Margaret Z. Dozier House and the First Commerce Center for Compassionate Care
Our hospice inpatient units provide tranquil, respectful, and homelike settings for patients and their loved ones. Inpatient hospice care is ordered by a physician. Our Hospice Care teams evaluate each patient and make recommendations based on individual conditions and levels of care needed.
Margaret Z. Dozier House
First Center for Compassionate Care
Margaret Z. Dozier House
First Center for Compassionate Care
Together, these units establish Big Bend Hospice as the only operator of inpatient hospice care across a region encompassing Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla counties.
What is the difference between Dozier House and FCCCC?
The Dozier House and FCCCC provide general inpatient care through medical and nursing treatments that manage end-of-life symptoms. Both locations also have access to our special programs that focus on a patient’s and their family’s needs. Additionally, Dozier House offers respite and routine levels of care while FCCCC does not.
What situations require inpatient hospice care?
Patients must require a higher level of care, directed toward pain or symptom control that cannot be feasibly provided in any other setting other than general inpatient care. Big Bend Hospice’s physicians follow Medicare guidelines to determine whether inpatient care is appropriate. GIP care is also appropriate when patients require frequent medication adjustments, observation, or other stabilizing treatment that cannot be done in the home setting.
How does inpatient care differ from hospital care?
While both hospice inpatient units and hospitals aim to provide comfort and medical support, Big Bend Hospice’s inpatient teams focus solely on managing pain and symptoms related to terminal illness — with a strong emphasis on comfort and quality of life. In contrast, hospitals prioritize treating or curing medical conditions.
Inpatient care is focused on creating a warm and familiar homelike atmosphere to allow families to focus on what matters most – time together. Our patient rooms allow family members to stay with their loved ones. We encourage our patients to bring items that make them feel at home.