Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice

Independent - Community Supported - Nonprofit

Our patients' needs and wishes come first

Our mission is to create the circle of care that supports individuals and their families facing a life-threatening illness or death

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Home care
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Mother Lode

A beautiful book of poetry by Marylou Scavarda. The poems were written during the last few weeks of her mother Lorraine's life.

 

  • Read selected poems
Articles
  • Grief Handbook
  • Death and dying - Points to Ponder
  • How to be with a dying person
  • Dying at Home
  • Daily Comfort for Cancer Patients
  • Pain Control
  • The Seven Fears of Dying
  • Talking to Children about Death
  • Long-distance Caregivers
  • Helping Those Facing Serious Illness
  • Jon Carroll on Death
Informative Links
  • Hospice of Humboldt
Office

464 Maple Lane

Garberville, CA 95542

707-923-7276

 

 

There is no charge for our services

 

 

  Our services are free of charge and funded entirely by donations, fund raising events and small grants.

Donation Options

Thanks you for your interest in contributing to our hospice. We are an independent nonprofit completely dependent on your support. Your donation is tax-deductable.

Making a donation is easy using the PayPal buttons to the right. You have a choice of payment methods, including through your PayPal account, e-checks, bank transfers, and major debit and credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover). PayPal makes the transaction, and your contribution takes place over secure pages. You don't need to be a member of PayPal to make a donation.

You can also make donations the old fashion way by sending a check to 464 Maple Lane, Garberville, CA 95542, or you are always invited to visit us at our downtown Garberville office.

 

One time donation

Your generous contributions make our hospice possible

Dear Friends and Neighbors

For 20 years Heart of the Redwoods Hospice has been helping this community face illness and death with grace and strength. Please help us continue our work.

We are an independent, community-oriented, nonprofit organization that provides free service to this underserved, large geographic area. Hospice services are an important part of our healthcare system, immune to government budget cuts because we receive no government support. HRCH is a non- Medicare funded hospice here to support folks who wish to "live until they die." A Medicare hospice requires a 6-month terminal diagnosis and agreement to end all potentially curative treatment. We are able to support a client and their family from the diagnosis on, no matter what the outcome, with no requirements about time or treatment.

  • We have a small dedicated staff that will advocate for our clients' needs within the medical system.
  • We help create and support a circle of care for the patient. We listen; we find practical solutions to problems like relieving pain and increasing comfort and the ability to function. To those left behind, we again listen and hold the people who grieve in that circle of care.
  • Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice also has bereavement support and counseling available to those in need; this service has not only been utilized by families and friends of our clients, but also by larger community groups including school children when unexpected tragedy happens.
  • Our services are funded entirely by donations, fundraising events and sometimes small local grants. Not only do you, our community, give us money, much of the work that keeps us going is done by many of you, our committed volunteers.

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    We were fortunate to be awarded a small grant that enabled us to hire Jonell Monschke as volunteer coordinator last year. We held two trainings that were very well attended with the outcome being many trained patient care volunteers. Jonell's tragic death left us with the need to restructure staffing and rethink how we provide services. We also sadly say farewell to Jen Waters and Susan Alexander, we appreciate the many years of dedication and hard work that these women gave to hospice. We welcome Devon Small as our new Office Coordinator and Amie McClellan as Bookkeeper and Grant Writer. Our office is now open Tuesday thru Friday 10-3, with staff on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Along with our annual events we rely on and need your help. Please give as generously as you can.

     

    Thank you, The Hospice Team Staff:

    Jill Girard RN - Patient Care Coordinator; Shirley Gray - Bereavement Counselor; Devon Small - Office Coordinator;
    Amie McClellan - Bookkeeper/Grant Writer.

    Board of Directors: Julia Anderson, Brian Harper, Jane Gund, Mary Neufeld, Ben Wilke, Joe Whitney, Mark Speer.

     

     

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    Copyright: Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice / Doug Zimmerman.  Photo credits: Jennifer Waters