ABOUT HOSPICE SLO COUNTY

ABOUT HOSPICE SLO COUNTY

Hospice SLO County is a non-medical volunteer service organization and community grief center.

We believe that the end of life deserves as much respect as the beginning. We support San Luis Obispo County residents who are grieving a death, coping with a life-limiting illness, or facing end of life.

All Hospice SLO County services are provided at no charge, and we do not bill insurance. Since 1977, we have depended 100% on community donations, fundraising events, grants, bequests, and the time and talent of compassionate volunteers.

Hospice SLO County is one of four hospices in SLO County, but the only non-medical volunteer hospice. We are one of 14 non-medical volunteer hospices left in the country.

OUR SERVICES 

Hospice SLO County staff recruit, train, and supervise volunteers to go into homes to provide support and caregiver respite. Our non-medical services reach countywide and include care management, in-home respite care, emotional support, practical assistance, and comfort to individuals, their families and caregivers who are coping with a life limiting illness and/or cognitive impairment. Additionally, our volunteer end-of-life companions provide non-medical, holistic support and comfort to the dying person and their family, which may include education, emotional support, and practical care.

As a community grief center, our grief counseling services are available to SLO County residents coping with a death (including animals) regardless of when, where, or how the death occurred. We offer individual and family counseling and various support groups as well as a Community Grief Response Team to help businesses, organizations, and groups process the death of a co-worker or member. Anticipatory grief counseling is also available. 

OUR MISSION 

We recognize death as a natural and personal event. In this spirit, we support the community in working with those near the end of life and the people who love them by providing in-home support, caregiver respite, grief counseling, support groups, community response, and education. 

OUR VISION 

We envision a community that recognizes death as a part of life; where dying and grieving are embraced as natural; where all have access to support services without charge; where no one dies or is left to grieve without comfort.