Hopewest

PROFOUNDLY CHANGING HOW OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES SERIOUS ILLNESS,AGING&GRIEF,A FAMILY AT A TIME

HOSPICE IS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM AND EXPENDITURE, CARING FOR MORETHAN 450 PATIENTS & THEIR FAMILIES EVERY DAY FROM OURAYTO RIO BLANCO COUNTY ACROSS MORE THAN 10,000 SQ. MILES THROUGH 5PROGRAM OFFICES. PATIENTS ARE CARED FOR BY AN EXPERTINTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM INCLUDING PALLIATIVE MEDICINE CERTIFIEDPHYSICIANS AND ADVANCE PRACTICE NURSES. MORE THAN 800 VOLUNTEERSSUPPORT OUR PATIENTS. PHILANTHROPY IS CRITICAL TO ASSURE NO ONE ISTURNED AWAY DUE TO LACK OF INSURANCE OR COMPLEX SOCIAL NEEDS. IT MAKESHOSPICE POSSIBLE IN FRONTIER COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BESERVED. HOPEWEST BOASTS MORE THAN 3 X THE NATIONAL REQUIRED VOLUNTEERHOURS AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS TOP-QUALITY RATINGS NATIONALLY.

MORE THAN 560 HOSPICE PATIENTS CAME FROM OTHER SETTINGS TO RECEIVEEXPERT ACUTE HOSPICE CARE AT OUR 13-BED CARE CENTER RATHER THANHOSPITALIZATION WHEN THEIR SYMPTOMS COULD NOT BE MANAGED AT HOME. THEFERRIS CARE CENTER PROVIDES SHORT-TERM CARE IN A COMFORTABLE, HOME-LIKEENVIRONMENT FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE MOST DIFFICULTTIMES. OUR APPROACH TO CARE INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL,SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR THE PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY. THECENTER IS STAFFED WITH 8 HOURS OF PHYSICIAN TIME EACH DAY AND FAMILIESARE SUPPORTED BY A FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN AND FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER. THECENTER SITS ON A 4-ACRE CAMPUS WITH BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS MAINTAINED BYVOLUNTEERS.

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, THE THIRD LARGEST AREA RELIES SOLELY ON FUNDRAISING TO EXIST. THE CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING SERVES GRIEVING ADULTS WITH ONE ON ONE COUNSELING & SUPPORT GROUPS. HOPEWEST KIDS PROVIDES GRIEF SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AGES 3-19 THRU SCHOOL GROUPS,EQUINE THERAPY,GRIEF CAMPS, AND ART THERAPY (473 CHILDREN SERVED IN 2021); AND 3 PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAMS CALLED TRANSITIONS, LIVING WITH CANCER AND JOURNEYS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE HOSPICE LIKE CARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE CARE NEEDED AS THEY DO NOT HAVE A SIX-MONTH PROGNOSIS OR WANT CURATIVE CARE (455 PATIENTS IN 2021). THE PROGRAMS, PROVIDED FREE OR ON A SLIDING SCALE, ARE A SAFETY NET FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE CENTER FOR LIVING YOUR BEST CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR AGING INDIVIDUALS.

RETAIL OUTLETS-BUSINESSES PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH A GATHERINGPLACE WHERE THEY GET TO KNOW US AND FIND SUPPORT WHILE COPING WITHSERIOUS ILLNESS AND GRIEF. HEIRLOOMS FOR HOSPICE, THREE UPSCALE RESALESHOPS, FEATURE TREASURES DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY. FAMILIES OF THOSEHOPEWEST HAS SERVED FIND COMFORT KNOWING THE TREASURES THEY DONATE HELPSUPPORT HOPEWEST, AND ALSO BRING JOY TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO PURCHASESTHEM. MANY VOLUNTEERS IN THE STORES FIND GRIEF SUPPORT THROUGH THEIRWORK. SPOONS BISTRO AND BAKERY, (FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANT), AND THEARTFUL CUP (COFFEE HOUSE AND GIFT SHOP), LOCATED ON OUR HOSPICE CAMPUS,SERVE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES RECEIVING CARE IN THE HOSPICE CARE CENTER.THEY ARE PLACES KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AS WHOLESOME GATHERING SPOTS FORRECEIVING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.VOLUNTEER SERVICES - PEOPLE WITH A PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS MAKE OURWORK POSSIBLE. 841 VOLUNTEERS GAVE MORE THAN 57,548 HOURS OF TIME IN2021, ADDING A VALUE OF 28 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS (FTES). GIFTS OF TIMEARE AS UNIQUE AS THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE. VOLUNTEERS CHANGE OUR WORLD BYHOLDING THE HANDS OF PATIENTS IN NEED, PROVIDING ART AND MUSIC THERAPYTO PATIENTS, SUPPORTING KIDS COPING WITH GRIEF, PROVIDING SPIRITUALCARE, WELCOMING VISITORS, BEAUTIFYING OUR GARDENS, CREATING AONE-OF-A-KIND SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AT HEIRLOOMS FOR HOSPICE, MAKING OURFUNDRAISING EVENTS SPECIAL, BAKING CAKES FOR PATIENTS' SPECIALCELEBRATIONS AND SO MUCH MORE.