$50,000, plus $50,000 match - Palliative care in the hospital's skilled nursing facilities

his grant continues to fund Hazel Hawkins' Palliative Care program for which Hospice Foundation provided seed funding in 2003. The ability to offer different kids of choices in end-of-life care is important to ensuring that people receive the most appropriate care based on their needs and desires.  Palliative care is an emerging  specialty in hospitals and other inpatient settings.  It combines pain and symptom management and emotional support with aggressive medical interventions, such as chemotherapy, that may still offer the patient hope for a cure. This grant funds Hazel Hawkins program so that there are a range of choices available for San Benito County residents.  The grant includes a match requirement in which Hazel Hawkins will also raise $50,000 in support of its palliative care program.  When the match is met, Hospice Foundation funds the additional $50,000.

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