Nursing, physician oversight, therapies, medical equipment, and family support — all delivered wherever your loved one calls home.
A physician provides clinical oversight of every hospice plan of care, while a dedicated RN case manager manages pain and symptom control, educates family caregivers, and adjusts the plan as needs change. Case Managers are required by Medicare to visit each patient at least once every 14 days — Open Arms visits twice weekly or more, as needed.
A hospice aide (CNA) provides hands-on personal care — bathing, dressing, mobility, and light housekeeping — as part of the interdisciplinary care plan, easing the physical burden on family caregivers.
Our medical social workers address the emotional and financial needs that come with a terminal diagnosis — insurance and Medicare/Medicaid navigation, community resources, and counseling support for the whole family.
A pastoral care counselor provides spiritual support tailored to each patient and family's own beliefs, helping address unfinished conversations and spiritual needs before and after a loss.
Volunteers help with a wide range of activities of daily living and provide companionship — a visit, a conversation, a familiar face — that eases the emotional weight of hospice care for patients and the family caregivers around them.
As a patient's needs change, our team offers nutritional counseling focused on comfort and quality of life rather than restrictive diets — helping families understand appetite changes and what to expect.
Physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy help maintain comfort, mobility, and communication. We also offer music therapy, pet therapy, and massage therapy as comfort-focused, non-pharmacological additions to the care plan.
We coordinate and cover medical equipment and supplies related to the terminal diagnosis — oxygen, hospital beds, wheelchairs — along with pharmaceutical-grade pain medication management and certified wound care plans.
During a period of acute symptom crisis, our care team can provide continuous nursing care in the home around the clock, avoiding an unnecessary hospital admission whenever it is safe to do so.
Respite care moves a patient temporarily into a contracted inpatient facility for up to five days, giving family caregivers time to rest, travel, or handle other responsibilities — a Medicare hospice benefit.
For symptoms that cannot be controlled in the home setting, we coordinate short-term acute inpatient hospice care until the patient is stable enough to return home.
Our support does not end when a patient passes. Medicare requires hospices to offer bereavement services; Open Arms stays in contact with families for 13 months or more, providing grief counseling and support resources.
Open Arms Hospice is committed to enabling the best possible quality of life, so patients can remain in the comfort of their own home or present place of residence. We carefully select every clinician on our team to deliver compassionate, dignity-driven care across Oakland, Washtenaw, Wayne, Livingston & Macomb Counties.
Our care addresses the body, mind, and spirit of the patient and the immediate family. Under the direction of the patient’s physician and our medical director, the team follows a personalized plan of physical, emotional, and spiritual care — continually reviewed and adapted to meet the patient’s changing needs.
Complements the attending physician’s care and supervises all clinical care, assuring continuity of hospice medical services and appropriate control of uncomfortable symptoms.
Visits as often as needed to ease pain and relieve symptoms, and teaches family caregivers how to care for the patient at home.
Provides personal care — bathing, changing linens, and helping with housework.
Helps the patient and family cope with the stresses of illness, assists with financial and insurance issues, and connects the family to community resources.
Advises and assists on spiritual issues, for patients and families of any faith.
Helps with a wide range of activities of daily living and offers companionship.
Ready to learn how these services apply to your family’s situation?