Welcome to LIEM Hospice
We are committed to clinical excellence, compassionate care, and extraordinary hospice service.
Our approach
We are a group of caring professionals dedicated to providing physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional comfort to patients and their loved ones. Hospice is not a place, but rather a philosophy of care. LIEM Hospice aims to bring dignity and comfort home through compassionate end-of-life care. Our team can connect to see how we can support your needs. We are available via phone, or in-person.
You’ll be in your safe space to relax
Your individualized care will take place wherever you call home.
Come Visit Us
3089 N. Lima Street Ste A, CA 91504
Our office is conveniently located in Burbank. Can’t make it into the office? No worries – we’ll meet you where it’s convenient.
Meet Our Team
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Letty Aldaba
Administrator
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Dr. Shirzad
Medical Director
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Adria Loertscher
Director of Patient Care Services
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Coming Soon
Admissions Coordinator
Hospice Care Myths & Facts
Myth | Hospice is a place.
Those who choose hospice services near the end of life do not “go into” hospice, but receive services where they live. This could be a private residence, assisted living community or nursing home. Some hospitals have hospice beds; however, the intention of hospice is to deliver hospice services to the patient wherever he/she calls home.
Myth | Hospice speeds up the process of dying.
The goal of hospice care is to provide patients with the best quality of life possible during their final months, weeks and days. Contrary to the common misconception, studies have shown that patients receiving care and support from a hospice program often live longer than expected.
Ultimately, hospice care is all about comfort care. LIEM Hospice aims to help our patients and their families enjoy the time they have together by providing end-of-life care with compassion, dignity, and respect.
Myth | Hospice means giving up hope.
Hospice helps redefine hope for patients and their loved ones. It offers hope that a secure, familiar environment can be provided; hope for freedom from fear of isolation, abandonment, loneliness, loss of control and physical pain; and hope that the family will be nurtured and supported through grief and bereavement services during their loved one’s end of life journey and after their death. Hospice is not giving up. It is choosing to live the rest of your life the way you want to live it, with quality!
Myth | Hospice and palliative care are the same.
Palliative care provides symptom and pain management for patients with chronic or advanced illness. Palliative care may begin at the time of diagnosis and be provided while the patient pursues curative treatment. In contrast, hospice services include palliative care plus emotional and spiritual support, creative art therapy, and more. Hospice services may only be provided if the patient decides to stop seeking curative treatment for their advanced illness and has a prognosis of less than six months.
Myth | Hospice care is expensive.
Hospice services are fully covered under Medicare/Medi-cal. This includes nursing care as well as medication and equipment related to the patient’s life-limiting diagnosis. Many private insurance companies may cover hospice with no out-of-pocket expenses to the patient which is confirmed upon checking eligibility. However, medications, deductibles, and co-pays not related to the terminal illness are usually the patient’s responsibility. The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs covers hospice care for veterans.
To qualify for the hospice care benefit, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medi-cal requires that the patient:
Is certified by a doctor to be terminally ill and expected to live six months or less
Accepts palliative care instead of curative treatment
Signs a statement that selects hospice care in place of other Medicare-covered benefits to treat the terminal illness