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"Dignity, Comfort and Peace at the End of Life."
Stories from actual patients
Read about
Bernice
Wells 
Read about Frank
Sears
Read about
Walter
Zywan
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What
is “Hospice Care”?
Hospice
enhances the quality of life and alleviates
the burden of the terminally ill and their loved ones by giving them:
Control
Patients are encouraged to articulate their desires and needs and to
participate in choices about their own care.
Comfort
Emphasis is on pain management and symptom control.
Familiarity
Care is given in the location where the patient feels most
comfortable-usually in the home.
Dignity
Our Hospice staff provides the support and expertise to allow a patient to
live their lives to the fullest until the very end.
Support
Well
trained professionals provide not only medical expertise, but along with our
volunteers also provide spiritual, and compassionate support to patients and
their loved ones.
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High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care
is a rural,
not-for-profit health care corporation, certified and licensed by New
York State. Our hospice is composed of a caring team of professionals
and volunteers who provide the full range of quality hospice services,
primarily in the home, to all terminally ill individuals and their
families in portions of Franklin and Hamilton Counties and all of Warren
and Essex Counties.
Our
health care team provides physical care, emotional support and education to the
entire family regardless of age, gender, nationality, race, creed, sexual
orientation, disability, diagnosis or ability to pay.
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Our Mission Statement
“Dignity, comfort and peace at the end
of life: High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. provides end of life
care that listens with respect, cares with compassion, supports with choice
and comforts with understanding wherever you call home.”
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Our
History
High
Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care was conceived in January 1986 by a dedicated group of concerned
medical, clergy, and community volunteers, who saw the need for expanded
services to the terminally ill throughout the Adirondack Mountains. For two and
a half years volunteers alone provided supportive services to area residents
from office space donated by the Trudeau Institute.
Early
in 1988 our offices moved behind Adirondack Medical Center. August 29th
of that same year our ability to provide comprehensive medical treatment along
with supportive care was realized following certification by State and Federal
agencies. That same year High Peaks Hospice received the prestigious
Eleanor Roosevelt Community Service Award by Governor Cuomo for outstanding
volunteer service (over 6900 volunteer hours).
Individuals,
when faced with imminent death, now had choices as to how and where they would
die. Patients were finally given control. In the ensuing years High
Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care has continued to expand and flourish. The vision of a few in
1986 - to provide dignity, comfort and hope to the terminally ill and their
families - has grown into a highly respected and valuable health service
organization that provides physical, emotional and bereavement support
throughout the Adirondack and Southern Adirondack region.
A
vision and over twenty years later, High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care has three offices that cover a
vast service area . The organization employs close to 50 employees and the
volunteers – who started it all and continue to be the heart and soul of the
organization– number well over 250!
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