Center for Integrated Palliative Medicine Is an Outpatient Program for Patients Dealing with a Serious Illness
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Center for Integrated Palliative Hackensack Meridian Health Care Journey is a comprehensive palliative care Medicine program offered to patients in Monmouth and Ocean counties. This program has four components to address the needs of patients, no matter where they are receiving care within the Hackensack Brick Meridian Health network: hospital, nursing Ocean Medical Center Cancer Center 425 Jack Martin Boulevard and rehabilitation centers, home or at a Brick, NJ 08724 physician practice. Manahawkin Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation: Southern Ocean Medical Center 1140 Route 72 West, Suite 306A Our inpatient palliative care Manahawkin, NJ 08050 consultation program is offered at our network hospitals. Neptune HOPE Tower at Outpatient Palliative Care Consultation: Jersey Shore University Medical Center 19 Davis Avenue, 2nd Floor At our Hackensack Meridian Health Neptune, NJ 07753 Nursing & Rehabilitation facilities, a palliative care referral-based outpatient Red Bank Riverview Medical Center consultation program is offered. Jane Booker Building, 2nd Floor 1 Riverview Plaza Home-based Palliative Care Program Red Bank, NJ 07701 A home-based service that offers Phone: 732-268-8470 nursing, social work and spiritual visits Fax: 732-268-8459 for support of patients and their families. For more information about any of our other Palliative Care Programs, call 732-202-8071 Outpatient Practices or visit HMHCareJourney.org. Center for Integrated Palliative Medicine is an outpatient program for patients dealing with a serious illness. HMMG-0660-CIMP-bro_9.18-1M SPS About the Program Our Professional Staff We welcome you to our practice and look forward to accompanying you on your journey Our mission at the Center for Integrated Palliative We have a multidisciplinary team of experienced to a better quality of life. Medicine (CIPM), part of Hackensack Meridian professionals to support and coordinate the Health Medical Group, is to provide support, individual needs of our patients. The team symptom management, and encouragement for consists of: Team/Services individuals dealing with a serious illness. The CIPM Physicians The services provided at the CIPM practice team seeks to improve the quality of life for you and Nurse practitioners are appropriate at any age and at any stage your loved ones by offering a team approach to Nurses in a serious illness, from diagnosis moving dealing with the physical symptoms and emotional Social workers forward. Palliative care can benefit patients stress of a serious illness. Our outpatient practice Chaplains dealing with, but not limited to, cancer, heart makes available services that have typically been disease, lung disease, kidney failure, liver reserved for an inpatient setting in a hospital or Our Goals and Mission failure, stroke, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, rehabilitation facility. ALS and dementia. These are often illnesses To help manage and control symptoms accompanied by aggressive treatment options, The focus of our approach is not solely on the Pain, shortness of breath, difficulty frequent visits to the emergency room, patient. Our practice serves as a bridge linking sleeping, nausea, loss of appetite, etc. numerous medications, and a tremendous communication between you and your other health amount of stress. care providers. The CIPM team is accessible Offer resources and education for your family and caregivers for support and Insurance assistance, financial issues, home By adding palliative care to an individual’s care education. We create a comfortable environment care, support groups, transportation, etc. plan, the team can assist the patient with the where the varied needs of individuals can be navigation of the ever-changing and complicated successfully met. Provide emotional support health care system. Assist with feelings of anger, sadness, Our fully integrated care coordination program is frustration, fear, loneliness, etc. Referral/Insurance tailored to meet your individual needs and improve your quality of life. We take care in acknowledging Advance care planning Though we work closely with your other the different physical, psychological, social, spiritual Education and assistance with Advance physicians, CIPM does not require a physician and cultural needs of every patient. Directives, Living Will, POLST, etc. referral unless required by your insurance. We accept most major insurance plans. Encourage quality of life Advocacy, involvement, communication, education HMHCareJourney.org 732-268-8470 .