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- Medicare, Medicaid and most Commercial Insurance Companies cover: hospice services, medications needed for symptom management, and durable medical equipment.
- Since the beginning of January 2001, Good Shepherd Hospice has walked with 13,922 individuals and their families through life’s most difficult journey.
- Good Shepherd Hospice sponsors a unique Palliative Care Department that serves the community through educational sessions and direct psychosocial support.
- In 2005, 42% of our patients were admitted did NOT have cancer.
- In 2005, our over 200 Volunteers dedicated over 15,500 hours of service to help hospice families with a variety of tasks.
- Hospice Emergency Services are available on a 24 hour / 7 day per week basis!
- We serve the residents of Nassau and Suffolk County NY and have three office locations: Port Jefferson, Hauppauge, and Carle Place. Contact Us
- Good Shepherd employs approximately 225 staff members with half in the nursing profession.
- 90+% of Good Shepherd Hospice’s full-time eligible nurses have obtained a special certification to care for Hospice and Palliative Care patients.
- 99% of the families that have received care from our program would recommend Good Shepherd Hospice to others.
- In recent surveys, 99% of the physicians responding to our satisfaction survey indicated that based on the care their patients received, they would recommend and refer others to Good Shepherd Hospice without any hesitation.
- This year Good Shepherd Hospice is undergoing a major project to open its own 16 bed Hospice Inpatient Center in Port Jefferson! You can also go to the Photo Gallery for updates.
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