Dementia Care
Support for Living with Alzheimer’s Dementia
Living with dementia can place an incredible burden on your patients, their family caregivers, and to professionals like you who these patients turn to for help. Centrica has been helping clinicians and patients navigate a progressive memory diagnosis for over 40 years. We’re here to help you support these complex patients and provide better support for their needs as their diagnoses progress.
Why Refer Your Patients Living with Dementia to Centrica?
The Centrica hospice and palliative care teams focus on comfort and dignity, addressing the unique needs of patients living with advanced dementia through symptom management and compassionate care.
Centrica’s palliative care consultations can help codify wishes for future care while the disease is still in its early stages, saving family caregivers the anguish of not knowing what their loved ones would have wanted in the future.
Our interdisciplinary team effectively manages pain, agitation, difficulty swallowing and other symptoms often experienced by dementia patients.
Our skilled professionals provide personalized care plans tailored to the cognitive, emotional and physical needs of people living with dementia.
The Centrica hospice team offers caregiver education, respite care and emotional support, reducing the burden on families and enhancing their ability to care for their loved ones.
Access to medical professionals at any time ensures timely interventions and peace of mind for both caregivers and referring clinicians.
Hospice Eligibility for Dementia Patients
Eligibility is based on documented evidence of advanced dementia, including:
- Stage 7 or beyond according to the Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST)
- Unable to ambulate, dress or bathe without assistance
- Intermittent or constant incontinence
- Lack of consistently meaningful verbal communication (e.g., stereotypical phrases only or approximately six or fewer intelligible words per day)
- Additionally, the patient must have had one of the following within the past 12 months: Aspiration pneumonia; pyelonephritis; septicemia; decubitus ulcers, multiple, stage 3-4; fever, recurrent after antibiotics; inability to maintain sufficient fluid and calorie intake with 10% weight loss during the previous six months or serum albumin < 2.5 gm/dl
Timely Referrals Matter
Early referrals allow patients to fully benefit from hospice and palliative services, maximizing quality of life for the patient and family caregivers while minimizing unnecessary hospitalizations.
Professional Benefits of Referral
Streamlined Transitions of Care: Centrica collaborates seamlessly with your team to ensure continuity of care, and if you prefer, we can ensure you follow the patient as the attending physician throughout their hospice service.
Enhanced Patient Outcomes: Studies show that timely hospice care results in fewer hospitalizations, improved symptom control, and greater patient and family satisfaction.
Expert Partner in Dementia Care: Partnering with Centrica gives you access to specialized resources and expertise to support even your most complex cases.
Dedicated Liaison Services: We provide ongoing updates and clear communication to keep you informed of your patients’ care and progress.
Ready to Refer?
Connect with Centrica to discuss your patient’s needs or to learn more about how hospice and palliative care can transform care for individuals living with dementia.
