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- EIN 45-0349152
- (701) 356-1500
- 3800 56th Ave S Fargo ND 58104 USA
- www.hrrv.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Hospices, Human Services
Mission: The organization's mission, as stated in its by-laws, is: the purpose of the corporation shall be charitable and educational. The mission/purpose of the corporation is: a good dying and death experience is a basic human desire, a common life experience and a quality of life issue. Hospice of the red river valley has an obligation to those we serve to provide the following: 1) a quality end-of-life experience for the individual that is dying; 2) a quality end-of-life experience for the individual's loved ones; 3) a quality workplace environment for the staff and volunteers of hospice of the red river valley; 4) a higher quality of life for the community as community members know they have a place to go where they will find needed support for their own end-of-life experience of that of a loved one.
Programs: Hospice care: medically directed and team-coordinated services to terminally ill patients and their families. Patients and families receive care according to plans personalized to each patient and family's needs, wishes and abilities, enlisting all the skills of the hospice team. The care and services are provided to people throughout a 29-county service area in the greater red river valley area of the north dakota/minnesota border, and is provided without regard for the patient or family's ability to pay. In 2017, hospice of the red river valley served 1,733 patients from offices in fargo, grand forks, lisbon, mayville and valley city, north dakota and detroit lakes and thief river falls, minnesota.
palliative care: red river valley palliative care is a program of hospice of the red river valley. This community service is specialized medical care for people living with a chronic disease. It provides relief from the symptoms and stress of a chronic disease-whatever the diagnosis-in your place of residence. Individuals do not need to be homebound to receive care. Palliative care does not replace treatment of an illness; the goal is to ease and prevent suffering and improve quality of life for both patient and family members. Along with symptom management, palliative care can facilitate discussions with patients and families concerning prognosis and goal planning. Palliative care may occur while you receive treatments for your illness. In 2017, red river palliative care served 337 patients.
bereavement & community support: the death of a loved one is one of the most stressful life events a person can experience, whether the death is expected or not. Hospice of the red river valley is committed to providing a robust bereavement program - not only to family members of the individuals we care for, but also for community members. Hospice of the red river valley's bereavement services are offered free of charge to anyone who has lost a loved one through death, whether they had hospice services or not. In 2017, hospice of the red river valley's bereavement program served 1,593 new clients, facilitated 124 group sessions with 591 individuals attending, mailed out in excess of 7,711 bereavement support mailings, provided in-school grief support and presentations to more than 194 students and 20 faculty and developed new support groups specifically for men and infant and pregnancy loss.