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Comfort During Final Months

Do You Need Hospice

Providing medical, emotional and spiritual support to you and your loved ones who are coping with serious illness.

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Hospice Careers

Reap the benefits of working for a reputable, local organization dedicated to providing care and comfort to help patients and families live better. We are honored to have been named a "Best Place to Work in PA" for 2023.

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Help ensure that your hospice is able to provide exceptional care to patients, families and the community when they need it most.

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Do You Need Hospice

Providing medical, emotional and spiritual support to you and your loved ones who are coping with serious illness.

Learn More

Hospice Careers

Reap the benefits of working for a reputable, local organization dedicated to providing care and comfort to help patients and families live better. We are honored to have been named a "Best Place to Work in PA" for 2023.

Learn More

Donate

Help ensure that your hospice is able to provide exceptional care to patients, families and the community when they need it most.

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What is Hospice Care?

Hospice & Community Care provides medical, emotional and spiritual support for individuals and families who are coping with a life-limiting illness. Hospice care focuses on comfort for individuals of all ages with any serious illness who have weeks or months rather than years to live.  

Considered to be the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes. Support is provided to the patient’s loved ones as well. At the center of hospice and palliative care is the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our families will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.

Hospice care may be provided at home, in a senior care facility, hospital, or at the Bob Fryer & Family Inpatient Center.

For more information, call (717) 391-2421.

"Your response time, compassion, caring understanding and communications were second to none. The care you gave to our mother was superb. Although it was a blessing for our mother, it also provided much needed support for our family."

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"I didn’t know how to help my poor mom. Hospice came within 15 hours of me calling them. They were calm when I was so scared. It made me feel that things would be okay, that dying is a natural part of life. I am so grateful that they were part of our journey."

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GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing)

This free monthly group provides sources of help, compassion, and understanding for families or individuals who have had a loved one die as a result of substance abuse or addiction. Pre-registration for new attendees is required. For more information or...

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    Dinner Out (for bereaved men and women)

    The Pathways Center offers this social option for bereaved men and women. Each participant pays for his/her own meal. This...

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    Coping with the Loss of a Child (of any age)

    Are you grieving the death of someone you care about? Would you like to talk with others who have experienced...

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  • June 17, 2025

    Coping with the Loss of a Parent or Sibling (Mt Joy)

    Are you grieving the death of someone you care about? Would you like to talk with others who have experienced...

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Recent News & Articles

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Choices Healthcare Announces the Retirement of President & CEO Steve Knaub, Effective December 31, 2025

Jun 10, 2025

After more than 27 years of service at Choices Healthcare, the parent organization of Hospice & Community Care and Hospice of Central PA, President & CEO Steve Knaub will retire on December 31, 2025. Steve has been a driving force...

  • Finding Comfort and Connection in the Hardest of Times

    June 4, 2025

    Finding Comfort and Connection in the Hardest of Times Through the personalized care at Carolyn’s House and the ongoing support...

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  • A Legacy of Leadership, Compassion & Philanthropy

    May 22, 2025

      After nearly three decades of dedicated service, Bonnie Jess Lopane, Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Choices Healthcare,...

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  • Hospice Labor Day Auction Raises Record-Breaking $1.1 Million

    September 5, 2024

    On Saturday, August 31 and Monday, September 2, Hospice & Community Care held its 40th Annual Labor Day Auction and...

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