Mission Statement

Hospice of Northwest Michigan in partnership with your local health department (The Health Department of Northwest Michigan) provides comprehensive physical, emotional and spiritual care to individuals and their families during and following life-limiting illness.  We support the philosophy and practice of Hospice Care and serve as a resource for end-of-life care in our community.

Statement of Philosophy

Hospice exists to provide support and care for persons who have a life limiting illness, with a life expectancy measured in months or days, rather than years.  Hospice recognizes dying as a normal process and we do not attempt to either prolong or hasten this process.  Our services are for persons who have chosen to no longer receive curative treatment.  The hospice program exists in the hope and belief that through appropriate care, and the promotion of a caring community sensitive to their needs, individual’s/families/significant others may be free to attain a degree of preparation for death resulting in quality of life when quantity is limited.  We recognize the individual/family/significant other as the unit of care.  We provide support both during and following the individuals death.

 We assist and support rather than take over the decisions best left to the individual, to make choices about how care is delivered and where they choose to die.  We promote physical, emotional and spiritual comfort.  Our goals are to assist with Safe and Comfortable Dying, Self-Determined Life Closure, and Healthy Grieving.

 We draw on an interdisciplinary team to develop a plan of care in collaboration with the individual/family/physician and other community resources when appropriate.

 Our services will not be denied to an individual or family on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual preference, or martial status. 

 Adapted in part for “Statement of Philosophy” Hospice for Communities, Flint, Michigan.

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