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Connecticut Hospice Care

A distinguished nonprofit hospice provider since 1983, Regional Hospice walks alongside Connecticut patients and their loved ones enabling those in our care to focus on what matters: living fully when facing life-limiting illness. Patients of all ages―from babies to adults―in private homes, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in four Connecticut counties benefit from our services. Our Danbury Center for Comfort Care & Healing is the first residential hospice center of its kind in Connecticut, offering all the comforts and amenities of home to patients throughout Connecticut.

Regional Hospice allows you and your loved ones the ability to live fully while dealing with a life-limiting illness. Since 1983, our distinguished nonprofit hospice care provider has helped people across the state of Connecticut. Our services take care of people of all ages in private homes, assisted living spaces, and nursing facilities. We also offer our own Center for Comfort Care & Healing in Danbury, the first hospice center of its kind in Connecticut. We want to be here for anyone struggling with a terminal illness or otherwise crippling affliction.

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Home Hospice

Throughout Connecticut, we can provide hospice care at any residence, along with skilled nursing facilities and assisted living places.

Inpatient Hospice

Through our care facility in Danbury, CT, we offer private suites, gourmet food, and state-of-the-art therapy for our patients.

Pediatric Care

We offer guidance and grief support when dealing with terminally ill or deceased children with prenatal and pediatric hospice care.

Our Patients’ Stories

Beverly Dieringer

The qualities that she adored about White Ironstone China could also be said of her: she is strong, practical, and has a classical elegance.

A Very Special Visit

Victor Clarizio, visited Pegasus Therapeutic Riding, which was a day to remember for Victor and all the people who love and care for him. Read more about this meaningful day.

In Memoriam to Karl

Karl was an amazing individual who helped so many in the community. He was a tireless and unassuming advocate for the charitable causes he believed in.

Who We Are and Why We Serve Connecticut?

Since 1983, Regional Hospice has provided care choices for terminal patients and their families during the sacred end-of-life transition. Our Center for Comfort Care & Healing is the first hospice residence of its kind in Connecticut and is available to anyone in the U.S. Connecticut residents benefit from 24/7 clinical care in private suites with screened in balconies, wood furnishings and chef-prepared custom meals. The Center replicates the comforts of home, where loved ones can focus on quality time together.

End-of-life transition is a scary and difficult process to deal with. Since 1983, we have provided Connecticut families with a number of choices for them. Our Center for Comfort Care & Healing is available to anyone in the U.S. and is one of the finest hospice centers in the country. Connecticut residents will feel at home as it replicates the feeling of a comfortable home with balconies, wood furnishing, and custom meals prepared by our team of chefs. Loved ones can focus on quality time together while benefiting from 24/7 clinical care in private suites.

Why Choose the Regional Hospice Center

Serving four different counties in Connecticut, the Regional Hospice Center makes sure to cater its services to the client first. We provide high-quality hospice care services 24/7. That means we’re on call and available at all times, here for you or your loved ones whenever necessary.

We design customized healthcare plans for you or your loved one to follow with the help of our medical staff. These include physicians, social workers, chaplains, registered nurses, hospice care aides, and trained hospice volunteers. While this system is primarily designed for pain management and symptom control, we can also accommodate specialized services such as speech, physical and occupational therapy.

Compassion, Peace and Dignity
We treat all of our Connecticut patients with compassion, peace, and dignity. This is an emotionally draining process for everybody involved, and use symptom and pain management treatment to improve their quality of life.

Comfort Versus Curative

We want to be there for you when you or your loved ones are facing a sad, sometimes lonely experience. Hospice treatment should be considered for the direst of circumstances and you want to give the patient as good of an experience as they can have. This includes children suffering from a life-limiting illness or if there is a terminal prognosis of 6 months or less.

A Doctor’s Referral is Not Necessary
You can conveniently complete an online hospice referral through our website. There’s no need for a doctor’s guidance to go to hospice care. A hospital, clergy, family, friend or other home care agency can recommend a stay at our facility. We can admit any patient under a physician’s direction.

Hospice is Affordable
Hospice care is covered through Medicare, Medicaid, and several types of private health insurance. We make sure to keep prices reasonable to give Connecticut patients the love and care they deserve.

Home Hospice Care in Connecticut

We serve people in four different counties in Connecticut, and our mission is to provide the best home hospice care possible, wherever they reside.

Commonly Asked Questions:

Many diagnoses are considered: Alzheimer’s and related dementias, pulmonary and cardiac diseases, and cancer.
Hospice Care is a covered benefit under Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurances.
Special services like speech, physical and occupational therapy are available when needed.
Our support line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for symptom management; medications and equipment as well as emotional and spiritual support.

The volunteers we have can also bond with patients through music or integrative/complementary therapies, whenever possible. They’re also able to run errands for the patients and give the hardworking caretakers a break. With Regional Hospice, your plan may include hospice care inside of a nursing/assisted living facility. We are here to accommodate the patient in any living situation.

Inpatient Hospice Care

Of course, you or your loved ones don’t have to stay at home for our services. Our inpatient hospice care facility in Danbury, CT is one of the finest in the United States. A home away from home, the center supports their individuality as people while helping the patient as needed. We are a high-quality hospice care facility that puts the patient first in all aspects of hospice care.

The Center for Comfort Care and Healing offers:

12 private suites
A Multitude of Amenities
Accommodations for family overnight stays
Gourmet Meals
Emotional & volunteer support
24/7 Palliative-care-trained medical physicians and APRNs
Complementary therapies (massage, Reiki, music & Pet Partner program)

Chef Jonathan LeFebvre and his kitchen staff became beloved members of our family, and we want to extend those warm feelings to yours as well. His food provides comfort for everyone involved in what can be a difficult process.

Palliative Care for Fairfield County Residents

Our Palliative Home Care Program offers specialized medical care and treatments that allow people to live more comfortably with relief from the symptoms and pain of an advanced illness. Palliative Home Care offers:

Nursing care to meet a skilled need for a serious or chronic illness
Pain and symptom management
Emotional and spiritual support for both patients and families through social workers and clergy
Other services like speech, physical and occupational therapy when needed

Palliative Home Care is an option that may sometimes work in conjunction with curative treatment It is our main goal to provide our patients with the highest quality of life possible. Coordinating care with physicians and other medical professionals, Fairfield County patients receive specialized treatments with the Palliative Home Care Program. For those who are homebound or have specific needs this program can prove extremely useful in helping to manage their symptoms.

Perinatal & Pediatric Care

We accompany families through the care of a terminally ill or deceased child. We provide support and guidance through the journey of pregnancy, labor, birth, life, and remembrance. It’s a difficult time for the families involved, and we want to be there every step of the way.

Pediatric and Perinatal Hospice Programs are there every step of the way, from the highs of life to the lows of grief. We want to help you process this heartbreaking situation.

We Assist With:

Prenatal support
Childbirth education and preparation
Developing individualized birth plans to establish personal desires and needs
Coordinating discharge of baby to home, when appropriate
Creating cherished keepsakes and photographs
Preparing for memorial services and funerals
Facilitating support groups for parents, siblings and others

We are Here to Support You – Learn More

Regional Hospice has been dedicated to providing comfort and compassion for those with life-limiting illness and loss since 1983. We are here to help and support families and their loved ones in Connecticut. Call us today to begin the journey today.