To provide comprehensive care and counseling to persons who are terminally ill and counseling to their families.

To provide comprehensive counseling and care to persons who are terminally ill and counseling to the families.

DELAWARE HOSPICE WAS FOUNDED IN 1982 AS DELAWARE'S FIRST, AND ONLY, NOT FOR PROFIT HOSPICE CARE PROVIDER. OUR MISSION, WHICH HAS NOT WAVERED OVER 31 YEARS, IS TO BE THE LEADER IN PROVIDING QUALITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES IN DELAWARE, AND TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR END OF LIFE CARE. DELAWARE HOSPICE IS THE LARGEST AND ONLY LICENSED, NONPROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPICE SERVING NEW CASTLE, KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES IN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 430 STAFF MEMBERS AND OVER 750 VOLUNTEERS PASSIONATELY LIVE THAT MISSION. IN ADDITION, DELAWARE HOSPICE OPERATES THE DELAWARE HOSPICE CENTER IN MILFORD, DE, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HOSPICE CARE. SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE DELAWARE HOSPICE CENTER INCLUDE ACCESS TO INPATIENT HOSPICE CARE, RESPITE CARE AND A VARIETY OF SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALL IN ONE LOCATION. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A HOSPICE PROGRAM (I.E., NURSING, PERSONAL CARE, SOCIAL WORKERS, GRIEF COUNSELORS, SPIRITUAL COUNSELORS AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT), DELAWARE HOSPICE GIVES BACK TO ITS COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF UNIQUE WAYS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROGRAMS PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT FROM GENEROUS DONATIONS TO DELAWARE HOSPICE. 1) COMMUNITY EDUCATION - A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS ARE DEDICATED TO EDUCATING PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. EXTENSIVE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. TOPICS INCLUDE: END OF LIFE CARE PLANNING, LIVING WELL WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS, SUPPORTING THE WORKING CAREGIVER, AND OTHER LIFE AFFIRMING EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.2) NEW HOPE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM - THIS COMPLETELY UNIQUE PROGRAM BRINGS LIFE TO CHILDREN STRUGGLING WITH LOSS. FOR OVER 20 YEARS, DELAWARE HOSPICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GRIEVING CHILDREN TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING AND EDUCATION CONDUCTED INDIVIDUALLY, IN GROUPS, IN WORKSHOPS OR AT ONE OF TWO 4-DAY SUMMER CAMPS HELD STATEWIDE. COUNSELORS ALSO CONDUCT CONSULTATION WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES. CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT AND GRIEF COUNSELING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN OUR HOSPICE SERVICES, BUT ALSO TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEEDS THEM.3) THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER WAS CREATED IN 2008 TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CAREGIVERS AND THE BEREAVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AGAIN, PROGRAMS DRIVEN THROUGH THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS COPING WITH ILLNESS OR LOSS, NOT JUST FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN OUR HOSPICE SERVICES.4) TRANSITIONS PROGRAM - ESTABLISHED IN 2003, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES REGULAR COMMUNICATION, CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS.5) SINCE 1982, AS THE ONLY NON-PROFIT HOSPICE IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WE PROVIDE HOSPICE CARE IRRESPECTIVE OF REIMBURSEMENT IMPACTS, KEEPING A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT PROVIDES OPTIMAL CARE TO THE PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILIES LEADING TO, DURING AND AFTER AN EPISODE OF CARE. THIS IS UNIQUE TO DELAWARE HOSPICE--NO ONE ELSE PROVIDES A COMPARABLE BREADTH OF SERVICE.6)TOTAL PATIENT DAYS ARE 108,122 WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS OF 296 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014. DELAWARE HOSPICE DOES NOT BILL PATIENTS FOR ANYTHING AND OFFERS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AT LITTLE OR NO COST.