In my work, witnessing so many times the end of one s life, I have come to know the special meaning it brings to forgiveness, acceptance, and love.

Transcription

1

2 In my work, witnessing so many times the end of one s life, I have come to know the special meaning it brings to forgiveness, acceptance, and love. - Carolyn Jaffe, long-time Colorado Nurse First Edition 1998 AVAILABLE RESOURCES ARE LISTED BY COUNTY. IF A SERVICE IS NOT LISTED UNDER A PARTICULAR COUNTY, REFER TO COUNTIES NEAREST YOUR LOCATION. Additional copies of this resource guide are available for $4.00 from the Colorado Hospice Organization, 1725 Bluff Street, Boulder, CO 80304, telephone 303/ The manual is available on diskette through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at 303/ or via the internet at

3 INTRODUCTION Patients, their families and friends commonly require support and assistance in order to cope with the broad range of needs that arise when approaching the final months of life. Likewise, health care providers require reference information to enable them to assist patients and their families. This publication seeks to address these needs by providing a compilation of community resources, including hospices and other organizations and agencies that are especially attuned to end-of-life concerns and the commitment to improve the care of the dying. In this document, we strive to share resources that enable and empower us to counter the pain, isolation, and loneliness, and to help with other aspects of advance planning in life s final months. This directory is a beginning step in bringing together in one publication a listing of support services available in Colorado. Inclusion in the directory does not reflect endorsement of a program, or of any specific resource or practitioner over another. No doubt, many available resources have been inadvertently omitted. We encourage users of this directory to supplement and update our listings by use of the form appearing at the back of this publication. Because changes to telephone numbers do occur frequently, some of these numbers will become outdated after publication. The 800" numbers can be verified by calling We wish to acknowledge the work of The Task Force to Improve the Care of Terminally Ill Oregonians, whose 1997 publication, The Final Months of Life: A Guide to Oregon Resources, has served as an inspiration and model for this project. The production of this publication is supported by the following: Colorado Collaboration on End-of-Life Care Colorado Hospice Organization Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. i

4 COMFORT CARE Comfort care or palliative care interventions alleviate distressing physical symptoms and address psychological, social, emotional and spiritual needs associated with the disease process. The goal is a more comfortable existence without prolonging the dying process or aggressively sustaining a quality of life that would be unacceptable to the patient. Comfort care uses less invasive methods to support the patient s physical and emotional well-being, such as medication, physical therapy and relaxation techniques, counseling and spiritual guidance. The Comfort Care Resources section of this guide includes an alphabetic listing, by county, of names and telephone numbers for the following: Adult Day Programs: Health and social services, individual therapeutic and psychological activities furnished on a regularly scheduled basis in an adult day services center, as an alternative to long term nursing facility care. Bereavement Support Resources: Bereavement support services, including education, counseling, and grief support groups, are offered to families and friends following the death of an individual and to communities following traumatic events. Bereavement services can be obtained through local communities or hospice programs. Community Mental Health Clinics: Mental health programs offering assistance to determine decision making capability, suggested medications for agitation and mental health assessment and treatment planning. s: Agencies available through local county government offices that may provide direction to additional resources and services in a particular area. : A location that provides funeral directing, embalming and/or cremation services to the public. Only those funeral homes and mortuaries belonging to the Colorado Funeral Directors Association are included in this directory.. : Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing services, other therapeutic services (physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech ii

5 therapy), and home health aide services made available on a visiting basis in a place of residence used as the patient s home. Only those home health agencies that are certified for Medicare reimbursement are included in this directory. : Coordinated programs of intermittent home and inpatient care, available 24 hours a day, using an interdisciplinary team to provide palliative and supportive services to a patient-family unit experiencing a life threatening disease with a limited prognosis. Hospice addresses the medical, psychosocial, spiritual, and practical needs of the individual and the related needs of the family and loved ones throughout the periods of illness and bereavement. Hospice usually includes medications and biologicals related to the terminal illness. Although normally provided in an individual s private residence, hospice care may also be available in long term care facilities or in hospice in-patient units. Hospitals (General): A health facility that offers and provides twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, inpatient services, emergency medical and surgical care, continuous nursing services, and necessary ancillary services to individuals for the diagnosis or treatment of injury, illness, pregnancy, or disability. Medical Society: The county medical societies that are listed are staffed and try to assist patients with questions regarding medical issues within their communities. : County supported agencies that provide a range of services for senior and disabled persons. iii

6 ADAMS COUNTY Adult Day Programs Rocky Mtn Multiple Sclerosis Center 303/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Compassionate Friends 303/ The Senior Hub 303/ Society of Military Widows 303/ or 303/ Community Mental Health Clinics Adams Community Mental Health Center 303/ Arapahoe House, Inc. 303/ Tri County District Health Department 303/ Platte Valley Mortuary 303/ Rice Mortuary & Crematory 303/ Aspen Mortuary of Commerce City 303/ Alexander s Home Health of Colo., Inc. 303/ Maxim Health Care Services 303/ Nursefinders of Denver 303/ Rocky Mtn. Home Health Systems, Inc. 303/ Washington & Assoc. Home Health Care 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/

7 Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Hospice of Northern Colorado 970/ Hospice of Peace 303/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Life Source Services 303/ Porter Avista Hospice 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Vencor Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ Centura Health-St. Anthony North Hospital 303/ Columbia North Suburban Medical Center 303/ Platte Valley Medical Center 303/ Medical Society Aurora-Adams County Medical Society 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ ALAMOSA COUNTY Adult Day Programs Casa de Oro 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health 719/ Emergency Service Team 719/ Critical Incident Response Team 719/

8 Community Mental Health Clinics San Luis Valley Comprehensive CMHC 719/ Alamosa Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Rogers Family Mortuary 719/ Romero Valley Funeral Home 719/ Alamosa County Nursing Service 719/ At Home Healthcare 719/ Hospice del Valle, Inc. 719/ Sierra Linda Home Health Agency 719/ Hospice del Valle, Inc. 719/ San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/

9 ARAPAHOE COUNTY Adult Day Care Charles & Frances Johnson Ctr ADC Program 303/ Morning Star Senior Day Program 303/ Senior Plus 303/ Seniors Choice 303/ Seniors Choice West 303/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Littleton Hospital Grief Support 303/ Footprints 303/ Community Mental Health Clinics Arapahoe Mental Health Center, Inc. 303/ Aurora Community Mental Health Center 303/ Tri County District Health Department 303/ Aurora Chase Mortuary & Crematory 303/ All States Cremation Service 303/ Bullock Mortuary 303/ Family Funeral Care 303/ Chapel Hill Mortuary 303/ Drinkwine Mortuary 303/ Caring Hands Nursing Services, Inc. 303/ CASHA Resource Home Health Services, Inc. 303/ Denver Home Health Agency, Inc. 303/ Healthcor, Inc. 303/

10 Holistic Health & Homecare, Inc. 303/ Home Health Care Professionals 303/ Incare Home Health of Denver LLC 303/ Independent Growth, Inc. 303/ Life Care at Home of Colorado 303/ Olsten Health Services 303/ Professional Pediatric Homecare, Inc. 303/ Support Home Health Care 303/ Valley Home Health Services 303/ Vencor Home Health Services 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Hospice of Peace 303/ Life Source Services 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Vencor Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ Centura Health-Littleton Adventist Hospital 303/ Columbia Medical Center of Aurora 303/ Columbia Swedish Medical Center 303/ Craig Hospital 303/ Medical Society Arapahoe Medical Society 303/

11 Area Agency on Aging 303/ ARCHULETA COUNTY San Juan Basin Health Department 970/ Mercy Home Health 970/ San Juan Basin Health Unit 970/ Hospice of Mercy 970/ or 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/ BACA COUNTY Baca Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Rich Funeral Home, Inc. 719/ Dykes Funeral Home 719/ Southeast Colorado Hospital HHA 719/ Baca County Hospice 719/

12 Southeast Colorado Hospital 719/ Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ BENT COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Griefbusters-Crisis Intervention 719/ Bent Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Horber Funeral Chapel 719/ Powell-Kuhns Funeral Home 719/ Bent County Nursing Services 719/ Arkansas Valley Hospice 719/ Lamar Area Hospice Association 719/ Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ BOULDER COUNTY Adult Day Programs Boulder Senior Center (CARES) 303/ Center for People With Disabilities 303/

13 Homestead Adult Day Program 303/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) AIDS Bereavement Group 303/ Embrace 303/ Grief Support Group 303/ Heartbeat 303/ Qualife Grief and Loss Support Group 303/ Support Group for Friends & Family of Persons Coping With HIV Infection 303/ Widowed Persons Support 303/ Community Mental Health Clinics Mental Health Center of Boulder Cty, Inc. 303/ Boulder 303/ Crist Mortuary 303/ Howe Mortuary and Crematory 303/ Avalon Funeral Home 303/ Ahlberg Funeral Chapel 303/ Howe Mortuary 303/ Lewellen Longmont Memorial Chapel 303/ Boulder Community Homecare 303/ Center for People With Disabilities 303/ Colorado Health Management, Inc. 303/ Colorado Home Care, Inc. 303/ Good Samaritan Home Care of No. Colorado 303/ Hospice of Boulder County 303/

14 Longmont United Home Care 303/ Professional Home Health Care 303/ Superior Home Health Services, Inc. 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Boulder County 303/ or 303/ Hospice of the Estes Valley 970/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Life Source Services 303/ Porter Avista Hospice 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Vencor Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ Boulder Community Hospital 303/ Centura Health-Avista Adventist Hospital 303/ Longmont United Hospital 303/ Medical Society Boulder County Medical Society 303/ Boulder County Area Agency on Aging 303/

15 CHAFFEE COUNTY Chaffee Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Lewis & Glenn Funeral Home 719/ PSA Home Healthcare 719/ Upper Arkansas Home Health Care 719/ Angel of Shavano Hospice 719/ Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Ctr. 719/ Upper Arkansas Area Agency on Aging 719/ CHEYENNE COUNTY Cheyenne Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Hendricks-Love Mortuary 719/ Keefe Memorial Hospital Home Health 719/

16 Keefe Memorial Hospital 719/ East Central Council of Governments 719/ CLEAR CREEK COUNTY Clear Creek Cty Public Health Nursing Service 303/ Hennigan Funeral Services 303/ Mount Evans Home Health & Hospice 303/ Mount Evans Hospice, Inc. 303/ Medical Society Clear Creek Valley Medical Society 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ CONEJOS COUNTY Adult Day Programs Casa de Oro 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health 719/

17 Emergency Service Team 719/ Critical Incident Response Team 719/ Conejos Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Rogers Family Mortuary 719/ Romero Valley Funeral Home 719/ Conejos County Nursing Service 719/ Hospice del Valle 719/ Conejos County Hospital 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/ COSTILLA COUNTY Adult Day Programs La Casa de Amistad 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health 719/ Emergency Service Team 719/ Critical Incident Response Team 719/

18 Costilla Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Romero Valley Funeral Home 719/ Costilla County Nursing Service HHA 719/ Hospice del Valle 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/ CROWLEY COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Griefbusters-Crisis Intervention 719/ Otero 719/ Crowley Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Griffy Family Funeral Homes 719/ Otero 719/ Arkansas Valley Hospice 719/

19 Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ CUSTER COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Home Care Services of Custer County 719/ Custer Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Rural Health Clinic Visiting Nurse Service 719/ Hospice of Custer County 719/ Upper Arkansas Area Agency on Aging 719/ DELTA COUNTY Adult Day Programs Community Care of America/Activecare 970/ Sunrise Homes 970/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Cedaredge Support Group 970/ or 970/ Delta 970/

20 Taylor Funeral Service 970/ Mesa View Mortuary-Cemetery 970/ Taylor Funeral Service-Delta 970/ Taylor Funeral Service-Hotchkiss 970/ Taylor Funeral Service-Paonia 970/ Delta-Montrose Home Health Services 970/ Hospice of the Grand Valley 970/ Hospice of the Uncompahgre Valley 970/ Delta County Memorial Hospital 970/ Medical Society Delta County Medical Society 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/ DENVER COUNTY Adult Day Programs Centura Adult Day Program 303/ Eldercare of the Calvary Baptist 303/ Elderplace 303/ Leyden House 303/ Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Community 303/ Total Longterm Care 303/

21 Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Bereavement Group at Colorado AIDS Project 303/ Fetal & Newborn Loss Program 303/ Grief Education Program 303/ Heartbeat 303/ Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 303/ Qualife Wellness Community 303/ Widowed Persons Service of Denver 303/ Community Mental Health Clinics Asian/Pacific Center for Human Development 303/ Community Care 303/ Heart of Boardwalk 303/ Mental Health Corp. Of Denver 303/ Servicios De La Raza, Inc. 303/ Denver Public Health Department 303/ Adams-Carlson Mortuary 303/ Berkeley Park Funeral Chapel 303/ Caldwell-Kirk Mortuary 303/ Calvin Natt Mortuary 303/ Capilla de los Angeles 303/ Chaffee Park Funeral Home 303/ Crown Hill Mortuary 303/ Fairmount Mortuary 303/ Family Funeral Care 303/ Feldman Mortuary 303/ Horan & McConaty 303/ Horan & McConaty 303/ Mile-Hi Funeral Svc/Capilla 303/

22 Monarch Society 303/ Moore-Howard 303/ Olinger s Magnolia Chapel 303/ Olinger s Sixteenth St. 303/ th Olinger s Wadsworth & / Pipkin Mortuary 303/ Trevino Mortuary 303/ Trujillo Funeral Home 303/ Absolute Home Health Care, Inc. 303/ Accent On Independence 303/ Act For Health 303/ All Care Home Health 303/ Alternative Home Health Care Connection 303/ Argus of Colorado Home Health 303/ Atlantis Home Health Services Corp. 303/ Best Care, Inc. 303/ Centura Home Care 303/ Children s Hospital Home Care 303/ Comfort Care Home Health Services 303/ Dominican Sisters H.H.A. 303/ First Choice Home Health Care 303/ Firstat Nursing Services 303/ Health In Home Nursing, Inc. 303/ Healthforce Home Health Services 303/ Home Health Plus 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver, Inc. 303/ Hospice of Peace 303/ Interim Health Care, Inc. 303/ Maxim Health Care Services 303/ Maxim Home Health Services, Inc. 303/ Medlink Group, Inc. 303/

23 Nursefinders of Denver 303/ Olsten Health Services 303/ Parkplace Home Health Agency 303/ Portercare at Home 303/ PSA Home Healthcare 303/ Reliable Home Health Services 303/ Select Home Health 303/ Staff Builders Services, Inc. 303/ Visiting Nurse Assoc. of the Denver Area 303/ Visiting Nurse Support Services 303/ Wellness Way, Inc. 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Hospice of Peace 303/ Life Source Services 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Vencor Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ Centura Health Porter Adventist Hospital 303/ Centura Health St. Anthony Central Hospital 303/ Centura Special Care Hospital 303/ Children s Hospital Association 303/ Columbia Presbyterian/St. Luke s Medical Ctr 303/ Columbia Rose Medical Center 303/ Denver Health Medical Center 303/ National Jewish Ctr for Immun. & Resp. Med 303/

24 St. Joseph Hospital 303/ University Hospital 303/ Vencor Hospital Denver 303/ Medical Society Denver Medical Society 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ DOLORES COUNTY Dolores Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Hospice of Montezuma, Inc. 970/ San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging 970/ DOUGLAS COUNTY Adult Day Programs Sky Cliff Adult Day Center 303/ Tri County District Health Department 303/ Andrews-Caldwell-Gibson Funeral Home 303/ Drinkwine Family Mortuary 303/

25 Parker Funeral Home 303/ Castle Care Home Health, Inc. 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Life Source Services 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Prospect Home Care-Hospice 719/ Vencor Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ EAGLE COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Life Change Institute 719/ Eagle Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Vail Valley Home Health Care 970/ Hospice of the Rockies 970/

26 Roaring Fork Hospice 970/ Vail Valley Home Health & Mtn Hospice 970/ Vail Valley Medical Center 970/ Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 970/ EL PASO COUNTY Adult Day Programs Life at the Bluffs 719/ Namaste Alzheimer Center 719/ Senior Life Center 719/ The Well at Brookside 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Grief Works 719/ Growing Through Grief Workshop 719/ Woodsmen Valley Chapel Grief 719/ Compassionate Friends 719/ Heartbeat 719/ Pikes Peak SHARE 719/ TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) 719/ Community Mental Health Clinics Pikes Peak Mental Health Center 719/ El Paso County Health & Environment Dept 719/

27 Angelus Chapel Mortuary 719/ Blunt Mortuary 719/ Colorado Springs Mort. & Cremation Ser. 719/ Evergreen Funeral Home, Inc 719/ McMearn Mortuary, Inc. 719/ Mountain View Mortuary 719/ Nolan Funeral Home, Inc. 719/ Pikes Peak Funeral Home & Cremation 719/ Shrine of Remembrance 719/ Swan-Law Funeral Directors 719/ Dove-Witt Family Mortuary 719/ Accredited Healthcare Service 719/ CASHA Resource Home Health Svcs, Inc. 719/ Centura Home Care 719/ Colorado Homecare South 719/ Colorado Springs Independence Center 719/ Home and Health Care Skilled, Inc. 719/ IHS Home Care 719/ Interim Healthcare of S.E. Colorado 719/ Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. 719/ Memorial Home Care Service 719/ Nursefinders of Colorado Springs, Inc. 719/ Nurses PRN of Colorado Springs, Inc. 719/ Olsten Health Services 719/ Physicians Home Health Services, Inc. 719/ Physicians Home Health Care 719/ Pikes Peak Hospice, Inc. 719/ Professional Home Health Care, Inc. 719/ QS Nurses Homecare Service, Inc. 719/ Summit Home Health Care, Inc. 719/

28 Valentine Home Health 719/ Valley Home Health Services 719/ Visiting Nurses Assoc. of Denver 719/ Western Home Care, Inc. 719/ Western Home Health, Inc. 719/ Hospice of the Comforter 719/ Pikes Peak Hospice, Inc. 719/ Prospect Home Care-Hospice 719/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 719/ Centura Health-Penrose St. Francis 719/ Memorial Hospital 719/ Medical Society El Paso County Medical Society 719/ Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging 719/ ELBERT COUNTY Elbert Cty Public Health Nursing Service 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Porter Hospice 303/

29 Area Agency on Aging 719/ or FREMONT COUNTY Adult Day Care St. Joseph Manor Adult Day Program 719/ Community Mental Health Clinics West Central Mental Health Center, Inc. 719/ Fremont Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Holt Family Mortuary 719/ Wilson Andrews Funeral Home 719/ Charles Anthony Funeral Home 719/ Florence Mortuary 719/ Fremont County Nursing Service 719/ St. Thomas More Home Health Agency 719/ Angel of Shavano Hospice 719/ Hospice of Custer County 719/ Sangre de Cristo Hospice West 719/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 719/ Centura Health-St. Thomas More Hospital 719/

30 Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments 719/ GARFIELD COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Helping Hands Grief Support Group 970/ Life Change Institute 970/ Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home 970/ Community Mental Health Clinics Colorado West Regional Mental Health 970/ Garfield Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Farnum-Holt Mortuary 970/ Rifle Funeral Home 970/ Columbine Home Health, Inc. 970/ Grand River Home Health & Hospice 970/ Home Health Care of the Rockies 970/ PSA Health Care 970/ Valley View Home Health Services 970/ Grand River Home Health & Hospice 970/ Hospice of the Rockies, Inc. 970/ Roaring Fork Hospice 970/

31 Valley View Hospital 970/ Area Agency on Aging Northwest Office 970/ GILPIN COUNTY Gilpin Cty Public Health Nursing Service 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Mount Evans Hospice, Inc. 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ GRAND COUNTY Grand Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Schoenfeld Mortuary 970/ Grand County Nursing Service 970/ Kremmling Memorial Hospital District 970/

32 Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 970/ or GUNNISON COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Cancer Support Group 970/ Chapter II, Grief Support Groups 970/ Gunnison Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Miller Funeral Home, Inc. 970/ Mountain Home Health 970/ Hospice of the Gunnison Valley 970/ Gunnison Valley Hospital 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/

33 HINSDALE COUNTY Hospice of the Gunnison Valley 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/ HUERFANO COUNTY Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department 719/ Boies Almont Funeral Home 719/ Caring Unlimited Home Health Services 719/ Huerfano Medical Center Home Health 719/ Caring Unlimited Hospice 719/ Hospice of Custer County 719/ Huerfano Medical Center 719/ Huerfano/Las Animas Area Agency on Aging 719/

34 JACKSON COUNTY Jackson County PH Nursing Service 970/ Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 970/ or JEFFERSON COUNTY Adult Day Programs Centura Adult Day Program 303/ Center for Independent Living Dev. 303/ Daybreak Southwest 303/ Graduate Activities Program 303/ Mountain Daybreak 303/ Oberon House Adult Day Program 303/ Seniors Resource Center (Daybreak) 303/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Catholic Charities Family Center 303/ Friends in the Spirit 303/ Hospice of St. John 303/ Lutheran Hospice Care 303/ Community Mental Health Services Jefferson Center for Mental Health 303/ Jefferson Co. Dept of Health & Environment 303/

35 Evergreen Memorial Park 303/ Morgan Mortuary 303/ Rundus Broomfield Funeral Home 303/ Woods Mortuary & Crematory 303/ Darrell-Howe Mortuary 303/ All Mortuary and Crematory 303/ Aspen Mortuaries 303/ Choice Cremation & Funeral Service 303/ Horan and McConaty 303/ Newcomer Family Mortuary & Crematory 303/ Runyan-Stevenson Mortuary 303/ Olinger s Highland Mortuary 303/ All States Cremation Service 303/ Archiodese of Denver Mortuary 303/ Associated Professional Home Health 303/ Colorado Comprehensive Care 303/ Icon Home Health 303/ Life Source Services, Inc. 303/ Lutheran Hospital Home Health Services 303/ Mount Evans Home Health Care 303/ Personal Assist Services of Colorado 303/ Reliable Home Health Services 303/ Welcome Homecare of Colorado, Inc. 303/ Western Home Care, Inc. 303/ Western Home Health 303/ Colorado Palliative Care Hospice 303/ Exempla/Lutheran Homecare & Hospice 303/ Hospice Associates of America 303/

36 Hospice of Metro Denver 303/ Hospice of Peace 303/ Hospice of Saint John 303/ Life Source Services, Inc. 303/ Mount Evans Hospice, Inc. 303/ Porter Hospice 303/ Vencare Hospice 303/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/

37 Exempla Healthcare/Lutheran Med Center 303/ Area Agency on Aging 303/ KIOWA COUNTY Kiowa County PH Nursing Service 719/ Brown Funeral Home 719/ Kiowa Home Health Services 719/ Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital 719/ Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ KIT CARSON COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Life Changes Grief Support 719/ Kit Carson Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Hendricks-Love Mortuary 719/

38 Kit Carson County Mem Hospital HHA 719/ Caring Hands Hospice 719/ Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital 719/ Area Agency on Aging LA PLATA COUNTY 719/ or Adult Day Programs Elderly Day Care 970/ Ignacio Senior Center 970/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) S.O.S. and Homicide 970/ Western Employees Assistance Program 970/ Community Mental Health Clinics Southwest Colorado Mental Health Ctr. 970/ San Juan Basin Health Department 970/ Hood Mortuary 970/ Mercy Home Health 970/

39 San Juan Basin Health Unit 970/ Hospice of Mercy 970/ Mercy Medical Ctr of Durango 970/ San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging 970/ LAKE COUNTY Lake Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Bailey Funeral Home 719/ St. Vincent Home Health Care 719/ St. Vincent General Hospital District 719/ Upper Arkansas Area Agency on Aging 719/ LARIMER COUNTY Adult Day Programs Berthoud Area Adult Care Program 970/

40 Community Mental Health Clinics Larimer Cty. Mental Health Center 970/ Larimer Cty. Dept of Health & Environment 970/ Allnutt F.S.-Estes Park Chapel 970/ Allnutt F.S.-Goodrich Chapel Goes Funeral Care 970/ Reager Funeral Hume 970/ Warren-Bohlender Funeral Chapel 970/ Allnutt F.S.-Hunter Chapel 970/ Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home 970/ Caring Hands Nursing Service TOO, Inc. 970/ Columbine Health Services, Inc. 970/ Estes Park Home Care 970/ Front Range Home Care, Inc. 970/ Hospice of Larimer County, Inc. 970/ Interim Healthcare of Ft Collins, Inc. 970/ LHS Home & Community Care 970/ Poudre Valley Hospital Homecare 970/ Rehabilitation & Visiting Nurse Assoc. 970/ Western Medical Services HHA 970/ Hospice of Larimer County 970/ Hospice of the Estes Valley 970/ Estes Park Medical Center 970/

41 McKee Medical Center 970/ Poudre Valley Hospital 970/ Medical Society Laraimer County Medical Society 970/ Larimer County Area Agency on Aging 970/ LAS ANIMAS COUNTY Adult Day Programs Trinidad State Nursing Home 719/ Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department 719/ Campbell Lewis Mortuary 719/ Comi Funeral Home 719/ Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home 719/ Mount San Rafael Hospital Home Care 719/ Caring Unlimited Hospice / or 719/ Mt. San Rafael Hospital 719/ Huerfano/Las Animas Area Agency on Aging 719/

42 LINCOLN COUNTY Lincoln Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Love Funeral Home 719/ Lincoln Community Home Health 719/ Lincoln Community Hospital 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/ LOGAN COUNTY Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Chaney-Walters Funeral Home 970/ Tennant Funeral Home 970/ LHS Home & Community Care 970/ Sterling Medcare Home Health, Inc. 970/ LHS Home & Community Care Hospice 970/

43 Sterling Regional Medical Center 970/ Medical Society Northeast Colorado Medical Society 970/ Northeast Colo Assoc. of Local Government 970/ MESA COUNTY Adult Day Programs Grand Valley Sr Daybreak, Inc. 970/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Child and Teen Program 970/ Mending Hearts 970/ Transitions Counseling Center ` 970/ Community Mental Health Clinics Mesa 970/ McLean Funeral Home, Inc. (Fruita) 970/ Callahan-Edfast Mortuary 970/ Martin s Mortuary 970/ Monument Mortuary 970/ McLean Funeral Home, Inc. (Palisade) 970/ Community Hospital Home Health Care 970/ Family Health West 970/ Hilltop Community Resources 970/

44 Interim Healthcare of Western Colorado 970/ Rocky Mtn. HMO Home Health 970/ Rocky Mtn. Nurses Registry & Home Care 970/ St. Mary s Home Care Services 970/ TLC Home Health Care/Staff Builders 970/ Grand River Home Health/Hospice 970/ Hospice of the Grand Valley, Inc. 970/ Community Hospital 970/ St. Mary s Hospital & Medical Center 970/ Medical Society Western Slope Medical Societies 970/ Area Agency on Aging Northwest Office 970/ MINERAL COUNTY Mineral Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Hospice del Valle 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/

45 MOFFAT COUNTY Moffat County PH Nursing Service 970/ Grant Mortuary 970/ G & G Medical, Inc. 970/ TLC Home Health Care/Staff Builders 970/ Hospice Services of Northwest Colorado 970/ The Memorial Hospital 970/ Area Agency on Aging Northwest Office 970/ MONTEZUMA COUNTY Adult Day Programs Cortez Senior Center 970/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Mental Health Center 970/ Montezuma Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/

46 Ertel Funeral Home 970/ Medbrook Home Health, Inc. 970/ Montezuma 970/ Hospice of Mercy 970/ Hospice of Montezuma, Inc. 970/ Southwest Health System, Inc. 970/ San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging 970/ MONTROSE COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Partners in Grief Support Group 970/ Grief Support Group 970/ Rainbows 970/ Survivors of Suicide Support Group 970/ Bereaved Parent Support Group 970/ Community Mental Health Clinics Midwestern Colo Mental Health Center 970/ Montrose County PH Nursing Service 970/

47 Crippin Funeral Home 970/ Montrose Valley Funeral Home 970/ Hale and Gerken Funeral Home 970/ Continue Care Home Health Agency 970/ Montrose County Nursing Services 970/ Total Home Health 970/ Hospice of the Grand Valley 970/ Hospice of the Uncompahgre Valley 970/ Montrose Memorial Hospital 970/ Medical Society Curecanti Medical Society 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/ MORGAN COUNTY Adult Day Programs Sunset Manor ADC Center 970/ Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Heer Mortuary 970/

48 Jolliffe Mortuary 970/ Poudre Care Connection, Inc. Alliance Health Care 970/ LHS Home & Community Care 970/ Colorado Plains Medical Center 970/ Medical Society Morgan County Medical Society 970/ Northeastern Colo Assoc of Local Government 970/ OTERO COUNTY Adult Day Programs Casa de Oro 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Family Guidance & Mental Health 719/ Griefbusters-Crisis Intervention 719/ Community Mental Health Clinics Southeast Colo Family Guidance & MHC 719/ Otero 719/ Griffy Family Funeral Home 719/

49 Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home 719/ Ustick-Donelson Funeral Home 719/ Educare Home Health 719/ Otero County Nursing Service 719/ Pioneer Home Care 719/ Total Home Health 719/ Arkansas Valley Hospice 719/ Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center 719/ Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ OURAY COUNTY Ouray Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Ouray County Home Health 970/ Hospice of the Grand Valley 970/ Hospice of the Uncompahgre Valley 970/ Area Agency on Aging 970/

50 PARK COUNTY Park Cty Public Health Nursing Service 303/ Mount Evans Hospice, Inc. 303/ Prospect Home Care-Hospice VNA Hospice-at-Home 719/ or 303/ Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging 719/ PHILLIPS COUNTY Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Tennant-Thompson Funeral Home (Haxtun) 970/ Schmidt-Baucke Mortuary 970/ Tennant-Thompson Funeral Home (Holyoke) 970/ Colorado Plains Home Care 970/ Haxtun Hospital District 970/ Melissa Memorial Hospital 970/ Northeastern Colo Assoc of Local Government 970/

51 PITKIN COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Grief and Loss Support Group 970/ Life Change Institute 970/ Pitkin Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Hospice of the Rockies 970/ Roaring Fork Hospice 970/ Aspen Valley Hospital 970/ Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 303/ or PROWERS COUNTY Prowers Cty Public Health Nursing Service 719/ Valley Memorial-Holly Chapel 719/ Peacock-Wood Funeral Home 719/ Valley Memorial Funeral Home (Lamar) 719/ Educare Home Health 719/

52 Prowers County Nursing Service 719/ Prowers Medical Center Home Health 719/ Total Home Health, Inc. 719/ Lamar Area Hospice Association 719/ Prowers Medical Center 719/ Lower Arkansas Valley Area Agency on Aging 719/ PUEBLO COUNTY Adult Day Programs Belmont Senior Care 719/ Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) Family Counseling Center 719/ Community Mental Health Clinics Spanish Peaks Mental Health Center 719/ Pueblo City- 719/ Angelus Chapel Mortuary 719/ Cotter Family s Davis Mortuary George McCarthy-Almont Funeral Home 719/ Imperial Funeral Home 719/ McCarthy-Comer Garden Chapel 719/

53 McCarthy-Comer Rose Chapel 719/ Montgomery & Steward Funeral Directors 719/ Romero Family Funeral Home 719/ Altercare, Inc. 719/ Argus, Inc. 719/ Home Care Plus 719/ Olsten Health Services 719/ Parkview Homecare 719/ St. Mary-Corwin Hospital Home Health 719/ Total Home Health 719/ Sangre de Cristo Hospice 719/ VNA Hospice at Home 719/ Centura Health-St. Mary-Corwin Med Center 719/ Colo Mental Health Pueblo 719/ Parkview Episcopal Medical Center 719/ Medical Society Pueblo County Medical Society 719/ Pueblo Area Agency on Aging 719/ RIO BLANCO COUNTY Rio Blanco Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/

54 Meeker Mortuary 970/ Pioneer Hospital of Rio Blanco 970/ Rangely District Hosp Home Health 970/ Grand River Home Health/Hospice 970/ Pioneer Hospital of Rio Blanco 970/ Rangely District Hospital 970/ Area Agency on Aging Northwest Office 970/ RIO GRANDE COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health 719/ Emergency Service Team 719/ Critical Incident Response Team 719/ Rio Grande County PH Nursing Service 719/ Olme & Sharp Funeral Home (Del Norte) 719/ Olme & Sharp Funeral Home (Monte Vista) 719/ Romero Valley Funeral Home 719/

55 San Luis Valley Home Care 719/ Hospice del Valle 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/ ROUTT COUNTY Routt Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Shearon Funeral Home 970/ Northwest Colorado VNA Association 970/ Hospice Services of Northwest Colorado 970/ Routt Memorial Hospital, Inc. 970/ Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 970/

56 SAGUACHE COUNTY Bereavement Support Resources (see also Hospice) San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health 719/ Emergency Service Team 719/ Critical Incident Response Team 719/ Saguache County PH Nursing Service 719/ Home Health Clinics Saguache County Nursing Service 719/ Hospice del Valle 719/ Area Agency on Aging 719/ SAN JUAN COUNTY San Juan Basin Health Department 970/ San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging 970/ SAN MIGUEL COUNTY San Miguel Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/

57 Area Agency on Aging 970/ SEDGWICK COUNTY Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Austin Funeral Home 970/ Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital 970/ Northeastern Colo Assoc of Local Government 970/ SUMMIT COUNTY Summit Cty Public Health Nursing Service 970/ Bristlecone Home Care & Hospice 970/ Bristlecone Home Care & Hospice 970/ Skyline 6 Area Agency on Aging 970/ or

58 TELLER COUNTY Teller County PH Nursing Service 719/ Prospect Home Care - Hospice, Inc. 719/ Prospect Home Care - Hospice, Inc 719/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 719/ Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging 719/ WASHINGTON COUNTY Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Yeamans & Gordon Memorial Chapel 970/ Northeastern Colo Assoc of Local Government 970/ WELD COUNTY Adult Day Programs Eldergarden 970/ Greeley Center for Indep/Hope Apartments 970/ North Colorado Therapy Center 970/

59 Community Mental Health Clinics North Range Behavioral Health 970/ Weld 970/ Allnutt Funeral Services-Eaton Chapel Bostick Funeral Home 303/ Adamson Mortuary 970/ Allnutt Funeral Services-Macy Chapel Stoddard Funeral Home 970/ Windsor Memorial Chapel 970/ Greeley Center for Independence 970/ Hospice of Northern Colorado 970/ LHS Home & Community Care 970/ Preferred Home Care Services 970/ Quality Home Healthcare Services 970/ RVNA Home Care Services, Inc. 970/ Hospice Associates of America 303/ Hospice of Northern Colorado, Inc. 970/ VNA Hospice-at-Home 303/ North Colorado Medical Center 970/ Medical Society Weld County Medical Society 970/

60 Weld County Area Agency on Aging 970/ YUMA COUNTY Northeast Colorado Health Department 970/ Spellman-Schmidt-Baucke Mortuary (Wray) 970/ Spellman-Schmidt-Baucke Mortuary (Yuma) 970/ Wray Home Health Care 970/ Yuma District Hospital Home Health 970/ Hospice of the Plains, Inc. 970/ Wray Community District Hospital 970/ Northeastern Colo Assoc of Local Government 970/

61 NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Gainesville, Florida / American Board of Internal Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / American Medical Association s Task Force on Quality Care At The End of Life, Chicago, Illinois / American Pain Society Hartford, Connecticut / Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Washington, D.C / Site... Center to Improve the Care of the Dying, George Washington University, Washington, D.C / Children Die Too Hanover, New Hampshire / Site... Choice in Dying Nationwide /989-WILL(9455) New York, New York / The Compassionate Friends Oak Brook, Illinois /

62 Hospice Association of America Washington, D.C / Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Site... In Loving Memory Reston, Virginia / National Association Of People With Aids (NAPWA) Washington, D.C / National Hospice Foundation Arlington, Virginia / National Hospice Organization Arlington, Virginia / Hospice Helpline / Oncology Nursing Society Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Pain Net, Inc. Site... Pediatric AIDS Foundation (PAF) Santa Monica, California / People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) Seattle, Washington /

63 Project on Death in America New York, New York / The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, New Jersey / SUPPORT Project (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment) Bethesda, Maryland /

64 TOLL FREE NUMBERS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION DIAL AIDS Clinical Trials Info. Service (TDD) Alzheimer s Association Alzheimer s Disease Education and Referral Center American Association of Kidney Patients American Cancer Society Response Line American Diabetes Association American Foundation for Urologic Disease American Heart Association Stroke Connection American Institute for Cancer Research American Kidney Fund American Liver Foundation American Trauma Society Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association Cancer Information Service... 4-CANCER; CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse (TDD) CDC National AIDS Hotline ; (TDD) Children s Hospice International DHHS Inspector General s Hotline Grief Recovery Helpline Hospice Education Institute Hospice Link Medicare Telephone Hotline National AIDS Hotline (English) AIDS National AIDS Hotline (Spanish) SIDA National AIDS Hotline (TTY-TDD) National Hospice Organization National Information Clearinghouse for Infants with Disabilities 59

65 and Life Threatening Conditions , ext. 201 National Institute on Aging Info Center National Insurance Consumer Helpline National Kidney Foundation National Library of Medicine National Pharmaceutical Program National STD Hotline National Stroke Association... STROKES or Office of Minority Health Resource Center Project Inform HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline Rural Information Center Health Service Y-ME National Organization for Breast Cancer Information Support Program

66 ADDITIONAL COLORADO STATE RESOURCES Alzheimer s Association-Rocky Mountain Chapter or 303/ American Cancer Society / American Diabetes Association / American Heart Association of Colorado / American Lung Association of Colorado / Colorado AIDS Project / Colorado Council of Churches / Colorado Cancer Pain Initiative / Site... Colorado Dept. Public Health & Environment Health Facilities Division / Site... http// Colorado Division of Insurance / Colorado Funeral Directors Association / Colorado Health Care Association / Colorado Hospice Organization / Colorado Hospital Association / Colorado Medical Society / Colorado Organ Recovery Systems Health Care Policy & Financing (Medicaid) / Home Care Association of Colorado / Leukemia Society of America / Mile High Transplant Bank National Kidney Foundation of Colorado / Rocky Mountain Lion s Eye Bank (Denver) Colorado Springs / Senior Answers and Services / Southern Colorado AIDS Project /

67 ADDITIONAL/UPDATED LISTINGS FOR THE COLORADO RESOURCE GUIDE FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE Readers of this Resource Guide are invited to submit additional and updated listings for inclusion in future editions, as well as for the listings available on the web page maintained by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ( Please complete and fax or mail this form to: Attention: Sandra Malafronte, Health Facilities Division Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO Fax: 303/ CATEGORY OF RESOURCE (please check one): Adult Day Programs Hospice Home Health Agency Community Mental Health Clinic Bereavement Support Resources County Health Contact Funeral Home/Mortuary Hospital - General Senior and Disabled Svcs. Name of Program: County(ies) in Which Resource Provided: Telephone Number for Program: ( ) Name and Telephone Number For A Contact Person: Thank You 62