Our Services

Hospice of Anchorage works with the patient and family along with the patient’s physician and the hospice interdisciplinary team - volunteers, nurses, social service coordinator, bereavement coordinator, and volunteer chaplain – to provide assistance to meet the transition from life through death and to cope with loss and grief. This may be a one time visit, periodic contact, or may grow into an ongoing relationship lasting weeks or months.

HOSPICE CARE

Hospice care offers people with life-limiting illness the opportunity to live fully with control over pain and other symptoms through the end-of-life. Hospice care also supports families in coping with the effects and challenges of illness.

Hospice support may include:

Nursing consultations for assessment and recommendations regarding pain and symptom control
patient and family education about disease progression
assistance with insurance, financial and legal matters, such as advance directives, living wills,
durable power of attorney
trained volunteer assistance and support; emotional and spiritual support; bereavement and grief support
community resources and referrals
public and professional education on end-of-life and palliative care issues.

GRIEF SUPPORT

Grief support provides resources and services to anyone that has experienced the death of a loved one, even if they did not receive end-of-life care from Hospice of Anchorage.

Grief support may include:

Individual or family support
educational seminars
literature, books and videos on loan
special materials for children
referrals to community support groups
annual remembrance service
mailings and phone calls

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

The Adult Grief Group meets twice monthly. The Bereavement Coordinator or trained bereavement outreach volunteers also offer one-to-one support.

The Forget-Me-Not Grief Program - for children, teens and the adults who love them – meets on regularly scheduled Thursday evenings.

SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BASED ON NEED, NOT THE ABILITY TO PAY.

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2612 E Northern Lights Blvd · Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4119
907.561.5322 (voice) / 907.561. 0334 (fax)
info@hospiceofanchorage.org

*If you are in crisis and cannot reach us, please call 563-3200 (Anchorage)
or follow this link to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for immediate help

Site designed by Bryan Talbott-Clark
in loving memory of Carolyn Talbott