To request care: call 1-800-869-2136 or CLICK HERE
Palliative care professionals: Click here for information on a very informative and useful podcast offered by Discovery Health.
Our experts can be a resource to the medical community. Learn more about our Capital Palliative Care Consultants.
Capital Hospice President/CEO Malene Davis participated in an NPR story about health care reform held by Virginia Senator Mark Warner. Click here to listen to the story or read a transcript.
If you missed our appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, click here to listen to the recorded segment on WAMU's website.
One of our patients was included in a story in the AARP Bulletin Today about the changing image of hospice.
Congratulations to the sixth graduating class of Capital Hospice's Fellowship program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. See pictures and read their short stories. Welcome to the Fellows of 2011!
Northern Virginia Magazine had a great feature that is sure to answer your questions about hospice care. Click here to see the article.
Online chat transcript
Did you miss Malene Davis, Capital Hospice President/CEO, during her live, online chat on WashingtonPost.com? Read a transcript with her answers to readers' questions about end-of-life issues, and connecting with a parent who is dying.
Want to learn more about how Capital Hospice may be able to help you or someone you know? You can watch our Comcast interview by clicking here.
Local author Ellen Posner has been donating proceeds from book-signings for her new book of poetry. Click here to hear her being interviewed about the book.
When the Washington Post did a Health Section story on new regulatory requirements for hospices, they came to us for comment. Click here to see the article.
Why choose hospice care? Check out this CNN story featuring Capital Hospice.
Grief in the Workplace
Read this Loudoun Times story about how we can help coworkers after a colleague dies
"We are so grateful for the care."
Read about the dedication of an office in our Inpatient Center to one of our patients.
Hospice care = longer life
This study confirms that people receiving hospice care often do live longer than seriously ill people who don't receive hospice care.
A Day in the Life...
... of a Capital Hospice nurse and patient are chronicled in this account that appeared in the Bull Run Observer. (You will need Adobe Reader - a free download - to read this file)
Nurse dispenses dignity for dying
Follow a Capital Hospice nurse as she visits patients ranging in age from infant to elderly.