Hospice is not about giving up. It is about choosing comfort, dignity, and quality of life when the focus of care shifts from curing an illness to providing comfort and support.

Our hospice team - including nurses, hospice aides, social workers, chaplains, physicians, and volunteers - surrounds patients and their loved ones with compassionate, expert care wherever they call home.

We help manage pain and other symptoms, provide emotional and spiritual support, and walk alongside families through one of life's most meaningful journeys. Hospice is not the end of care, it is a different kind of care, one that focuses on the whole person and supports both patients and those who love them every step of the way.

Individuals facing a serious illness, with a prognosis of six months or less to live, typically qualify for hospice care. To receive hospice benefits through Medicare, patients must discontinue any medical treatments aimed at curing or managing their illness.

Although hospice offers many meaningful benefits, many individuals and families don't begin hospice care until the final weeks or days of life. Often, families tell us they wish they had reached out sooner.

Hospice can provide the greatest benefit when there is time to manage symptoms effectively, focus on what matters most, and create meaningful moments with loved ones. If your physician has shared that an illness is no longer responding to curative treatment, it may be the right time to ask whether hospice is the next step.

Starting the conversation early gives you and your family more opportunities to receive the comfort, support, education, and compassionate care that hospice provides

Depending on your loved one's individualized plan of care, certain medications may or may not be continued. Our interdisciplinary hospice team, including our medical director, carefully evaluates each medication to determine whether it continues to provide meaningful benefit as your loved one's condition changes. Our goal is to ensure that every treatment supports comfort, quality of life, and the patient's current care goals.