Hospice & Community Care

The mission of Hospice & Community Care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to our community when needed most. Our vision for the future is to remain the area’s first and best choice in the services that we provide. Our shared values of integrity, stewardship, compassion, quality, teamwork, and innovation guide our organization. Hospice & Community Care provides comprehensive management of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients. The goal of care is to achieve the best possible quality of life through relief of suffering, control of symptoms and restoration of functional capacity. Hospice Care can be provided in the setting that is most suitable for the needs of each patient and family. Commitment to Excellence Hospice & Community Care is accredited by Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for compliance with a comprehensive set of standards. ACHC is a third-party accreditation organization that has developed the highest national standards that providers are measured against in order to illustrate their ability to effectively and efficiently deliver quality healthcare products and services to consumers.

Hospice is a philosophy of care for people faced with a life-limiting illness. It is designed to provide comfort care while ensuring respect for quality of life. It supports patients with pain and symptom management needs who have chosen comfort rather than curative care. Hospice serves the patient and family together, caring for their physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs. At Hospice & Community Care, everyone in the organization works from the same belief: patients and families come first. We offer 24-hour support. Our nurses are available at all times, including weekends and holidays. Our patients receive individualized care plans to ensure their needs—physical, emotional, spiritual—and those of their families are always being met. Additionally, we offer care in our Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House – the only free-standing, inpatient hospice house in a 30 mile radius. Our care does not end at the patient’s death. Our team of experts offer family members and caregivers bereavement and grief support for up to 13 months following the death.