VITAS Is Your Hometown Hospice

VITAS Healthcare provides compassionate hospice care and educational support to patients and families who face the physical and psychosocial challenges of advanced illness.

Inspired by our guiding value of putting patients and their families first, our hospice teams provide a range of services to help Miami-Dade residents understand and address end-of-life challenges with confidence, competence and compassion:

• Goals-of-care conversations to help patients and families understand their diagnosis, prognosis and options for care
• Chaplain support to explore spiritual beliefs and end-of-life care
• Social worker support for maintaining hope while living with advanced illness
• Advance care planning, including personalized care plans based on patient/family wishes, values and preferences
• Completion of advance directives and legal documents (e.g., living will, medical power of attorney, DNR, Five Wishes)
• Grief and bereavement support for 13 months