Doey’s House
Advanced Inpatient Care in a Homelike Setting
Doey’s House is an advanced care center designed uniquely for hospice patients and their families, so that they can have a comforting setting when pain and symptoms need to be managed within a medical environment. During this intense phase of symptom management, both patient and family will be comforted by an expert team of caring professionals in a setting that provides as much as possible many of the comforts of home.
The care providers at Doey’s House are a compassionate and skilled team of physicians, nurses, supportive counselors, social workers and volunteers who provide high quality care to support our patients’ physical, emotional and spiritual needs in a uniquely designed environment. The team specializes in the art and science of symptom management. In most cases symptoms can be managed appropriately in a brief timespan of several days, allowing patients to return quickly to the place they truly call home.
Doey’s House
11370 Caring Pathway Lane, Hagerstown, MD, 21742
Contact our care team to see if it's the right time for Hospice: (301) 791-6360.
Doey’s House Services:
General Inpatient Care
Sometimes severe pain or other symptoms require an advanced level of care that is more effectively provided during a short stay in an inpatient hospice facility to stabilize your loved one until they can return home. Often, a patient will meet our hospice team for the first time in the hospital setting. That patient may be taken to Doey’s House as a first-time hospice patient who immediately has general inpatient needs to manage pain and symptoms that are not able to be controlled in a lower setting of care.
Temporary Respite Care
Caregivers work hard to ensure patients receive the care they need. Under respite care, a terminally-ill loved one who is a hospice patient can have a temporary stay at Doey’s House for up to five days to allow the caregiver to get some much needed rest and time away from the rigorous demands of daily caregiving.
Transitional Residential Care
Doey’s House is not designed to be a residential facility where hospice patients can go to live. However, an essential function of Doey’s House is to serve the special circumstances in which a patient may need to stay at Doey’s House under Routine Home Care. At times a family may be working to transition a loved one from the hospital to home. With the support of Doey’s House and the hospice interdisciplinary team (IDT), the family will have the time and training to work toward the goal of making a successful transition to home.
Doey’s House, at a glance…
An alternative to a hospital admission for complex medical needs during end of life or while on hospice care.
State-of-the-art medical care as well as emotional and spiritual support in a home-like setting.
Serene spaces, including a Meditation Room, offering quiet time for reflection.
A family room, children’s play area and family kitchen to mimic the comforts of home.
Our interdisciplinary team of highly skilled medical providers work together to provide care to meet not only medical but also other needs of patients and families.
Meals on site for patients; An area for family members to prepare light meals and snacks in the family kitchen or to accept food deliveries.
Twelve private suites to accommodate patients’ needs as well as visiting families; suites include televisions, refrigerators, and sleeper sofas for overnight guests.
Individual patios where patients can enjoy nature by accessing the patio area while still in their beds. Patients also may enjoy a visit from their pets via the patio.
Doey’s House is named in honor of Doris Glessner.
Her son, Neal, along with the Hospice of Washington County Board of Directors inspired the support of the community to bring a hospice house to our community.
