$900,000 - Hospice care for adults, bereavement support and volunteer services, library resources

his funding provides ongoing support for Community Hospital's home–based hospice care program, Hospice of the Central Coast, which serves Monterey County and parts of San Benito County. It also helps fund inpatient hospice care services at Westland House in Monterey, California.  The cost to provide care for hospice programs is often far greater than what is received in payment from insurance and Medicare.  This grant helps close the gap between the two so that services remain available and of high quality.  It also funds services that are available to the public free of charge through the Community Health and Hospice Resource Center at Ryan Ranch in Monterey.  These include hospice educational materials, volunteer trainings, a pre-hospice program of volunteer support called Transitions, caregiver respite services, and bereavement support programs, including Griefbusters for children.

For more information, please call the Hospice Foundation at (831) 333-9023, or e-mail Alice Kinsler, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospice Foundation.