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"Congressman
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2006 Nurses Week with the staff" |
is a non-profit organization that was created in
2001 with the merger of Good Samaritan, St. Charles and
Mercy Hospices and represents a combined thirty years
of experience serving the community. It’s mission
is to expand and enhance healthcare at the end-of-life
for all individuals and their families living throughout
Long Island, while educating the community on the philosophy
and concept of hospice services. The hospice mission also
seeks to educate and promote the necessity for earlier
referrals to a hospice so the patient and family have
the ability to make informed decisions regarding care.
Through its Community Outreach programs Good Shepherd
Hospice continues to educate the community and professionals
in an attempt to eliminate barriers to hospice care and
develop linkages in the community supporting the mission.
Good Shepherd Hospice employs close to 225 staff members
and has a volunteer core of close to three hundred. Currently
the staff and volunteers are caring for up to 400 patients
and their families each day. For more about our extensive
hospice program, visit the “ Did
You Know” page.
For more information
use the navigation buttons on the top menu or click
the links to get more information on our
Palliative Care Department,
Services, Referral
and Admissions, Giving
to Good Shepherd Hospice, How
to Volunteer, or our Office
Contact Information.
Member of Hospice & Palliative Care Association
of New York State, National Hospice Work Group, National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
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