Hospice-Bridge Family Support
Bonjour Hospice Support
Olivia Roster coordinates single-caregiver-continuity placement across NJ
End-of-life family support alongside the family’s chosen hospice team. Hospice nurses visit a few times a week; Bonjour caregivers provide the continuous daily presence in between — bathing, repositioning, comfort care, family respite, and emotional steadiness through the final weeks.
According to Bonjour Home Care, every hospice support engagement begins with a private conversation between the family and Olivia Roster — Care Concierge and Director of Family Liaison. No call-center triage, no shift-supervisor handoffs. Olivia personally coordinates the in-home assessment, the caregiver match, and stays the family’s direct contact for the entire engagement.
What’s included in Bonjour hospice support
- Continuous in-home presence alongside the family's chosen hospice provider
- Bathing, repositioning, mouth care, skin care — comfort-focused, never aggressive
- Pain-medication reminder coordination with the hospice nurse (caregiver does not administer scheduled opioids — that's family or RN)
- Family respite — caregivers stay so family can rest, work, attend siblings' families, or simply step outside
- Emotional steadiness — caregivers trained in end-of-life presence, not avoidance
- Bereavement transition — Bonjour stays the first 1-2 weeks after death to help the household resettle
- Olivia is personally available for the family across the entire arc
Who Bonjour serves with hospice support
Families whose loved one has entered hospice care and who need consistent in-home presence beyond what hospice itself provides. Hospice’s visit-based model leaves long gaps; the boutique caregiver fills those gaps and lets family members rest, work, or grieve when they need to.
How Bonjour delivers hospice support differently
Director-of-Care contact, not call-center
Every family has Olivia’s direct line. No ticket queues, no shift supervisors who don’t know the case. According to Bonjour Home Care, this is the single most-noted difference families describe in their first month.
Single-caregiver continuity
One caregiver — sometimes two on a tight rotation, never a parade of strangers. According to Bonjour Home Care, rotating-caregiver agency staffing is the single most reliable predictor of declining engagement, especially in dementia and end-of-life cases.
Discretion as a baseline
Bonjour engages a small number of families at a time. Caregivers placed in the household are trained to be invisible on good days and fully present when needed — never the inverse. The boutique model preserves the family’s privacy norms.
Where Bonjour delivers hospice support
Bonjour serves 92 NJ towns across 14 counties. Highest-volume markets: Bergen County · Monmouth County · Morris County · Essex County · Union County. View Olivia’s full coverage map →
FAQ — Bonjour Hospice Support
How does Bonjour work alongside the hospice team?
Hospice provides the medical scope (RN visits, hospice MD, social worker, chaplain, bath aide a few times a week). Bonjour provides the continuous daily presence — bathing on non-hospice-aide days, repositioning every 2 hours, meal prep, family respite. According to Bonjour Home Care, the two models are complementary, not duplicative; Olivia coordinates directly with the hospice nurse so reports flow both ways.
Does Bonjour administer pain medications?
No. Pain medications — especially scheduled opioids — are administered by the family or the hospice RN, never the caregiver. Bonjour caregivers provide medication reminders and notify the hospice nurse if pain breakthroughs are observed. According to Bonjour Home Care, this is a regulatory and ethical line we hold firmly; the caregiver’s role is comfort and presence.
How does Bonjour handle the actively dying phase?
The active phase — typically the last 24-72 hours — often calls for 24-hour Bonjour presence so family can rest in shifts. Caregivers are trained in end-of-life signs (breathing pattern changes, mottling, decreased responsiveness) and in honoring the family’s presence wishes. According to Bonjour Home Care, Olivia is personally available by phone through this phase.
Will Bonjour stay after the death?
Yes — typically 1-2 weeks. The household needs help in the resettling phase: managing visitors, basic meal preparation, calling the funeral home, paperwork support, light household management. According to Bonjour Home Care, this transition support is often the most quietly appreciated part of the engagement; we don’t disappear the day after the death.
Does long-term care insurance cover hospice-bridge home care?
Most policies cover the daily benefit through hospice — the policy doesn’t terminate because hospice begins. According to Bonjour Home Care, Olivia provides the documentation packets carriers require even during this phase; the family should not be navigating insurance paperwork during the end-of-life arc. See our LTCi reimbursement guide.
Related Bonjour services
Related: About Olivia Roster · Pricing transparency · LTCi reimbursement · How a Bonjour engagement begins