What is Hospice Care?

Hospice care is family focused, physician-directed care for persons with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Hospice of East Texas specializes in medical, emotional and spiritual care for persons with life expectancies of six months or less.

Life-limiting illnesses require many decisions about what to do.  There is one decision that will seem easier than all the others – contacting The Hospice of East Texas.  A non-profit agency, we have been caring for our friends and neighbors in East Texas since 1982. 

Hospice of East Texas Philosophy
As Hospice of East Texas, we care for people in all stages of their life. We believe in the dignity of each person and the value of each human life. Hospice exists not to postpone death but to help the patient and family to live as fully as possible. Death is not denied but accepted, and life is affirmed and lived more fully as a result.

Whether accompanied by disease or not, death is a universal fact of life and dying is a natural process. We believe that every person is entitled to participate fully in every part of life in order to prepare for death in a way that is personally satisfactory. We believe that we all depend on one another. Therefore, it is crucial particularly in the last few months of life to develop a caring community that can provide services to patients and their families.

Where do we serve?
Hospice of East Texas serves the following counties:

• Anderson
• Cherokee
• Gregg
• Harrison
• Henderson
• Marion
• Panola
• Rains
• Rusk
• Smith
• Upshur
• Van Zandt
• Wood

We do accept patients who reside slightly outside these counties.

Most Hospice of East Texas patients prefer to be at home during this time. Patients who live in nursing facilities receive the same care that home patients receive: patients may be eligible be admitted to Hospice Inpatient Facility with 24-hour care.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We're here to help.