Hospice Care of Nantucket is a specialized health care program dedicated to providing the finest physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care available for persons with life-threatening illness and their families.

Operated as a department of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, the Hospice Program receives funding from Hospice Care of Nantucket Foundation, a separate, tax-exempt public charity. Through this unique partnership in caring, we strive to provide state-of-the-art hospice and palliative care, and further seek to serve as a catalyst for cultural change so that:

• hospice is viewed as a life-enhancement program for persons facing the challenge of living with life-threatening illness from the time of diagnosis onward;
• all persons requiring health care are cared for holistically, i.e., with regard for mind, body, and spirit, and with regard for their families;
• the relief of physical and emotional pain and suffering is pursued as aggressively as is the treatment of the disease itself;
• the end stage of life becomes recognized as an important and valuable life phase.

We trust that the achievement of our vision will enable persons in our community to face life-threatening illness, confident that they and their loved ones will be supported throughout their illness in a nurturing and aesthetically pleasing environment. In all that we do, we commit ourselves to maintaining financial integrity and to offering our services in a cost-effective manner.