OUR PLAN TO MEET THE NEED

Our goal is to provide all Hampton Roads residents with the option of inpatient end-of-life hospice care so they can peacefully spend their last days with family, friends, and expert caregivers.

The Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads will include:

Resident Care

RESIDENT ROOMS INCLUDE:

• 12 spacious private rooms with a home-like feel and private bathrooms

• 24-hour nursing and personal care

• Respected, proven hospice care operational partners

• Waterfront views, private patios and back porches

• Landscaped gardens

• A non-denominational chapel

• Recliners that open to twin beds, and couches that serve as daybeds

• Wi-Fi enabled rooms include a tablet with oversized icons for video calls to loved ones, internet access, movies, and TV shows

Family Gathering Area

COMMON SPACES INCLUDE:

• Large living room with comfortable seating and oversized fireplace

• Kitchen and coffee bar

• Dining areas

• Children’s art and playroom

• Screened porches

• Landscaped gardens

Interior Design

Functional work areas for medical staff that retain a home-like visual space. They include spacious hallways with warm lighting and offer an easily accessible peaceful feel.

“Hospice is specialized care for the whole person and their families. At the end of life, you need a caregiver and case manager. After the loss of a loved one, access to bereavement services help families move through the stages of grief. I am proud to say all of these things will be offered at the Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads.”

Bereavement Services

In addition to providing hospice beds, the Dozoretz Hospice House will operate a Bereavement Center that will serve families and their loved ones. Bereavement is the time of mourning after a loss.The bereavement care team will work with loved ones to help them navigate the grieving process. Trained volunteers, clergy members, and professional counselors will provide personalized support for at least a year after a resident’s death.

Our staff’s goal is to provide hope to those who have lost a loved one. In this setting, we define hope as a belief that healing can and will unfold, and that despite that loss, there will be many meaningful, engaging, happy, even joyful times to come.

“I strongly believe we need a place where family members don’t have to take care of their loved one’s physical and daily care needs; they can just focus on making the best of the time they have left as a family. I know friends who died in avoidable pain using patient care in their own home. We can do better for our neighbors.”

HOW WILL WE MEASURE SUCCESS?

Success will be measured by the following:

• With a 70% average occupancy and an average length of stay of 15 days, the Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads will improve end of life care for 204 citizens annually.

• Research shows that five people are left to grieve the death of every person who has lost their life. Between our bereavement services and the hospice house itself, we project to serve more than 1,000 individuals annually.

Our Partners

Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay will manage the medical care and daily operations of the hospice house. Beth Sholom Village will oversee the billing and account management.

Other partners include local higher education institutions’ students who will provide medical and clinical support as well as assist in providing top-quality bereavement services. This includes programs for children, adolescents, and adults.

We Need Your Support

To date, our dedicated board has helped raise more than half of the funds needed to open and initially operate this important community asset. But we need the support of leaders like you to take us to the finish line.

Families, children and even pets will be welcomed to peacefully share the end of life with their loved ones at the Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads.

Top notch staff and hard working volunteers will work tirelessly to provide care and comfort to every patient.

We need your investment now to make this house a home for all that are transitioning to the end of their lives.

“We have individuals and families that need this hospice house because they don’t have the resources to stay at home. Our practice has several patients a month with this unmet human need. I joined the Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads’ board because I strongly believe we need a place where family members don’t have to take care of their loved ones.”

~ MARISSA GALICIA-CASTILLIO, MD / HHHR Board Member / Director of the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Eastern Virginia Medical School