VITAS Healthcare is a hospice provider dedicated to offering compassionate care for individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Their focus is on ensuring comfort and dignity during the end-of-life stage, prioritizing the needs of the patient rather than the disease. The company assembles a team of hospice professionals, including physicians, nurses, hospice aides, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers, to address physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Care can be provided wherever the patient calls home, such as private residences, assisted living, or nursing homes. In cases of severe symptoms, VITAS offers Intensive Comfort Care with 24-hour continuous care until symptoms are managed. They also provide inpatient hospice beds and units in local hospitals for cases that cannot be managed at home. While some reviews highlight positive experiences with knowledgeable, caring staff who made the final days peaceful and comfortable, others mention disruptions due to staff reassignments and schedule changes that impact routines. Overall, the team is recognized for their professionalism, kindness, and thorough support during difficult times, with many appreciating the compassionate approach of nurses, aides, social workers, and other team members.
Used Vitas for both my Mom and Dad. We had a great experience from the whole team. Thank you!
August 2020
Vitas has very loving and caring workers. The dear people try to bring calm to the family who is in need.
May 2020
We signed up with Vitas for months ago and they have exceeded our expectations each and every opportunity. Everyone from the top of Dr. Harold Orr, to the RNs, The chaplain and the social worker to the caregivers and even the equipment people everyone was stellar... But Dr. Harold Orr was perfect... Stellar
