The Hospice House provides patients and families with the comforts of a home-like environment in our “Home-Away-From-Home.” The Hospice House is located at 312 E. Alta Vista in Ottumwa. (Same location as Hospice Offices).

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One of seven private patient bedrooms.

THREE LEVELS OF HOSPICE CARE:
Acute/General Inpatient
• Symptom Management that cannot be handled at home.
• Imminent death.
Respite
• Relief for in-home caregiver.
• Used in 5 day increments.
Residential
• Care not feasible at home.
• Does not meet the Hospice acute criteria.

Nursing and personal cares, most medication, and other medical costs are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most Private Insurance for Acute, Respite, and Residential levels.

Room and Board is charged for Residential level only and is paid by the patient/family.
A sliding-fee scale is available.

Families may stay with their loved one 24 hours a day without being responsible for nursing care.

The Hospice House Includes
Seven Private Patient Bedrooms
Family members are encouraged to spend as much time with their loved one as possible.
Three homelike family rooms
Two family kitchens
A Memory Room
After a loved one has died, the family will have the opportunity to hold a special memorial service and light a candle that will burn for twenty-four hours in memory of their loved one.
A Kid’s Play Room
Family Sleeping Room

One of three family rooms.

Click here to see more Hospice House rooms

The Hospice House provides Registered Nurses and Home Health Aides
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Hospice House Designated Donations Listing

Click here to see pictures of the Hospice House Open House on January 5, 2004

For more information regarding admission to Hospice or the Hospice House
please contact:

(641) 682-0684 or 1-800-806-4967