RESIDENTS
AND FAQs
Residents
at Journey
Home are
referred to
us by one of
2 agencies:
Visiting
Nurse
Service or
Lifetime
Care
(formerly
known as
GRHC).
Each
prospective
resident
must have
a terminal
diagnosis of
three months
or less and
is then
interviewed
by our
medical
staff to
make sure
that Journey
Home is a
good match
and an
appropriate
placement.
Considerations
include but
are not
limited to
geographic
location (we
are located
in Greece, a
west side
suburb of
Rochester),
current
medical
condition
and ability
of family to
provide
support in
the current
situation.
Ability to
pay and
religious
affiliation
are never
considerations.
In just over
6 years,
Journey Home
has been
privileged
to serve
more than
185
residents
and their
families.
Ages have
ranged from
late
twenties to
mid nineties
and our
residents
have been
from various
Christian
denominations,
from the
Jewish
tradition
and of
no faith at
all. Below
are some
frequently
asked
questions
regarding
Journey Home
and comfort
care for the
dying in
general.
WHAT'S
JOURNEY
HOME ALL
ABOUT?
Journey
Home in
general
offers
care to a
person who
is
considered
to be
nearing
death.
Care is
also given
to the
resident's
family as
they go
through
the
grieving
process.
We address
the
physical,
emotional
and
spiritual
aspects of
a person's
dying
process.
We
maintain
comfort
for the
individual
while
allowing
the body
to
continue
with its
normal and
natural
progression
toward the
end of
life. It
values
living
until the
day one
dies.
WHERE
DOES THE
CARE TAKE
PLACE?
Journey
Home is
located at
994 Long
Pond Road
in the
town of
Greece and
as such is
the only
home for
the dying
on the
West side
of Monroe
County.
WHAT
IS A COMFORT
CARE
HOME/HOME
FOR THE
DYING?
A
comfort care
home/home
for the
dying is
usually a
two bedroom
home,
located
anywhere in
a community.
It is there
that
services are
provided for
residents.
Each person
who comes to
the home has
to be
involved
with a
hospice
certified
agency.
WHAT
SPECIFIC
SERVICES
ARE
PROVIDED?
Residents
are
allowed to
be as
independent
as their
circumstances
warrant
but are
also
helped
with daily
living
activities
as they
are
needed.
Those
activities
include,
among
other
things,
help with
feeding,
toileting,
bathing,
dressing
and
helping
with
medication,
similar to
what would
be offered
at home.
Services
are
offered
twenty
four hours
a day,
seven days
a week.
WHO
PERFORMS THE
SERVICES?
Nursing
staff,
personal
physicians,
agency
nurses and
the medical
director are
the
professionals
involved.
Trained
volunteers,
under the
supervision
of the
nursing
staff and in
conjunction
with the
medical
director,
work in
shifts,
usually of 4
hours,
performing
all of the
gentle care
needed.
WHO PAYS
FOR THESE
SERVICES?
In
comfort
care
facilities/homes
for the
dying
specifically,
there is
no charge
to the
residents
for
services
nor do we
receive
any third
party
insurance
reimbursements.
This is
possible
because
of the
generosity
of our
benefactors,
memorial
contributions
and an
army of
dedicated
volunteers.
IS THERE A
WAITING
LIST?
There
is, at
times, a
waiting
list and
individual
circumstances,
including
a
screening
interview,
will
dictate
final
acceptance
into one
of the
homes. The
interview
insures
that the
prospective
resident
is
appropriate
for the
home and
vice
versa.
Highest
priority
is given
to those
in
greatest
need or
those
without
family
caregivers.
WHAT
ABOUT PAIN
MANAGEMENT?
Pain
management
is a major
focus of
comfort
care. Using
a variety of
means, pain
is managed
and
controlled
under a
doctor's
supervision
and
guidance,
and with a
nurse on
call
continuously.
WHERE
ARE THESE
COMFORT CARE
FACILITIES/HOMES?
There
are eight
homes in
Rochester
and the
suburbs and
seven more
within a 100
mile radius.
WHAT
ARE THE
ROCHESTER
AREA HOMES?
ADVENT
HOUSE in
Fairport
BENINCASA in
Mendon
ISAIAH HOUSE
on Prince
Street,
Rochester
JOURNEY
HOME in
Greece
MT. CARMEL
HOUSE on
Planet
Street,
Rochester
SHEPHERD
HOME in
Penfield
SUNSET HOUSE
in
Irondequoit
WEBSTER
COMFORT CARE
HOME on Holt
Road
HOW
DOES A
PERSON GET
INTO A HOME?
A
referral is
made by a
doctor or
social
worker
through a
health care
agency such
as Visiting
Nurse
Service or
Lifetime
Care
(Genesee
Region
Hospice).
Referrals
are made
when the
person is
determined
to be within
three months
of death.
Families
should be
involved and
consulted at
each step of
the process.
Criteria
such as
location,
family
support,
diagnosis
and
prognosis,
critical
care needs
and
emotional
status of
the person
all enter
into the
final
determination.
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