What is the difference between Hospice Foundation and Hospice of the Central Coast?
ospice Foundation is an independent, non-profit fundraising and grant-making organization. Hospice of the Central Coast is a home-based hospice care service that is owned and operated by Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Hospice Foundation is not a provider of hospice care. Our mission is to support, through our grant-making program, the care and services. It does this by raising funds in the community throughout the year and receiving donations in the form of memorial gifts, bequests or in response to various direct mail appeals. These funds then become the source of the grants given each year to a number of local hospice care providers and other organizations providing end-of-life care services, such as bereavement counseling. This years grant recipients.


Are there other hospice care providers in Monterey and San Benito counties? It seems confusing.
es, it can be confusing. In Monterey and San Benito counties, there are several and they all use the word “hospice” in their names.

   CHOMP’s program, Hospice of the Central Coast, was acquired by CHOMP in 1997 and is now incorporated into its hospital system of services.

   Central Coast Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, Inc. added its hospice services in 1998. As the oldest home health care agency in the region, the addition of its hospice service now enables the organization to be a full-service provider of care.

   Hospice Caring Project is based in Aptos but provides most of the hospice care services the northern Monterey County communities of Aromas, Pajaro, and Los Lomas.

   Heartland Hospice is another provider of care in the region, with offices and staffs serving Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties.

All of these organizations are Medicare-certified, which means that they can provide services under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. They all have professional staffs and trained volunteers. The first three are non-profits and, as such, are eligible to apply for grants from Hospice Foundation.


Which organization owns Westland House?
ommunity Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula purchased Westland House (formerly called Hospice House) July 1, 1997 as part of its acquisition of Hospice of the Central Coast. See History


Can I give a donation to support Westland House through Hospice Foundation?
es. However, please keep in mind that Westland House is also a post-surgical recovery facility so if your intention is to support hospice services there, let us know that you would like to restrict your donation for hospice care only at Westland House. Hospice Foundation will ensure your intentions.


Can I support other organizations through Hospice Foundation?
es.  Simply let us know that you would like to restrict your gift for that organization, or that special program you have in mind.  Hospice Foundation will ensure your intentions.


If that is the case, then why would I give a donation through Hospice Foundation instead of directly to the organization?
nd-of-life care touches us all at some time.  And, every family facing the challenges of life-threatening illness, caregiving or loss has a multitude of needs--emotional, physical, practical, spiritual.   No one service can do it all.  It takes a network of caring, compassionate services to help families through their intense ordeal.  Hospice Foundation understands this and, as a donor, you do too.   With your support, you join other like-minded people in your community who understand that comfort and care at the end of life is vitally important to quality of life, for the patient and for his or her family.  To achieve this, services may be coming from one provider or more, depending upon the family's needs.  Your donation to Hospice Foundation can certainly be targeted to support just one—your favorite—or it can become part of the grants that fund many other end-of-life care specialties as well--all working to create a network of compassionate care in your community. Through Hospice Foundation, you have that option. So, either way you choose to participate, you are supporting community needs for comfort and care at the end of life.

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