HopeWest

HopeWest is dedicated to profoundly changing the way our community experiences aging, serious illness, and grief—one family at a time.HopeWest was founded in 1993 through a community-wide vision. Its founders recognized the need for comprehensive, expert and collaborative care for those facing serious illness and the need for effective grief support for their loved ones. HopeWest serves more than 7,000 square miles across western Colorado with 5 offices and a state-of-the-art HopeWest Hospice Care Center. HopeWest is so much more than a hospice or health care organization. It is a hospice, palliative care organization, counseling program and social program providing support to people in their homes, hospitals and assisted living residences, regardless of age or illness. This organization provides extensive bereavement services for people of all ages. Adults receive individual counseling, grief education and group support. HopeWest Kids is the only program of its kind in western Colorado providing an extensive array of creative grief services, such as: Itty bitty Camp for preschoolers, Camp Good Grief for older children and Teen Retreats for teens, equestrian therapy, and grief support groups in all grade schools, middle schools and high schools across the region.With a staff of more than 350 employees and 1,500 volunteers, HopeWest provides care to more than 2,500 patients and 1,200 individuals coping with grief every year. HopeWest is woven into the communities it serves through its Board of Directors, Foundation Board and Advisory Boards in every community where there is an office. Philanthropy helps support the mission and is raised through grants, individual and corporate gifts, events and support from its retail businesses – a restaurant, coffee shop and four upscale retail shops.