Division of Nursing

Division of Nursing

Nursing Unit

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Hospice/Extend-A-Care

Home Care delivers

nursing, rehabilitative, psycho-social, and personal care to patients in

their own environments.  The Home Care Agency is Medicare certified,

accredited by the Joint Commission, and licensed in 25 counties in western

and central North Dakota.

Hospice delivers multi-disciplinary care to patients with a terminal

illness, providing comfort, not curative care to their patients while

promoting quality of life and dying with dignity in an environment of their

choice.  Hospice is Medicare certified, JCAHO accredited, and licensed in 26

counties of North Dakota.  

Extend-A-Care provides maintenance nursing or therapy, personal care,

homemaking and companion services on a private pay basis.

The predominate patient populations served are adult and geriatric

patients.  Infrequently, infants, children or adolescents may be served. 

The predominate diagnostic groups served include those with heart disease,

lung disease, diabetes, orthopaedic problems, neurologic problems,

musculoskeletal problems, skin integrity problems, cancer, dementia and

functional disabilities due to general medical conditions.

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