Register here online, or come by our office to fill out a form.

Sponsorship opportunities for businesses are available.  Contact Brandon Porter at (928) 779-1227, or bporter@northlandhospice.org for more information.

Register for the 2012 Golf outing, Monday, May 21, 2012 is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

This new type of flooring is not only durable and easy to clean, but very attractive, and adds aesthetic warmth to the home.

Currently, the common areas are being worked on, with the individual rooms to be updated also.

Thank you to Regroup Performance Contracting and Vance Peterson on their awesome job!

Front entryway of OWHH with new flooring

New flooring in the hallway at OWHH

New flooring in the hallway of OWHH

Now that most of the common areas are done, individual rooms will also have the beautiful new flooring!

New Flooring at the Olivia White Hospice Home is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

Our Patient Volunteer Training will be held February 23-35 in the Conference Room of our Administrative Offices, located at 452 N. Switzer Canyon Dr., Ste. A, Flagstaff, AZ 86001.

To be a patient volunteer, you must participate in these training sessions.

Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Megan Woodson at (928) 779-1227 or mwoodson@northlandhospice.org to sign up for the training, or for further information about volunteering with Northland Hospice.

Patient Volunteer Training coming up! is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

PDF Version Available by clicking  Winter Newsletter 2011-2012

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Winter Newsletter 2011-2012 is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

The 2012 Race For Life REGISTRATION is now up!  Register for the 10K, 5K, or Kids Fun Run by clicking on the link below!  Race day is  Saturday, June 23rd!

Click here to Register Now!!!

Click HERE for more information about the race

Register for the 2012 Run For Life, Saturday June 23rd is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

Northland Hospice wishes everyone a safe and joyous holiday season.  Please take a moment to tell those you love how much they mean to you, and to remember those we have lost.  Give at every opportunity and enjoy the company of others this holiday season.  Whatever your relationship with Northland Hospice, we sincerely appreciate your support, and look forward to making 2012 another great year at this wonderful organization.

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”  -Plato

Happy Holidays everyone,

-The staff at Northland Hospice and Palliative Care

Happy Holidays from Northland Hospice is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

A well-lit room 2 in OWHH

By the window...

Room 2

Sink and closet in Room 2

The sink and wash area in Room 2

Room 3 at the Olivia White Hospice Home

The view outside from Room 3

Room 3 TV and nightstand

Room 6 at the Olivia White Hospice Home

Photo Gallery of the Olivia White Hospice Home is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

In August, Northland Hospice was nominated for an award based on quality of hospice and palliative care service.  We at Northland Hospice and Palliative Care are proud to announce that we have been selected by the Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (AHPCO) as the winner of the “Excellence in End-of-Life-Care” award for 2011!

Here were the guidelines to nominate a program:

“Every day palliative care programs and hospices across our state provide compassionate, quality care to patients and families.  As part of our mission to advance quality end-of-life care and serve as a voice and resource for our members and the communities they serve, the Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (AHPCO) has created an award program to recognize a program or agency that has developed and implemented an innovative end-of-life program.  Through this recognition program we wish to highlight the good care that is being provided and raise awareness of the importance of excellence in serving patients near the end-of-life.  We invite you to nominate a program or agency that you consider deserving of this recognition.  Please submit a 1-page narrative that describes why you believe the nominee should be honored. ”

As an organization, Northland Hospice decided to recognize our volunteers as a whole.  Our volunteers not only contribute with a great deal of time and effort, but they also contribute by raising awareness of hospice and palliative care.   Congratulations to everyone involved with Northland Hospice, as you all help us provide outstanding service.

Article below:

Northland Hospice AHPCO Nomination Narrative

            Northland Hospice and Palliative Care is the only non-profit hospice provider in Flagstaff.    We understand that the financial standing of an individual should have no bearing as to whether or not they get to live out their remaining time in comfort and with dignity.  We accept any patient regardless of insurance or finances, and provide them with excellent care and support.  We provide a team approach, complete with an outstanding medical director, compassionate nurses, aides, a knowledgeable social worker, chaplain, and a bereavement counselor, all of whom help us run smoothly and efficiently.

            We view Northland Hospice as a “Triangle of Support.”  What makes this triangle so successful, and what sets us apart, is the dedication of our volunteers.  They are the lifeblood of our organization and are vital to its many parts.

            The first point of our triangle is our thrift store.  The Hodgepodge Thrift Store is located on Historic Route 66 and is operated almost entirely by volunteers.  People donate their lightly used items, and the Hodgepodge sells them at a discounted price.  The money generated from this thrift store goes towards helping provide hospice to individuals who are in need of end-of-life care.  On a typical day at the Hodgepodge, there can be anywhere from half a dozen to more than twenty volunteers sorting clothes, pricing items, moving purchased furniture, or manning the registers.  Currently, their hard work helps generate revenues of approximately $19,000 monthly that helps supplement or cover patient hospice costs.

            The second point of our hospice triangle is represented by our event volunteers.  Our four major annual events would not be possible without the planning and coordination of our event volunteers.  Not only do these events raise vital operating funds, but they also raise community awareness of Northland’s mission and merit.

The final point of our triangle is our assisted living hospice service.  The Olivia White Hospice Home is a ten bedroom home dedicated towards easing one of life’s most difficult transitions.  It is unique to the region in that no other hospice in the area has its own building dedicated solely to housing hospice eligible individuals.  In addition to a qualified staff, we also have patient volunteers who devote countless hours towards directly helping our patients.  The gem of the house, and something that everyone at Northland is especially proud of, is the garden which is primarily maintained by volunteers.  There are seasonal flowers, a vegetable garden, a beautiful gazebo, memorial plaques, and even a scavenger hunt for young family visitors.  Our volunteer gardeners put a great deal of hard work and love into providing visitors and patients with a beautiful daily reminder of life.

            We are not a huge corporation.  We do not try to be something that we are not.  We are a local non-profit hospice whose mission is accomplished through the hard work and dedication of countless individuals, many of whom are unpaid volunteers.  It is not an organization helping people, it is people helping people.

-Northland Hospice and Palliative Care

Winner of the 2011 AHPCO Excellence in End-of-Life-Care Award…NORTHLAND HOSPICE! is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

To view it as a PDF, click on this Fall Newsletter 2011 for web (This version allows you to zoom in to each page).

To view as simple images, here are the 8 pages, each as a JPEG image.  Click on any image to enlarge (This version DOES NOT allow you to zoom in on each page), or just scroll down to each page in order.

Thank you for checking out our newsletter and we hope you enjoy it!

The Fall 2011 Newsletter Electronic Version is here! is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative

For those of you who are not familiar with our Stay at Home Tea event, it is an annual fundraiser where we send out a note, small packet of tea, and a donation slip.  We encourage those who receive it to have a cup of tea in rememberance of someone that they love, or whom they have lost.

This year, we had two main sponsors of our event, as New Frontiers donated 4,800 packets of tea, and Kay Young of Sky Engineering donated a large monetary donation to help us pay for the mailing costs.  Kay Young and Sky Engineering wanted to dedicate this donation in honor of Nancy Pugh Dexter, who passed away July 11, 2011 as a patient of the Olivia White Hospice Home.  She is dearly missed.

Thank you to the sponsors and mail stuffing volunteers, as it helped us execute a fantastic fundraiser for 2011!

Volunteer Mail Stuffing Volunteers:

Eudora Larson

Madge Anderson

Kathy Brown

Connie Fry

Nancy Jordan

Charlotte Garduno

Jean Mansfield

Marv Mansfield

Marsha McCaleb

Wanda Stroup

Sharon Super

Kay Treece

The Mail Stuffing volunteers in action!The contents of the mailer

Stay at Home Tea Mailing Event is a post from: Northland Hospice & Palliative