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 […]
A Service of Remembrance and Memorial Butterfly Release
We invite all residents of Chautauqua County whose loved one or friend has passed away to join us for our annual Service of Remembrance and Memorial Butterfly Release. In recognition of the need to maintain social distance, this year’s event will be streamed live on Facebook and butterflies will be available to release privately. The […]
A Message From Our Leadership
Our Campaign Chairs When we received the call asking us to co-chair a capital campaign to open a hospice house, we both knew right away why this is needed and quickly agreed to lead the charge. We are really quite inexperienced at fundraising at this level, but what we both knew is the comprehensive and […]