For nearly 40 years the Hospice of the Chesapeake (HOC) has been a highly respected, and vital community nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider in the Annapolis, MD region. Serving nearly 500 hospice patients per day, and 600 non-hospice and palliative care patients, HOC is known for being one of the nation's leading hospice programs for Veterans. Points of distinction include:
• The 14-suite Rebecca Fortney Inpatient Care Center, completed in 2015. This state-of-the-art facility offers a more intensive level of care while providing patients and their families with the comforts of home, such as a family room, kitchen, garden, and children’s play area.
• HOC’s robust palliative care program consists of physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains with a specialized pediatric component.
• In addition to traditional care, HOC offers complementary therapies, such as Healing Touch, Reiki, Aromatherapy, Music, and Pet Therapy.
• Chesapeake Life Center, a program service of Hospice of the Chesapeake, serves hospice family members and the community at large with a wide array bereavement services, encompassing individual and family grief counseling, spiritual direction,
...adult support groups, support groups for children and teens, specialty workshops and seminars, pet loss workshops, writing groups, and specialized groups for perinatal and infant loss support. The Life Center also offers summer camps for children and teens.
• A respected leader in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties, HOC enjoys strong support from residents and businesses who donate their expertise and contribute philanthropically. HOC has a volunteer corps of more than 400 and in recent years completed a $16 capital campaign, proceeds of which went to the construction of the new inpatient center.
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