About the Residence

The Joe Raso Hospice Residence is NOW OPEN. Please call 845-634-4974 to discuss your or a loved one's needs.

About the Residence

Since 1988, United Hospice of Rockland has cared for thousands of our neighbors in Rockland and lower Orange Counties, providing the essential care and services that enable those who are seriously ill to remain in their own homes, and offering them comfort, dignity and control over the important decisions that impact their end-of-life care.

However, for our seriously ill loved ones, friends and neighbors who:

• live alone, with no support system in place to complement Hospice’s program of care;
• live with an elderly or infirmed partner whose own condition prevents them from being able to provide adequate care or support;
• come from institutional settings or return from having spent time outside the community, who have no home to which they can return; or
• have families who are fearful of caring for their loved ones at home during their final phases of life.

The options available in our community have been limited. UHR's answer to this considerable gap in services was to build the JRHR. The JRHR offers a residential environment, together with the full complement of Hospice’s comfort-oriented care and services including expert pain and symptom management, nursing care, assistance with the tasks of daily living (feeding, bathing, etc.), friendly visiting by volunteers, spiritual and psycho-social counseling for patients and their loved ones, and bereavement counseling and support groups for surviving family members.

The JRHR, consisting of approximately 10,000 square feet, is situated on 11 beautiful acres in New City, amidst a peaceful setting of streams, woodlands, wildlife, and a pond. The residence offers:

• Eight to ten private, spacious suites, offering space for visiting family members and convertible furniture for overnight stays.
• Specially-designed bathroom facilities including a special "wheel-in" bathtub, radiant heat and other similar amenities.
• Flexible dining options tailored to meet the special needs of residents
• A "great room," where residents and family members can gather to visit, read, sit by the fireplace or just view the courtyard.
• Private areas for patients and families to visit, meet with a social worker, for contemplation or meditation.
• Life-enhancing therapies, such as music, pet, and massage.
• Special outdoor spaces, including gardens, paths and a courtyard that accommodates wheelchairs and beds.

CLICK here to take a tour of the residence.

Help us Landscape!

Now that the inside of the Residence is complete, we need to focus on the outside. We have a beautiful landscape plan underway and we would love your help underwriting the following items:

5 large glass clusters @ $36 each

5 blue upright jurupers @ $97 each

15 happy return daylilies @ $12 each

15 magic carpet spireas @ $27 each

1 hydrangea tree @ $60

2 lilacs @ $54 each

3 boxwoods @ $48 each

4 little princess spireas @ $24 each

5 weeping cherrys @ $210 each

Please call Lanie if you would like to purchase a plant for Hospice at 845 634 4974.

We welcome donations to support The Joe Raso Hospice Residence. Click here to make a donation or to find out more.