Cortland, NY Hospice Care

A distinguished nonprofit hospice provider since 1983, Regional Hospice walks alongside Cortland 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― benefit from our in-patient 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 Cortland.

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Palliative Care

An interdisciplinary approach to specialized medical care and treatments for life-limiting and advanced illnesses with a focus on pain relief as well as mental and physical stress and providing a better quality of life.

Pediatric Care

Support and care for those families with children diagnosed with terminal conditions including prenatal and pediatric hospice care. We provide support that helps family members through their challenging experience.

Inpatient Hospice

Our state of the art facility in Danbury offers private suites, gourmet meals, and accommodations for family members, in addition to care and treatment for loved ones.

Palliative Care

Pediatric 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 Cortland?

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. Cortland 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.

Why Choose the Regional Hospice Center

Whether within a nursing home facility or within our Center for Comfort Care and Healing, Regional Hospice takes pride in providing 24/7 hospice care to patients.

Our dedicated physicians, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains, hospice care aides and trained hospice volunteers follow customized, individual care plans that are designed to meet the individual needs of all patients. Customized care plans include pain management and symptom control as well as special services rendered with regard to speech, physical therapy and occupational therapy.

Compassion, Peace and Dignity
We provide much needed support to you and your loved ones during a very difficult time in your lives. Services are rendered with the utmost compassion and with a goal of providing peace and dignity to your loved ones. As part of our treatment, we work closely with our end-of-life patients to help achieve new goals and improve their overall quality of life.

Comfort Versus Curative
When a loved one receives a terminal prognosis of 6 months or less, or a child has been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, consider our specialized hospice care. We are committed to providing loves ones with an increased quality of life in their final days.

A Doctor’s Referral is Not Necessary
A referral to our hospice center is not necessary. Anyone may request our hospice care and will be admitted under the care of a physician. Online hospice referrals can be submitted through our website.

Hospice is Affordable
Hospice care needed by your loved ones is covered by Medicare and Medicaid as well as most private health insurance plans. Coverage allows you to provide loved ones with much needed care in their final weeks and days.

Inpatient Hospice Care

Our Danbury Center provides patients and their families with the highest quality of care away from home. We give focus to the personal needs of all our patients at our Danbury Inpatient Hospice Center.

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)

At the Center, Chef Jonathan LeFebvre and his kitchen support staff provide the highest quality gourmet meals for patients and their families when requested. Chef LeFebvre has been accepted by many as a beloved family member because of his overwhelming concern for patients.

Palliative Care for Cortland Residents

Our Palliative Home Care Program provides relief from pain to help patients with advanced illnesses live more comfortably.

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 often the care of choice by families of those who are suffering from an advanced illness, since it integrates effective pain and symptom management with curative treatment in order to achieve the highest quality of patient care.

The Palliative Home Care Program works in collaboration with your physician’s care and affords patients specialized treatment options. This program is ideal for homebound patients who suffer from uncontrollable pain symptoms and are in desperate need of some type of relief.

Perinatal & Pediatric Care

For those Cortland families with babies and young children who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses or may have recently passed on, our Pediatric & Perinatal Hospice Programs provide all the physical, emotional, and spiritual support needed. We are on hand to help families every step of the way from pregnancy, labor, and birth, to lifespan and even remembrance.

Our Pediatric & Perinatal Hospice care includes not only ongoing healthcare visits and support with perinatal care, but also instructs families on proper at home care of their babies and will also assist with other community resources.

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, since 1983, has been committed and dedicated to providing the utmost care, comfort and compassion to those with life-limiting illnesses and life losses as well. Our caring team of professionals are on staff to help and support Cortland families and their loved ones with all their specialized needs. To learn more about our services, our team and our Danbury Hospice Care Center, reach out to one of our staff members today.