Hope Hospice and Community Services is a not-for-profit, 501 (c)(3)-status community-based health care agency serving Lee, Hendry, Glades, Collier, Charlotte, Highlands, Hardee and Polk counties. We provide a variety of services to all people with complex needs related to transitions, loss and end of life.

Our programs include:

Hope Hospice - enabling seriously ill patients and their families to experience the final stage of life together, in a setting most comfortable for them.

Pathways of Hope - our counseling program, provides grief support to patients, families and the community. It also provides support to schools, businesses, law enforcement, health care professionals and other community organizations. In addition Rainbow Trails Bereavement Camp for children helps youngsters to cope with the loss of a loved one.

Hope Life Care - is a Medicaid waiver program that provides home and community-based services to people age 65 and older with limited abilities that qualify for nursing home placement.

Hope Connections - serving seniors age 60 and older, providing help with daily activities including personal care, meals, transportation, medical equipment and supplies, and emergency response systems.

Hope Adult Day Health Care - for adults with cognitive and physical limitations who require daily assistance. It provides a structured, protective environment and therapeutic social and health activities. The program takes place in Fort Myers at the Hope Health Center.

Hope Select Care - enables seniors age 55 and older to live as independently as possible by providing all-inclusive services. The Medicare/Medicaid program also addresses participant's unique medical needs, and helps with the social, emotional and practical challenges that older adults often face.

Hope Child and Teen Care - provides a variety of services for children and their families including pediatric hospice care, palliative care services, and grief support and counseling.
Hope Comfort Care - a consultative program for home-based symptom management services to those who are living with a serious illness.

Hope Features :
5/7/08 - Hope for Mother’s Day: Coping With Loss
4/1/08 - Click here to download a copy of Advance Directives
3/17/08 - At Hope Hospice and Community Services, our work is about helping people to live each day as fully as possible. Click here to watch Randy Pausch talk about the importance of this on Oprah.
1/4/08 - When is it time to contact hospice? - an article by Samira, has been published on the Aging care web site, an information resource for care givers. To read the article, click here.

Hope News :
2/29/08 - First Annual Celebration of Women a Success for Hope Hospice
2/21/08 - Hope Hospice President Joins National Hospice Foundation Board
2/15/08 - Acclaimed local producer creates a new perspective for the meaning of hospice
1/28/08 - Hope introduces new, comprehensive care program for seniors

Our mission is to provide exceptional care and support to every individual and their loved ones as they fulfill life’s journey.