual living, I often meet individuals and families who are in the midst of a serious illness, confounded by many emotions and important decisions to be made, and sense that they may be coming to the end of being able to change the direction of things. I gently remind them that it seems they have less control on things, that this is truly a sacred point in life, and much can still be gained, learned and achieved at this important point in our lifespan.

But like all of life, it takes planning and preparation to process, shape and experience to fully make the most of it. Today’s medical advances and technologies offer a plethora of choices to possibly fix things, but very often they reach a point where they not only cannot fix things, but can make things much more complex and too difficult to bear.

Accepting there comes a time when no more can be done can be heartbreaking, but it is a time in which we can take hold of the situation to make it more of our own. With hospice in place, our team focuses on ways to reduce pain, control symptoms and simply leave time for just living, not just surviving.

Hospice care focuses on this type of healing. It is a choice for someone who does not desire additional curative treatment when there is a terminal diagnosis. The decision to use hospice care is an important yet difficult one to make and should involve the patient, family and care team.

The Menorah Park Vinney Palliative Care and Hospice team wants to be there not just as medical professionals but also as people – to guide, support, and experience together this most sacred time of life. We are here to help."

Rabbi Akiva Feinstein
Chaplain, Vinney Palliative Care and Hospice

How to Reach Us

Call 216.910.2650. A nurse is on call and just a visit or a phone call away 24/7 for urgent needs such as uncontrolled pain, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing, a significant change in the patient’s condition or questions about medication.

Our normal hours of operation are Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm.

For non-urgent needs such as questions about insurance, benefits or other administrative matters, call the hospice office at 216.910.2650 during regular business hours.