A Full Range of Care
Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care has a full continuum of programs and services – the area’s only hospice provider with a dedicated palliative care team and two hospice houses. You don’t have to change providers just because your condition changes. We can begin helping you earlier and stay with you however your disease progresses – even if you get better.
The area’s first hospice, we’re based in Kansas City and care for a 12-county area across Kansas and Missouri with award-winning care teams.
Still not-for-profit, we care for people regardless of their financial situation. And, we attract the very best dedicated volunteers to augment our care.
Care is provided with a team approach that brings you the care you want when you need it.
We’re just a phone call away and will gladly come meet with you to respond to your questions, needs and concerns.
Supportive or Palliative Care
Palliative (pal-lee-uh-tive) care is supportive care at home that gives expert guidance, medical assistance and emotional support for you and your family while you are being treated for a serious illness. It focuses on improving quality of life by reducing pain and other symptoms and dealing with emotional stress. And, it is available at any age and at any stage of an illness, even while you receive curative treatments. Palliative care is available before the time for hospice.
Hospice Care
Hospice is a philosophy of care that focuses on quality of life rather than curative treatments.
Hospice provides care, comfort and support for you and your family. The hospice team works to make you comfortable and relieve your symptoms and pain for the entire length of your illness. Hospice can be provided wherever you call home, whether that is your family home, assisted living or even a long-term care facility. Find out if hospice is right for you.
Care at Kansas City Hospice House™
Sometimes, pain and symptoms are too serious to be managed at home. Short-term inpatient care can be helpful in dealing with pain, shortness of breath, anxiety or other distressing symptoms. The Kansas City Hospice House™ is a haven for the seriously ill and their families.
Care for Children
It takes special skills and hearts to care for seriously ill children and their families. Carousel offers specialized home care for infants, children, teens and young adults with serious illnesses.
Care During Pregnancy
Sometimes tests during pregnancy reveal problems that may limit a baby’s life. When families face that uncertainty, the Carousel Perinatal (before birth) Program offers support, comfort and education.
Kansas City Palliative Medicine Clinic
Leading our team of palliative and hospice professionals are the doctors and advanced practice nurses of Kansas City Palliative Medicine. The only clinic of its kind in the Midwest, the physicians are board certified in palliative medicine and hospice. They are available both in the clinic, for house calls and for consultation with other physicians.
Passages
Counseling and resources for difficult life transitions.
Solace House
Solace House is a grief counseling center that supports children, individuals and families who have been impacted by the death of a loved one, whether anticipated, or sudden and unexpected.
Camp Erin
Camp Erin is a weekend, overnight camp for teens and children who have experienced the death of someone close to them. It is a traditional, fun, high-energy camp combined with grief education and emotional support.
Camp Carousel
Camp Carousel is a weekend retreat for grieving families with school-aged children and teens.
