Haven Hospice

Caring for the Patient and Families ExperiencingA Life Threatening Illness

Haven Hospice is a program for patients and their families who are coping with a life-threatening illness. People turn to hospice care when curative treatment is no longer available or desirable. Services are personally designed to support each patient and family's unique needs, with an emphasis on offering individuals choice, dignity and respect.

Hospice care is provided by an experienced, interdisciplinary team led by a board-certified physician who supervises all medical care. Working with the patient and families to ensure the best course of treatment for patients, the team consists of:
  • Physicians with access to the latest medical treatments, advances in pain- and symptom-management, as well as drug therapies;
  • Registered Nurses who are specially skilled in caring for the terminally ill and are experts in symptom management.
  • Counselors who address a full range of psychosocial needs from diagnosis through bereavement;
  • Clergy who support all faiths;
  • Certified Nurses Aides who assist in providing gentle care;
  • Physical, Occupational, Speech and Nutritional Therapists; and
  • Trained Volunteers who provide support, companionship, and practical assistance to patients and families.
Hospice care can be provided in numerous settings. Inpatient Care services are available at JFK Medical Center in the Mary Anne Hale Pavilion, a home-like inpatient unit. The beautiful facility features five home-like private rooms, a library, meditation room, entertainment center, patio garden, nutritional center, and children's play therapy area. Hospice care is also provided in the comfort of the patient’s residence, long-term care facilities and assisted living facilities. Haven Hospice provides care in Middlesex, Union, and Somerset counties.

Support Services
The Haven Hospice Children's Program is uniquely focused to serve the emotional needs of children -- ages three to 21 -- who are preparing for or grieving the loss of a loved one. The Children's Program accomplishes its mission through a continuum of specialized services, led by an experienced and dedicated team of licensed professionals and specially trained volunteers. Programs include: Coping With Illness; the Children's Bereavement Program; "Hugs and Bugs," a yearly camp retreat; and the Children's Memorial Service.

Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance plans cover some portion of hospice care. Additionally, funds are available to patients without income or insurance. No one is denied services because of inability to pay. For addition information please call 732 321 7769 or visit us at www.havenhospicenj.org