Hospice deals with patients and families facing very challenging situations and we are honored to be with them. Our patients and families deal with the challenges of daily life with dignity and hope. They surround the patient with both their care and their love. Families often talk to us about the blessings they receive in caring for their loved one.

This is our 22nd year of providing care to our patients and families and I am proud to report that during 2009, we have brought Hospice services to 937 patients and provided them with 48,400 days of care both in their home and at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence. Throughout our 22 years of service we have been continuously awed by the support we receive from Hospice families. The gratitude the families share with our staff and volunteers makes us all feel we are the ones who are blessed. Each and every year our largest group of donors is our Hospice families, their friends, and loved ones.

Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, Inc. continually evaluates its ability to improve on the care and service we give to our patients and families. Today our proudest achievement is the responses we get from the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey. Our service and staff are constantly rated as superior by the Hospice families. Many families add the most heartfelt postscripts to the survey in which they routinely describe our staff and volunteers as angels.