Hope Hospice

Hope is committed to supporting patients at home with exceptional care, compassion, and dignity, and support their family members in the care of their loved one. No one is turned away for care and support, regardless of ability to pay; Hope serves all who need assistance. Hope's team offers medical, psychosocial, spiritual and other compassionate support so that patients can achieve a higher quality of life and avoid hospitalization.

In addition to providing best-in-class hospice services for patients and families on our service, Hope produces supportive programming for our local communities in the San Francisco East Bay area of California (Eastern area Alameda County and central Contra Costa County). Grief support, dementia education, and family caregiver education programs are made available to the public thanks to generous support from individuals and businesses in these Tri-Valley and Diablo Valley regions.

Enhance hospice referral network to increase access to hospice services for all who need them.
Be the market leader in providing high quality, ethical, and responsive hospice care in the home setting.
Build on core competencies of palliative and holistic care.
Focus on the Tri-Valley and Diablo Valley regions and their surrounding cities.
Provide the highest quality care and service by maintaining high-quality controls and assurances.

Hope Hospice is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area and funded by its local community. Since 1980, families and physicians in the Tri-Valley region have turned to Hope Hospice for quality, compassionate care at the end of life. We customize care for each patient and offer a comprehensive circle of support to family members and other caregivers. We pay close attention to each individual's needs – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Hope is dedicated to helping our patients and families live each day to the fullest with dignity, hope, and comfort.

Our committed and compassionate team of healthcare professionals, many with hospice and palliative care certification, is dedicated to making a meaningful impact by offering the right amount of care at the right time. Today, we are an organization of more than 00 paid staff and some 115 active volunteers.

In addition to Medicare reimbursed hospice services, Hope Hospice also provides the following services to the community which are funded by donations, fundraising events, and grants:

1. The Grief Support Center: The primary mission of the Grief Support Center (GSC) is to help people process grief, connect with a caring community, and learn healthy coping skills after the loss of a loved one. The GSC offers a variety of services to provide support and guidance after the death of a loved one for our Hope Hospice patient family members and caregivers, and for the community at-large. The GSC is certified to deliver Critical Incident Stress Debriefing as a first responder organization. Programs include:
a. Individual Counseling - To assist those dealing with the loss of a loved one, we offer one-on-one support sessions.
b. Services for Adults - Support Groups are offered in eight week sessions every quarter. Programs are currently (4/2022) offered over Zoom within a safe, nonjudgmental environment of hope, acceptance, and cooperative learning. These will return to in-person and hybrid sessions as soon as it is safe to do so.
c. Children, Teens and Family Support Program – This program provides a safe, nurturing space for young people to better understand and process emotions while learning healthy coping skills.
2. The Volunteer Program - Volunteer roles include patient home care volunteers, grief support volunteers, fund-raising events and administrative support volunteers, and governance or advisory positions.
3. Community Education Program - Outreach staff serve as patient advocates throughout the hospice continuum to ensure a comforting transition to Advanced Illness Care or our Medicare-certified hospice services. Outreach staff also provide exceptional education programs on a variety of senior topics to both residents and staff caregivers at local facilities, and to the general public.

Founded in 1980, Hope Hospice has earned a reputation for being the most relied upon source of dignity, hope and comfort for those nearing the end-of-life in the Tri-Valley and Diablo Valley regions in the San Francisco East Bay. Due to the aging population, we expect our key demographic (those aged 70 and above) to increase markedly in our service area over the next few decades. Even while the medical industry evolves into large corporate entities, we resolve to maintain our community-based approach, working to provide the highest quality care for local residents on their end-of-life journey. We connect those who need us with the right care at the right time in the right place. We also support family members who are caring for their loved ones at home or who are rebuilding their lives after loss.