
Advanced
Cardiac Care

Tidewell’s Advanced Cardiac Care provides individualized care plans including:
- Regular visits from a specially-trained nurse. The nurse will work with you and your hospice care team to control cardiac symptoms at home
- Specially-designed cardiac education
- Oversight from a hospice and palliative care physician
- Medications prescribed to control symptoms
- Additional support from Tidewell's social workers, nursing assistants, chaplains, grief counselors, and, if requested, a volunteer

Signs it is time to call Tidewell Hospice about end-stage heart failure:
- Swelling in the arms/legs or abdomen
- Recurrent congestive heart failure at rest
- Difficulty breathing at rest resulting in decreased activity
- Recurrent hospitalizations or ER visits due to worsening symptoms
- Other health issues such as kidney disease, lung disease or dementia
For more information on how Tidewell Hospice can help those with heart failure call us.