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Causes: Hospices, Human Services
Mission: Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.
Programs: Pathways hospice is committed to be the region's preferred provider of hospice services through excellent patient care in all settings and comprehensive grief support. We educate about end-of-life care, partner with caregivers, remain good financial stewards, grow to meet our community's needs, and strive to be an employer of choice patient care. Our care is centered on a patient goal-focused plan of care. Patients may reside at home, at a caregiver's home, at assisted living and long-term care facilities, or at our in-patient care center. We bring our services to our patient's home, wherever that might be, to assist family members and other caregivers in providing the most comprehensive, highest quality hospice care. Our palliative services include medical direction by board-certified physicians on-call, 24/7 nursing care, pain and symptom management, medical equipment and supplies, and prescription medications. Personal care provided by certified nurse aides, social services, and counseling spiritual care through chaplains or personal spiritual leaders, volunteers, complementary therapies including music and art programs for grief and loss. We understand the importance of grief support, counseling and education following the death of a loved one. Bereavement services are available to the families of the patients we serve and also community-wide to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one - support groups. We offer a variety of grief support groups for adults, teens and children. Grief and bereavement support and education is also provided to area schools, counselors, and other professionals to help young people who have experienced a loss. - private counseling specially trained social workers and counselors are available to provide private counseling. - creative therapies journaling, art therapy, cooking, and therapeutic massage are among the creative therapies offered. - accomplishments the administrative and business offices for pathways hospice are located at 305 carpenter road in fort collins and 1455 main street, suite 140 in windsor. From these locations we serve larimer county and portions of weld county including greeley, windsor, severance, ault, eaton, timnath, johnstown, and their surrounding communities. Pathways hospice staffs and maintains a seven-bed, inpatient care center located on the third floor of the mckee medical center in loveland. General inpatient, respite and routine care are provided. Pathways hospice services are available in seventeen skilled nursing homes and over thirty assisted living facilities throughout our community. 2016 statistics total: number of unique hospice patients served 1,184 - professional staff 122 - volunteers 255.