What makes Julia Hospice & Palliative Care different?
Our Philosophy of Care
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Understanding the patient as the whole-person behind their illness
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Partnering with the patient and all their caregivers including other doctors to facilitate true team-based collaborative care
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Employ personalized "holistic care" that brings together both traditional and non-traditional treatments if it is beneficial to the patient's well-being.
Julia House
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A 19,000 square foot, 38 room,18-bed "state of the art" end-of-life care facility with family spaces, community spaces, and administrative offices.
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Located on 13.25 acres of serene, private, wooded land in the Town of McKean near the Interstate-79 interchange, and Interstate-90.
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The property is close to the geographic center of Erie County, providing easy access to all reaches of the county.
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Each of the 18 patient suites includes 300 square feet of living space, a private open wheelchair-accessible bathroom/shower facility, and a secure closet with a safe for personal belongings.
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Suites are large enough to accommodate family members or others to stay with their loved ones overnight.
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Family spaces include a lounge, dining room, kitchen, and bathroom with a shower facility.
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Community spaces include a multi-denominational chapel, music/media room, art/childcare room, exercise/activities room, and 1000 square foot two-story gathering space for community events.
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Besides the administrative offices of JHPC, the facility will house two patient care units with nursing stations, secure medication storage, a kitchen to prepare patient meals, and the region's only outpatient palliative care clinic.
Palliative Care Clinic
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More than 600 square feet of space including a comfortable waiting room with a receptionist, and three (3) examination/consultation rooms.
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The examination rooms will be equipped for "telemedicine" allowing patients to be seen in consultation or follow-up either in person or remotely from their homes using high-speed broadband internet services and high-resolution video conferencing at Julia House.