Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys company

Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys company, is committed to providing the best hospice and palliative care experience available. This commitment is expressed in our mission statement.

In every area of hospice care, we try to do more than what is required-and expected. The desire to do more can be seen in the passion and commitment of our staff and volunteers. It can also be measured by the services we offer which go above and beyond what typical hospices offer.

Beacon's approach to hospice care creates a patient and family environment of hope, comfort and dignity. Beacon Hospice is a Medicare and Medicaid Certified program providing superior end-of-life care services. Beacon Hospice and Palliative Care was founded in 1995 and was based in Boston, Mass. In 1999, Betty Brennan joined the organization as executive director and CEO and expanded Beacon Hospice's location to 5 New England states; Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut and serves patients in private homes, assisted living facilities and nursing homes. In June of 2011, Beacon Hospice was purchased by Amedisys, Inc, a national home care and hospice company.

Our approach to care creates a patient and family environment of hope, comfort and dignity. This approach is extended through our volunteers, who can make an enormous difference in someone's life.  Each patient is cared for by an interdisciplinary team, which includes RN case managers, a social worker, chaplain, volunteer, volunteer coordinator, bereavement coordinator, medical director and hospice aides.

Driven by patients' choices and the manner that they wish to live out their lives, we're striving to establish the highest standard of hospice care.

Becoming a hospice volunteer is making a difference in someone's life. While we at Beacon pride ourselves in providing a diverse range of unique services to our patients and families, we know that we are not the only ones who can make a difference in people's lives. That's why we enlist wonderful volunteers like you to join us in bringing a smile and helping hand to those in need.

To orient new Beacon Hospice volunteers, we have created a comprehensive volunteer training to help ensure the best care for our patients. In the Beacon Hospice volunteer training you will attend a series of training sessions scheduled over the course of several weeks where hospice topics such as The History of Hospice, The Medical Aspects of Hospice, Effective Communication with Patients and Families, Grief and Bereavement and The Hospice Family are covered.