At VITAS we care for patients with an interdisciplinary team comprising a nurse, physician, aide, social worker and chaplain. Other clinical professionals, from a music therapist to trained volunteer, may work with the team to help meet the emotional and spiritual needs of the patient and their family. Our teams design personalized care plans to ensure comfort, dignity and quality of life.
Most of the time, hospice care is brought to the patient at home, since home is where most seriously ill people want to be: in familiar surroundings with familiar routines and familiar faces.
Your VITAS hospice team members visit you whenever you call home throughout 13 counties in Missouri, from Jefferson to Clinton to Montgomery.
VITAS has offices in St. Louis, Festus and just across the river in Fairview Heights, Illinois. But VITAS hospice care is wherever you need it. The map below indicates our general service area.
“Thank you for an amazing experience with my father during his last days. He had a beautiful death. [The physician] took very good care of my father. He is an amazing person. He was very personable and spent time with me helping me to understand the process we were embarking on. And thank you so much to Lee Ann who was dad's nurse and was there with us on the day of his passing. She allowed us to have our time with Dad and respected our wishes in taking longer because we wanted the prayers and blessings of a priest before he left the house.”
“Where patients come first and staff go above and beyond to ensure that every need is met! Hospice care provided in your personal home or at a nursing facility.”