A distinguished nonprofit hospice provider since 1983, Regional Hospice walks alongside Litchfield County 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 Litchfield County.
Regardless of age and health condition, we provide Litchfield County residents in need of compassionate care all within the comfort of their own home.
Patients can now stay with us in our state-of-the-art private suite hospice center in Danbury, CT. We are happy to provide families with excellent care and accommodations.
We provide support and comfort for Litchfield County families going through the process of having a child who has died or has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
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. Litchfield County 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.
No matter if you would benefit from services at our facility or the comfort of your home, the Center for Comfort Care and Healing, Regional Hospice provides high quality hospice care services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Registered nurses, physicians, social workers, aids, volunteers, and chaplains are here to follow specific individualized treatment plans that focus around the patients pain and symptoms. We can also offer special therapies like speech, occupational, and physical.
Compassion, Peace and Dignity
Our physicians, aids, and caregivers treat each patient as if their were their own family. By breaking the barrier between patient and staff member we have allowed for special bonds to form, furthering your loved ones level of comfort and trust while staying with us. Each of our White Plains patients is respected, cared for and treated with peace.
Comfort Versus Curative
Consider hospice when there is a terminal prognosis of 6 months or less, (a disease that has run its normal course) or if a child is suffering from a life-limiting illness. We want to give your loved one the best possible care during their remaining days.
A Doctor’s Referral is Not Necessary
Anyone can request hospice care, though most patients are referred by a hospital, clergy, family, friend or other home care agency and will be admitted under a physician’s order. We provide people an online hospice referral that is located right here on our site.
Hospice is Affordable
Hospice care should be affordable for everyone. At Regional Hospice treats most major private insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Whether your loved one lives in a house, assisted nursing residence or skilled nursing facility, It is our mission to provide home hospice care for patients, wherever they may reside.
Commonly Asked Questions:
For some patients you will receive our hospice care at a skilled nursing home or assisted living facility who is contracted under Regional Hospice. We have trained volunteers ready to step in when needed and give caretakers a break, help with errands, and provide companionship and therapies to patients.
IWe understand the difficulties that can follow a terminal diagnosis. If your home is not the best place for your care, we welcome you into our home. The Inpatient Hospice Center in Danbury, CT offers an expertise staff who work hard to create a comfortable environment for your loved one, respecting their wishes and treating them with respect and peace while providing them quality end-of-life care.
The Center for Comfort Care and Healing offers:
Our head chef Chef Jonathan LeFebvre and his kitchen staff cook our patients any food they desire. They serve food to communicate caring and love. Food is a major part of life.
Families who have a baby with a terminal illness or have died should consider our Pediatric & Perinatal Hospice Programs. During your time of grief, we will with spiritual healing and guidance. We can accompany families throughout the journey of pregnancy, labor, birth, life and remembrance.
Assisting with additional community resources, caring for babies at home, and perinatal care, are just several of the practices our healthcare professional team excels in.
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