The Hospice of Acadiana, Inc. Mission is four-fold:

• To enable persons with life-threatening conditions to live as fully and comfortably as possible.
• To emphasize quality rather than length of life.
• To help people deal with grief.
• To become an educational resource in the areas of death, dying, terminal care, and related fields.

• Hospice care is home-based. We affirm the right of each person to spend one's final months or weeks in peace and comfort and to die with dignity at home.
  
  
• Hospice care is family-centered. The entire family, not just the patient, is considered the "unit of care." Patients and their families are included in the decision-making process, and bereavement counseling is offered to the family after the death of their loved one.
  
  
• Hospice stresses palliative care, as opposed to curative care. Under the direction of a team of physicians, we use sophisticated methods of pain control and symptom management that enable the patient to live as fully and comfortably as possible.
  
  
• Hospice emphasizes a holistic approach and treats the person, not just the disease. The interdisciplinary hospice team addresses the medical, emotional, psychological, social, financial, and spiritual needs of the patient.
  
  
• Hospice also emphasizes quality rather than length of life. Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death. It does, however, affirm life and regards death as a normal process. Our goal is to enhance the patient's quality of life in his or her final months, weeks, and days.