Kansas City Hospice Inc

KANSAS CITY HOSPICE, INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OFFERING A RANGE OF SERVICES IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND AT ANY STAGE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS. SERVING THE 12-COUNTY AREA ENCOMPASSING THE GREATER KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING EXPERT, COMPASSIONATE CARE SINCE 1980. A) - HOSPICE HOMECARE PROGRAM KANSAS CITY HOSPICE PROVIDES CARE TO PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY CALL HOME. THIS COULD INCLUDE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, A LONG-TERM CARE OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, OR ANOTHER TYPE OF RESIDENCE. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF EXPERT, COMPASSIONATE CARE PROFESSIONALS HELP PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. PATIENTS RECEIVING HOSPICE CARE MUST MEET THE HOSPICE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. IN 2024, KANSAS CITY HOSPICE CARED FOR 1,788 PATIENTS IN THEIR HOME OR RESIDENCE. B) - TWO INPATIENT FACILITY HOSPICE HOUSE IN APRIL OF 2006, KANSAS CITY HOSPICE OPENED THE FIRST INPATIENT HOSPICE FACILITY IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THE 32-BED KANSAS CITY HOSPICE HOUSE PROVIDES EXPERT INPATIENT CARE IN A HOME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. IN JULY OF 2015, KANSAS CITY HOSPICE ACQUIRED NORTHCARE HOSPICE AND THEN MERGED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2017. PART OF THIS ACQUISITION INCLUDED A 16-BED INPATIENT UNIT CALLED NORTHCARE HOSPICE HOUSE. NORTHCARE HOSPICE HOUSE, OPEN SINCE 2010, IS LOCATED INSIDE NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL. THESE INPATIENT HOSPICE HOUSES ARE UTILIZED WHEN MEDICAL NEEDS ARE TOO COMPLEX TO MANAGE IN THE HOME SETTING. MEDICAL AND NURSING CARE IS PROVIDED TO HELP PATIENTS MANAGE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS. ADDITIONALLY, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT IS OFFERED TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN 2024, 812 PATIENTS WERE CARED FOR AT KANSAS CITY HOSPICE HOUSE AND 748 PATIENTS WERE CARED FOR AT NORTHCARE HOSPICE HOUSE. 324 PATIENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH GENERAL INPATIENT HOSPICE CARE IN A HOSPITAL. WHEN THEY WERE UNABLE TO TRANSFER TO ONE OF OUR INPATIENT UNITS. C) - COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS COPING WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS, PALLIATIVE CARE CAN HELP THEM MANAGE DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS SUCH AS PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, OR OTHER DISEASE-RELATED SYMPTOMS. SIMILAR TO OUR HOSPICE PROGRAM, PALLIATIVE CARE AT KANSAS CITY HOSPICE UTILIZES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM MODEL WHICH FOCUSES ON SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS MEETING THE OTHER NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM SERVES PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADVANCED CHRONIC DISEASE, BUT WHO WISH TO CONTINUE SEEKING CURATIVE TREATMENT OR WHO DO NOT WISH TO ELECT HOSPICE CARE. KANSAS CITY HOSPICE ALSO HAS A PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM WHICH IS A PHYSICIAN AND NURSE PRACTITIONER SERVICE FOCUSING ON IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS FACING LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES, AND THEIR FAMILIES. CARE IS CONCENTRATED ON PREVENTING AND RELIEVING SUFFERING BY TREATING PAIN AND OTHER DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS BY PROVIDING EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT. IN 2024, 366PATIENTS WERE CARED FOR BY OUR COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE HOME HEALTH PROGRAM AND OVER 1,000 PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULT VISITS WERE PROVIDE AT AREA HOSPITALS BY OUR MEDICAL PRACTICE. D) - CAROUSEL PEDIATRIC CARE KANSAS CITY HOSPICE OFFERS A DEDICATED CARE TEAM FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR COMPASSIONATE TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS PROVIDES HOME HEALTH OR HOSPICE CARE TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN THROUGH THE YOUNG ADULT YEARS, AND DURING PREGNANCY AND FOLLOWING BIRTH WHEN AN UNBORN CHILD HAS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-LIMITING CONDITION. CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ALSO RECEIVE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT; EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES INCLUDING ART AND MUSIC THERAPIES; AND CERTIFIED PET THERAPY. WHEN HOME IS NOT THE IDEAL SETTING, OUR HOSPICE HOUSES ARE AVAILABLE. WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN TO RECEIVE CARE IN THE INPATIENT HOSPICE HOUSE SETTING, THEY WILL BE CARED FOR IN AN AGE-APPROPRIATE ROOM WHICH MEETS THEIR DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND PROVIDES A SAFE, COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR EACH CHILD AND THEIR FAMILY TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER. IN 2024, 61 LITTLE ONES RECEIVED PEDIATRIC HOSPICE OR HOME HEALTH CARE. E) - ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP GRIEF SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, AND SOLACE HOUSE CENTER FOR GRIEF AND HEALING WHICH PROVIDES COMMUNITY RESPONSE IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY AS WELL AS GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE, TEENS, AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES, AND SCHOOL-BASED GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS AND SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, KANSAS CITY HOSPICE OFFERS WEEKEND GRIEF CAMPS ANNUALLY FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THERE IS NO FEE FOR FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE. IN 2024, 471 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RECEIVED COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND MORE THAN 3,500 PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES ON ANY ONE DAY. 718 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN GRIEF SUPPORT FOR HOSPICE FAMILIES, OFFERED FOR 13 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE WHO RECEIVED HOSPICE CARE FROM KANSAS CITY HOSPICE.