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- EIN 52-1851251
- (443) 849-8300
- 11311 Mccormick Rd Ste 350 Hunt Valley MD 21031 USA
- www.gilchristhospice.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: Gilchrist hospice care is organized and operated exclusively as a nonprofit charitable and educational organization within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code for the following purposes: (1) to develop, own, manage, and operate a hospice program providing inpatient and outpatient hospice services including operating an inpatient facility for the benefit of the terminally ill individuals and their families and other caregivers, and to provide other health related services; (2) to provide research and education about hospice care to the public and the healthcare community; (3) to have and to exercise to the extent necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of any of the aforesaid purposes, and to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the charitable purposes of the corporation and the limitations imposed by section 501(c)(3) of the code, any and all powers conferred upon corporation by the maryland general corporation law.
Programs: Gilchrist hospice care (ghc) was founded in 1994 as a home hospice organization and that function remains at the core of our mission of providing the finest in end of life care. Patients are offered a wide-array of services that are provided by members of an interdisciplinary team that includes a physician, a registered nurse, a hospice aide, a social worker and a chaplain, as well as volunteers. After the death of a loved one, bereavement counselors provide counseling and support for patient families and the community at-large. During fy2017, ghc provided end of life services for patients in baltimore city and baltimore, carroll, harford and howard counties. In the years since our founding, we have provided quality, compassionate hospice care for more than 251,000 homecare patient days in central maryland and grief support for thousands of family members and caregivers.
gilchrist inpatient centers are designed to provide the highest-level acute inpatient hospice care in a home-like setting. Patients with pain or symptoms that are difficult to manage in their homes are referred to gilchrist center for care and many gilchrist patients spend their last days or hours in the renowned facility, which allows patient families and friends to visit 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility opened with 24 patient rooms in 1996 and was expanded, in 2009, to 34 patient rooms due to increased demand for inpatient services. In 2011, gilchrist expanded inpatient services to howard county by opening a 10 patient room facility. The inpatient centers provided 20,700 patient days in fy17.
gilchrist hospice care recognized that there was a need to provide the finest in end of life care for infants and children and for all those who love them, therefore, gilchrist kids program was started. Gilchrist kids' goal is to help any child "live well" during their last months, weeks and days and to provide their loved ones with the support they need during their most difficult time. By providing relief from physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering, we enhance the quality of life for seriously ill children and their families. Our pediatric home hospice program cares for infants, children, teens, and young adults with life-limiting illnesses or injuries and is focused on (see schedule o)- palliative (comfort oriented) care- pain management- symptom control- and emotional supportin addition to enhancing the child's care, gilchrist kids provides grief support and counseling to surviving family and friends. In fy17, gilchrist provided more than 10,500 days of care or pediatric patients.
bereavement counseling and eldercare program.