Why Choose Hospice

Top 5 Reasons to Choose Hospice

1

Pain Relief

When a patient reaches the end stages of an illness, hospice offers palliative care to help control pain and reduce anxiety. We improve quality of life and time spent with loved ones.
2

Emotional and Spiritual Support

Hospice provides emotional and spiritual support to patients and families, including grief and bereavement resources. You and your loved ones don’t have to face these challenges alone.
3

Medical Care Management

Hospice manages medical care, in-home visits from care providers, acquiring medical supplies, and end-of-life planning.
4

Respect for the Patient and Family Wishes

Every family is on a different journey, and we acknowledge and respect your decisions and plans. Our goal is to make this difficult time as easy as possible.
5

Quality Time

We improve quality of life by relieving patients and their loved ones of much of the stress that comes with providing end-of-life care. Families can focus on being together and sharing memories.

News - Click here for more info

PBS Frontline Film "Being Mortal" to be shown

November is National Hospice Month so to bring awareness and education to the community, Hudson Valley Hospice will open its doors to the public for a special showing of the PBS Frontline film, Being Mortal, featuring Atul Gawande.

View Full Story
Dr. Maggie Carpenter Certified as Hospice Medical Director

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Maggie Carpenter was recently granted the Hospice Medical Director Certified credential

View Full Story
End of Life Doula Program

Just as a birth doula may bring greater comfort and deeper meaning to the process of labor and delivery, our end-of-life doulas offer the same for the process of dying.

View Full Story