Meet Housecall Providers and Advanced Illness Care

The Advanced Illness Care program

The Advanced Illness Care program helps those who are diagnosed with a serious illness. It offers specialized care to help relieve the symptoms and stress of a serious illness.

If you qualify, Housecall Providers can support you over the phone or in your home. There is no charge for eligible patients.

If you decide to use this service, staff will work closely with you and your other health care providers. They will focus on what is most important to you. Their goal is to help you live as well as possible with your illness to improve the quality of your life.

The Advanced Illness Care team

The team includes:

• Nurses
• Social workers
• Community health workers
• Spiritual counselor

Support offered

Pain and symptom management

Expert answers about your illness, medicines and treatment options

Counseling and emotional support

Communication with your primary care provider (PCP) and specialists

Care to help you avoid emergency room visits

Other resources to support you and your care

Extra support for advanced illness

The Housecall Providers Advanced Illness Care program offers an extra layer of support for you and your caregivers.
It will help you live as well as possible with your illness.

Examples of advanced illness:

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Liver or kidney disease
• Lung conditions such as COPD
• Neurological diseases (affecting the nervous system) such as Parkinson’s or ALS
• Immune diseases such as HIV/AIDS
  

For more information

Providers can refer members to the program using the referral form or call Housecall Providers Advanced Illness Care at 541-566-7004.

Download this Advanced Illness information as a PDF.