Hospice Foundation

The Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation is a separate 501(c)3 organization with a 17-member board of directors comprised of community volunteers. Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation is an independent non-profit fundraising organization and exists to support Kaweah Health’s Hospice program including thethe Ruth Wood Open Arms House.

The Kaweah Health Hospice Department provides a special way of caring for people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by offering comfort, kindness, and choices to people who are nearing the end of their life. Hospice care encompasses the patient’s family and offers ongoing bereavement support. hospice treats the whole person and his or her family, not just the disease. Hospice’s interdisciplinary team addresses the medical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. Our staff works with patients to make their own decisions about how and where they choose to live their life to its fullest. The staff helps hospice patients maintain their sense of control over their lives and helps them to preserve their dignity.

We provide hospice services to adults and to pediatric patients with all types of life-threatening diseases. Kaweah Health Hospice offers hospice services to ALL patients regardless of their ability to pay. Hospice services are reimbursed by public and private insurance carriers, as well as, donations and grants to the Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation from patients, their families, organizations and members of the community.

For more information about the Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation, please call (559) 624-2359

To contact Kaweah Health Hospice Department directly, please call (559) 733-0642

Donations

By Mail:

Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation
216 S. Johnson St.
Visalia, CA 93291

Memorial Gifts
(599) 624-2359