e-mail address:
hospicerc@triadbiz.rr.com

This agency is accredited by
Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc
 www.achc.org

The New

Rockingham County

Hospice Home

For many years Hospice of Rockingham County has dreamed of building a residential/inpatient facility for Hospice patients in Rockingham County. We are very excited to say this dream is now a reality.  In November of 2007, we opened our NEW eight-bed facility for our hospice patients!   

Our facility offers five beds for residential care as well as three beds for inpatient care.  All rooms are private rooms and offer 24-hour nursing care, personal care services, counseling and chaplain support.  Our new facility is a unique resource available in Rockingham County.

Patients admitted to our facility must have a life-limiting illness with a prognosis of six months or less to live (in the opinion of their physician and HRC's medical director).  The patient's main goal is comfort care and not aggressive treatment of their disease.  In addition, Hospice Home patients can no longer be adequately cared for at home.

In general terms, inpatient beds are for those patients needing pain control and symptom management.  The residential beds are for patients most likely in their last six to eight weeks of life who have an inadequate caregiver situation at home.  Patients who stabilize and/or improve are provided assistance in making alternative arrangements.  These arrangements may include moving to a long-term care facility or returning to their own homes.  It is our hope that in most cases we can continue to serve the patient at either a local facility or their private residence.

In-Kind Donations

We often have civic clubs and church groups ask for a list of items they may collect and donate to our Hospice Home.  Below is a partial list of items used in our Hospice Home.  For a complete list, please call Rhonda Lucas at (336) 427-9026, ext. 401, or email her at rlhospice@triadbiz.rr.com.

Items Needed for Hospice Home:

**Wisk High-Efficiency Detergent

**Clorox (regular)

**Food storage bags (quart & gallon sized)

**Unscented fabric softener sheets

**Lysol (Crisp Linen Scent)

Ensure/Boost or generic nutritional supplement (all flavors, especially strawberry)

Cans of chicken noodle, cream of chicken, & tomato soup

Juices (apple, cranberry, grape, prune)

Soft drinks in small bottles (no diet drinks, please)

Instant oatmeal (all flavors)

Bendable straws

Kleenex tissues

**Frequently Used Items