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Veterans Service Award

Kansas City Hospice and NorthCare Hospice are proud participants in We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The program recognizes the unique needs of America’s veterans and their families, and the need to accompany and guide them through their life stories toward a more peaceful ending.

Staff receive special training in providing emotional support to veterans who are seriously ill or nearing the end of life. It can be very helpful for veterans to have access to people who understand their experiences and there are volunteer opportunities for veterans to help other veterans.

On Veterans Day 2015, staff and volunteers who are veterans contacted veterans in home care and at the two hospice houses, presenting pins to honor their service.

Ora Reyes, winner of 2016 Missouri Veterans Service Award, with husband Anthony.

Ora Reyes, winner of 2016 Missouri Veterans Service Award, with husband Anthony.

One of these veteran volunteers, Ora Reyes, received Lt. Governor Peter Kinder’s Veterans Service Award in March 2016. A 20-year Marine veteran, Ora is a worthy recipient who spends time weekly in patient homes and at our main office, and volunteers at Camp Erin and Camp Carousel annually. Kinder states “The same strong sense of duty and patriotism veterans showed in their service to their nation, invariably they now show to their communities after they returned home.”


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Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care provides comprehensive, expert care for all ages at all stages of serious illness.

Hospice Care

When the focus shifts to comfort instead of treatment, care comes to your home or nursing facility with a plan tailored to your needs, including emotional and spiritual support for the whole family.

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Hospice Care

Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care is the community clinical site for the University of Kansas Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. We're committed to developing physicians with specialty-level training in caring for patients with serious or terminal illness.

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Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Community-Based Palliative Care

Beginning as early as diagnosis and at any stage of serious illness, our nurse practitioners make home visits as needed to help coordinate your care and provide expert pain and symptom management.

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Community-Based Palliative Care
Hospice House

Hospice House

When symptoms cannot be easily managed at home, two hospice houses provide 24/7 expert care in comfortable home-line settings where family members can be relieved of caregiving duties to focus on loved ones.

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Carousel Pediatric Care

Carousel provides palliative and hospice care for perinatal and for babies through young adults with a dedicated team of pediatric nurses, social workers, chaplains and other specialists.

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Carousel Pediatric Care
Solace House

Solace House

Our center for grief and healing supports individuals and families who have been impacted by the death of a loved one, whether anticipated, or sudden and unexpected. We provide opportunities to share, listen, learn and heal with peer group support from age 3 through adult.

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