Home health care can be a considerable and unexpected expense for many people, but there is some good news out there – you may not have to pay for it at all. Many insurance plans cover part of all of home health care services if the person receiving the care is considered to be “homebound” and requires a skilled service like therapy or skilled nursing.

Hospice care is specialized, comforting, end-of-life care that transitions from treating an illness to treating the symptoms. Its main benefit is a complete focus on making the patient as comfortable as possible.

James Nelson and Corey Langerud came to Ethos from two different backgrounds, but they share the same goal: Doing the most good for people in need.

At Ethos Hospice, the role social workers have in our care is essential to the experience our patients and their families have at the end of life.

Around Valentines Day every year, people are asked to share their affection with the charities they love by making online donations to one or more of the 550 charities involved in what is considered the “superbowl” of giving.

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