M&T Bank Supports The Star Hospice House
Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care is pleased to announce a $75,000 contribution from M&T Bank to it’s Our House Campaign to build a hospice residence in Chautauqua County. The hospice residence, which will be located adjacent to the CHPC administrative offices on Fairmount Ave. in Lakewood, is expected to be operational in 2021. Each year […]
The Star Hospice House Groundbreaking
We’re excited to share this virtual ground breaking ceremony and naming reveal of The Star Hospice House! CHPC is excited to bring The Star Hospice House to our community. There is a profound need in our community for this kind of caring environment and it will soon come to fruition. We hope you will be […]
Breast Cancer Survivors Support Hospice Residence, Challenge Community
The Breast Cancer Support Group of Jamestown made a $5,000 contribution to Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care’s Our House Campaign to bring a hospice residence to Chautauqua County. The group also challenged other community organizations to support the Campaign. Following a recent meeting at which Mary Rappole, Our House Campaign Co-Chair, shared details of the […]
Community Foundation Supports Hospice House
While there can be much uncertainty and stress surrounding end of life care, a grant from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is helping to ease some of that worry. Recently, the Foundation awarded a grant from its Fund for the Region to Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care for its Hospice House, a 5-bed residence to […]
Jessie Smith Darrah Fund supports Hospice House Project
Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care has announced financial support of The Jesssie Smith Darrah Fund for it’s Our House Campaign to build a hospice residence in Chautauqua County. The Darrah Fund made an early leadership commitment of $40,000 toward the $2.1 million goal. “The grant by the Darrah Fund was a very important boost in […]
Dr. Bert and Mary Rappole Discuss the Our House Campaign for Hospice on WRFA
Our House Campaign Co-Chairs Dr. Bert and Mary Rappole were recently on WRFA Jamestown to discuss the campaign to bring a hospice house to Chautauqua County!
Campaign Underway For Countywide Hospice House (from The Post-Journal)
The following article was published in The Post-Journal on July 25, 2020 by Reporter Jay Young. The original article can be found HERE. For patients dealing with end-of-life healthcare needs, Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care has provided an invaluable service to Western New York since 1982. In 2019, the organization’s team of 67 healthcare professionals […]
What is Palliative Care?
What is palliative care? Palliative care is comfort care intended to keep patients comfortable, in control and out of the hospital. Unlike hospice care, palliative care is appropriate for individuals who are pursuing curative treatment. In this video our medical director, Dr. Thomas Putnam, and three of our patients share their insights with our community-based […]
Our House Campaign Case Statement
The vast majority of people at the end of their life would prefer to die at home. However, if the patient has complex medical needs, lacks a caregiver or the caregiver is exhausted, the patient currently must be moved to a nursing home, hospital or an out-of-area hospice residence. Such a transfer comes during the […]
Take It to the Box
HOPE Chautauqua, CHPC and other collaborators are working to promote the disposal of unwanted and unused medications to prevent them from being diverted and abused. Take It To The Box, a network of secure and confidential drug disposal sites, is an important outgrowth of the collaboration. Below is a list of permanent and secure medication […]
