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Summa Health Hospice
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Community
- Health & Medicine
- Seniors
- Veterans & Military Families
Location
1077 Gorge BlvdAkron, OH 44310 United StatesWebsite:
http://www.summahealth.org
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Organization Information
Mission Statement
To provide uncompromising quality care to terminally ill persons and those who love and care for them. Supportive services are delivered through cost-effective means promoting comfort, dignity, and the opportunity to live each day to the fullest."
Description
Summa Health Hospice is committed to treating the person and not the disease, focusing on quality-of-life issues affecting the patient's entire family. We use the combined knowledge and skills of a team of specially trained professionals that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, home health aides, spiritual caregivers and VOLUNTEERS. Hospice provides care and support to patients and their families in the comfort of their own home. While traditional medical care is designed to cure illness, the focus of hospice care is more comfort-oriented. Hospice neither hastens nor prolongs dying, viewing it as a natural process -- emphasizing quality of life, rather than length of life.
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(2018-12-29 19:40:20.0)
My father was in Akron Summa's hospice for 9 days until he passed on July 31, 2018. We were so grateful to the calm and compassionate volunteer who presented my dad with a pin, said a veteran's blessing and listened to his military story as told by my mom. Most of my family was present for the short but deeply meaningful and moving ceremony. We remain eternally grateful.
(2015-12-02 11:31:49.0)
Working with people will be a great experience
(2014-10-21 13:41:02.0)
Hospice is really a beautiful concept. And the volunteers and those that work with them really care for the patients. It's a great opportunity to be a part of someone's journey in life.