End of Life Care at Home, With a Nurse Beside Your Family

It works with hospice, it never replaces it. Hospice sets the plan of care, provides the medications and equipment, and visits on a schedule. Prata Health provides the experienced registered nurse who is present in the home between those visits, carrying out the hospice plan, managing comfort moment to moment, and knowing when to call the hospice team. Think of us as private, continuous presence layered onto the hospice framework, not a separate or competing service.

Palliative care is comfort-focused care that relieves pain and symptoms and improves quality of life. It can be provided at any stage of a serious illness, alongside other treatment. Hospice is palliative care specifically for the final phase of life, once curative treatment has stopped. Our end of life care at home delivers hands-on palliative comfort in support of your hospice team, so your loved one stays comfortable and at home.

Yes. One of the main reasons families call us is that hospice visits, by design, leave long stretches uncovered, and the nights are often the hardest. We provide overnight and extended-hours presence so a comfort medication is never late, a frightening change is never faced alone, and the rest of the household can sleep. The level of presence is built around what your family needs and can scale up as the situation changes.

Every Prata Health client is led by a registered nurse, not a non-clinical sitter. That means the person at the bedside can assess symptoms, safely manage comfort medications under the hospice plan, recognize the changes of the final days, and explain them to you calmly. Our team also carries added credentials including a registered dietitian, a pharmacist, and a nurse educator. A caregiver can keep someone company. A nurse keeps them comfortable.

Cost depends on the level of presence your family needs, which can range from a few extended-hours shifts a week to continuous around-the-clock nursing. We do not publish a single rate because no two families need the same scope, especially as the situation changes. After a gentle consultation we give you a clear, honest picture of what the care would involve and what it would cost, with no surprises at a time you do not need any.

No. We shape the engagement around what these days actually ask, not a fixed contract. Some families need a nurse for a single intensive stretch; others want presence over weeks or months. We can scale the hours up as needs change and stay with you through the journey. We will talk through the right structure during your consultation and adjust as often as your family needs.