Windber Hospice Horse Show

What is Hospice?

 Hospice is a way of caring for terminally ill patients and their families to relieve physical, emotional, spiritual and financial suffering; to maintain the patient in his or her own home surrounded by supportive family and friends; to be sensitive to the patient's and family's needs; to be concerned with the whole person and enhance the quality of life.

Windber Hospice is a program that promotes the Hospice philosophy of care and makes services available to all persons in Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, and parts of Indiana and Westmoreland Counties. The program, developed in 1977, was the first Hospice Program in Pennsylvania. In 1981, the Palliative Care Unit was opened at Windber Hospital to provide inpatient services. Although the main emphasis is on home care, this unique setting allows patients home-like comfort during necessary hospitalizations. In 1990, Windber Hospice joined forces with the Laurel Highlands Cancer Program, providing care to patients throughout the five-county area described above.
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State-of-the-art Hospice Center 

Here you may want to elaborate on the Windber Medical Center's State of the Art, new 14,000sq. ft.$ 1.3 million Dollar Hospice Center officially opened its doors in September, 2000. It is one of the most advanced facilities in North America dedicated to palliative care, yet still retains the unique, home-away-from-home atmosphere that Windber Medical Center is known for. We have added outside balconies to the rooms and we now provide a beautiful outdoor caring park for patients and families.

 We're there when you need us

 Windber Hospice offers patients, their families and caregivers 24-hour support. Each patient is assigned a hospice team, which includes the patient's personal physician, a hospice nurse, volunteer, social Worker, patient aide, counselor and pastoral care provider. These caring professionals become a family's lifeline - a source of both education and inspiration.