The Hospice House

One face of Hospice of the Piedmont's service is Hospice House, a beautiful, peaceful and welcoming home for terminally ill patients who cannot remain in their own homes.  In fact, the City of Charlottesville's Board of Architectural Review presented a Preservation Award to Hospice House for Historic Building Rehabilitation.  While this is gratifying, the deeper beauty of Hospice House is seen in the loving and compassionate care given to its patients and the warm and sensitive support provided for their loved ones.

Since its opening, many patients have been cared for at Hospice House.  In these patients and their families, we have marveled at the variety of needs that Hospice House is meeting.  Beyond its primary function as a haven for patients who cannot remain at home, Hospice House is proving to be an ideal setting for entire families to deal with end-of-life issues for their loved one -- a quiet and dignified surrounding where family devotion can be affirmed, where forgiveness for past failures can be sought, where estrangements can be healed, where peace and acceptance can be found and where final good-byes can be spoken.

Located at 501 Park Street in Charlottesville, the Hospice House is a historic turn of the century Victorian home.  Through the Sharing the Journey Campaign, this stately residence near the center of the city's life has been carefully restored to provide a warm and welcoming home for hospice patients in the last stages of their journey. 

Hospice House provides eight bright and cheery rooms, each with its own private bath.  The restored home contains a kitchen and dining facilities, a meditation room and office space for clinical staff.  Above all, it is a place of quietness and peace, a place where privacy and  human dignity are honored and final good-byes can be said.

Residents of the house are Hospice of the Piedmont patients.  For information about referrals and admission to the hospice program, call Theresa O'Brien at (434) 817-6900.

To inquire about the status of a Hospice House patient, call the Hospice House nurse at (434) 244-4250.

The public's help is critical to the success and continued operation of the House, and we urge all supporters of hospice care to consider making a generous commitment.  To discuss how you can make a gift, call Karen Ratzlaff at (434) 817-6910.  Together, we can continue to make this compassionate gift possible for our community, a home away from home that will enrich the journeys of hospice patients for years to come.