Hospice Care in Ponchatoula, Louisiana

For residents of Ponchatoula, LA, Anvoi Hospice provides trusted, compassionate care to help families navigate this time. Our caregivers live and work throughout Tangipahoa Parish, in Ponchatoula, Hammond, Robert, and surrounding Northshore communities, bringing familiarity, trust, and peace of mind.

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Why Choose Hospice at Home?

For families in Ponchatoula, choosing in-home hospice care can bring peace and comfort during life’s most difficult moments. Receiving care at home allows patients to remain in a familiar environment surrounded by loved ones, which can greatly improve emotional and physical well-being.

Our in-home hospice services provide expert medical oversight while encouraging meaningful family involvement. Loved ones can play an active role in caregiving, offer consistent emotional support, and participate in important conversations around end-of-life decisions. This collaborative approach not only supports the patient but also brings clarity and connection to the entire family.

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Many families begin hospice care with Anvoi after time at North Oaks Medical Center, North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital, or Hammond Nursing Home in nearby Hammond. While we are not affiliated with these facilities, our team works closely with families to ensure a smooth, compassionate transition from hospital or nursing care to the comfort of home.

Anvoi Hospice is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients by addressing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Our hospice care services in Ponchatoula include:

Pain and Symptom Management: We focus on ensuring patients remain as comfortable as possible, addressing symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, and nausea with expert care.

Emotional and Psychological Support: Facing the end of life can be emotionally overwhelming. Our team of counselors and social workers provides patients and families with the support they need to process their feelings and navigate difficult decisions.

Spiritual Care: For those seeking spiritual guidance, Anvoi offers support from chaplains and other spiritual advisors, tailored to the patient’s individual beliefs and values.

Caregiver Education and Support: Family members often play a significant role in at-home hospice care. We provide caregivers with the knowledge and resources they need to care for their loved ones confidently.

Respite Care: To support primary caregivers, we offer respite care services, allowing them to take a short break while ensuring their loved one continues to receive top-quality care.

End-of-Life Planning: Our team helps families with advanced care planning, memorial arrangements, and other important discussions, ensuring the patient’s wishes are respected.

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Why Choose Hospice At Home?

Hospice care at home in Ponchatoula provides a comforting alternative to hospital or facility care, allowing patients to stay in a familiar, peaceful setting surrounded by loved ones. The benefits of choosing in-home hospice care include:

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Familiar and Comfortable Surroundings: Remaining at home allows patients to stay in a space that feels safe and familiar, surrounded by personal belongings and the people they love.

Enhanced Emotional Well-Being: Being at home with family and close friends promotes emotional security and comfort, helping patients feel more supported during this phase of life.

Active Family Involvement: In-home hospice care enables family members to take an active role in caregiving. This not only strengthens family bonds but also allows families to create lasting memories together.

Personalized, Patient-Centered Care: At-home hospice care is uniquely tailored to each patient’s medical and emotional needs, ensuring they receive dignified care that aligns with their values and preferences.

Why Ponchatoula Families Trust Anvoi Hospice

Families across Ponchatoula turn to Anvoi Hospice for their unwavering dedication to compassionate, respectful care. Our approach focuses on creating a serene and supportive environment, ensuring patients and their families feel cared for and understood during this delicate time.

Reasons families trust Anvoi Hospice include:

Professional Expertise: With years of experience in hospice and palliative care, our team provides knowledgeable, reliable support to patients and their families.
24/7 Availability: Hospice care needs don’t adhere to a schedule, and neither do we. Anvoi provides round-the-clock assistance to address any concerns or emergencies.
Tailored Care Plans: Each patient’s care plan is customized to meet their specific medical, emotional, and spiritual needs, ensuring the best possible quality of life.

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We genuinely care for our patients and their families. Each patient receives:

Care wherever you call home
Consistent weekly nurse visits
Respite for caregiver relief
Crisis care
A unique personalized plan of care
Bereavement and emotional support
Physician oversight
24 hour on-call nurse
Volunteer program
Medical equipment and supplies
Medication for pain management and symptom control

Our Bereavement Support Groups

Ponchatoula families can turn to Anvoi Hospice for support after a loss. Our bereavement groups meet in Metairie, and individuals from nearby communities are always welcome to attend.

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Take the Next Step Toward Compassionate Care

End-of-life care is a personal journey, and Anvoi Hospice is here to support you and your family every step of the way. If you’re exploring hospice care options for a loved one in Ponchatoula, LA, we invite you to contact us to learn more about our in-home services.

Let us help you create a comforting, dignified experience for your loved one. Reach out by phone or email today to speak with a member of our compassionate team and discover how we can make this journey easier for your family.

Team Members

Who Will Be on Your Hospice Team?

Your hospice team may include any of the following:

Hospice Physician

Chaplain

Bereavement Coordinator

Certified Nursing Assistant

Registered Nurse

Dietician

Social Worker

Nurse Practitioner

Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapist

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Facilities in Our Ponchatoula Service Area

To strengthen our local commitment, we care for patients across Tangipahoa Parish who were receiving treatment at nearby facilities, including:

North Oaks Medical Center
North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital
Hammond Nursing Home

Frequently Asked Questions

A growing number of hospice programs have their own hospice facility or have arrangements with nursing homes, hospitals or inpatient residential centers that care for people who cannot be cared for at home. However, the cost to live in these settings may not be fully covered by your insurance, so it is best to find out if insurance covers this type of care before you call hospice.
Every person receiving hospice has access to a registered nurse, social worker, hospice aide, and chaplain (also known as the interdisciplinary team) and volunteers. The hospice team will work with you and your family to create a plan of care that will outline the actions and goals for your hospice care. All visits are based on you and your family’s needs in the care plan and your medical condition during the course of the illness. The frequency of volunteers and spiritual care is often dependent upon request and the availability of these services. Travel requirements and other factors may cause some variation in how many individuals each hospice staff serves.
As the patient, it is your right, or the right of your decision maker, to determine when hospice care is right for you and which agency you would like to use. Others may recommend agencies for you to consider, but it is up to you to make the final decision. Not all hospice providers are the same, and it is important to receive the care that best fits your desires and needs.
You can stop hospice services at any time and for any reason. You can change your mind and resume aggressive treatment. Then if you wish to return to hospice care later, you can do so as long as you meet the medical hospice admission requirement.
Hospice makes the patient’s quality of life the focal point of care. Hospice professionals are trained to provide care and treatments that lessen the patient’s pain and other symptoms. Hospice strives to decrease the burden of medical treatment when such measures would not improve the patient’s quality of life. For some patients, this may mean decreasing the number of medications taken for chronic conditions.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect the urinary system, affecting the bladder and kidneys. They can be occasional inconveniences or recurrent nightmares. Anvoi provides information on why some individuals face repeated UTIs and how to reduce their frequency and manage symptoms.
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The hospice team visits on an intermittent basis. This team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice aides, chaplains and other specially trained care providers. The frequency of visits is determined by the patient’s needs. A hospice RN is on call 24 hours a day/7 days a week to answer questions and provide support. After hours visits are made as needed.
Receiving hospice does not mean that death is imminent. Studies have shown that patients who elect hospice care earlier often live longer than those who continue to receive curative treatment. Hospice care is designed for patients who have a life expectancy of approximately six months or less. However, as long as the patient continues to meet hospice requirements, they may continue to receive services – even if this is longer than six months.

Palliative care is a specialized approach to medical care that focuses on improving the quality of life for individuals facing serious illnesses, regardless of whether those illnesses are considered curable or not. Learn more about palliative care.
In addition to Medicare and Medicaid, most private insurance plans, HMOs, and other managed care organizations recognize the value of hospice care and include hospice coverage in their plans. Additionally, some hospices provide charity care to patients who do not have insurance coverage or the ability to pay for their care.
Hospice redefines hope and helps patients and their families reclaim the spirit of life. Hospice care focuses on improving the patient’s quality of life allowing them to make the most of the time they have.
Many families wait to call hospice until the final days and weeks of their loved one’s life, not knowing they could have started receiving additional specialized nursing care and medications, medical equipment, and supplies related to their loved one’s terminal illness at no cost much earlier. Hospice care improves the patient’s quality of life by managing pain and other symptoms and improves the family/caregiver’s lives by having someone that they can lean on, seek guidance from and receive much-needed support during this difficult time.
Each person’s end-of-life experience is unique, as it is influenced by such factors as the specific illness, medications being taken, and the person’s overall health. In some cases, these changes may occur over a period of weeks; for others, the process lasts just a few days or hours.

However, a number of end-of-life changes are fairly common, as a person’s bodily functions naturally slow and stop. The following changes are often signs of this process, though not every patient exhibits all of these end-of-life signs.

• Less interest in eating or drinking. The person may only need enough liquid to keep his or her mouth from becoming too dry. How to help: Offer, but don’t force, food, liquids, and medication. In some instances, the person may no longer feel pain he or she had previously felt.

• Not passing fluids regularly. As bodily functions decline and the person eats and drinks less, their output of fluids will also decrease. How to help: Do nothing. However, if the patient is not passing fluids but feels the urge to do so, contact their nurse for advice.

• Speaking and moving less. Activity usually decreases significantly in one’s final days and hours. People may not respond to questions and show little interest in their surroundings.
Hospice care may be considered for anyone doctors believe to have a life expectancy of less than six months. Usually at this point, active treatment aimed at recovery stops and hospice care is initiated. Hospice care focuses on producing the best possible quality of life in the patient’s remaining time.

Different diseases and conditions each have their own guidelines for hospice admission. The most common of these diseases or conditions include ALS, cancer, dementia, heart disease, HIV, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and coma. Sometimes a patient does not “fit” into the guidelines but still has a life expectancy of six months or less and therefore may be eligible for hospice.

In order to be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be entitled to Part A of Medicare and certified as being terminally ill by a physician and having a prognosis of 6 months or less if the disease runs its normal course.
• Medicare covers hospice care costs through the Medicare Hospice Benefit. See Medicare For More Info

• Veterans' Administration (VA) benefits also cover hospice care. See Va.gov For More Info

• The coverage of hospice care by Medicaid is optional and varies by state. See Medicaid For More Info
Hospice services can be provided to a person who has a life-limiting illness wherever that person lives. This means a person living in a nursing facility or long-term care facility can receive specialized visits from hospice nurses, hospice aides, chaplains, social workers, and volunteers, in addition to other care and services provided by the nursing facility. The hospice and the nursing home will have a written agreement in place in order for the hospice to serve residents of the facility. The Medicare Hospice Benefit will cover the care related to your terminal illness, but it does not cover daily room and board charges of the facility. If you are eligible for Medicaid, Medicaid will cover room and board charges.

Service Areas in Ponchatoula and Across Tangipahoa Parish

Anvoi Hospice proudly serves patients and families across Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite, Independence, Tickfaw, Natalbany, and the surrounding Northshore communities, treating patients who were previously cared for at North Oaks, North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital, Hammond Nursing Home, Belle Maison and many more of our cherished local healthcare facilities. Wherever you call home, our local team brings comfort, clarity, and care directly to your doorstep.

Contact our hospice locations at Ponchatoula

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Our interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers, and other medical professionals are trained to provide physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support to patients and their families. We’ve helped countless individuals through difficult times.

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Thank you to all the staff at Anvoi for providing excellent care for my grandfather during his last days. He was treated with dignity and respect. Everyone at Anvoi was always available for our family.

– David V.

She was an angel taking care of my mother.

– Karen E.

Thank you for all your assistance throughout this course of Mom’s length of care. We were so fortunate to find you and will always be grateful for your care and guidance.

– Tim S.

The care you provided our mother, and our family will never be forgotten. We felt reassured and confident by your visits.

– Sherry B.

The caregivers and nursing staff at Anvoi Hospice provided my mother with the most generous, loving care and were always patient and attentive to her needs. Anvoi Hospice helped to make her transition peaceful and we are beyond thankful for their assistance during this last chapter of my mother's life.

– Brenda W.

Anvoi did an amazing job taking care of my mom, and the staff was very helpful in answering any questions our family had.

– Ryan D.

We cannot even begin to express our deepest gratitude for all the love and support you showed our Dad and our family. It meant so much that we could come to you with all of our concerns so that we could give our Dad the best care possible in his final days.

– Beth R.

We would highly recommend Anvoi Hospice. They are professional and caring while keeping the client's needs a priority. They also work with the family to do what is best for their loved one. This is one of the hardest phases for everyone and having Anvoi explain the process meant a lot.

– Angie W.

The knowledge & care Anvoi provided for us during such a difficult time was amazing. The staff & caregivers were patient and kind. I would recommend Anvoi to anyone needing services during such a hard time of life.

– Nancy C.