provides hospice services in the United States.
The company offers a range of hospice services, including pain and symptom management; emotional and spiritual support; special palliative modalities, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and infusion therapy; diagnostic testing; inpatient and respite care; nursing care; and personal care by home health aides.
It also offers homemaker services; spiritual counseling; bereavement counseling for up to 13 months after the patient’s death; dietary counseling; physical, occupational, and speech therapy; and medical equipment and supplies.
The company offers its services through physicians, nurses, home health aides, social workers, spiritual and other counselors, and volunteers.
As of September 30, 2004, the company operated 45 hospice programs serving approximately 5,304 patients in 14 states.
VistaCare is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
