CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC

Founded in 1984, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. is a community based, non-profit healthcare provider. The organization provides a set of the highest quality end-of-life services. In 2019, Cornerstone Hospice provided critical end-of-life services to an average daily census of over 1,400 patients. The hospice program does not seek to cure, but assists patients and their families with the daily concerns of living the final stages of their lives. Hospice staff strive to provide each patient with symptom control, while enhancing quality of life, dignity and family relationships. Cornerstone Hospice commands an impressive track record of a 98% patient family referral rate. Additionally, the program has continuously performed above the National Hospice averages in such areas as coordination of care, communication to patients and families, informative symptom management, and overall quality of care.

Some of our top honors include: The Joint Commission accreditation for Excellence in patient and family satisfaction. Other licenses and affiliations include: National Partnership for Hospice Innovation (member) Florida Hospices and Palliative Care Association (member) Medicare and Medicaid Certified Florida State License #5019096, Agency for Health Care Administration.

Cornerstone Hospice Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes for Cornerstone Hospice. The focus of the Foundation is to financially assist Cornerstone Hospice in providing for the welfare of terminally ill patients in our region. Gifts to the Foundation help ensure and expand the range of services provided to patients and families in our care.

Our strategy is to look for funding programs that make a difference in patients and patients families lives. Every day, the people at Cornerstone Hospice make exceptional care a reality for those living with serious illness, loss and grief. To fund these initiatives, we focus primarily on individual donors from the counties we serve. We use appropriate methods of communication to educate potential donor groups including corporations, civic/community organizations and foundations.

To accomplish the mission of the Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, a volunteer Board of Directors partners with professional staff to create policy and priorities for fundraising programs. In addition, we partner with over 30 community groups, 1,200+ volunteers and numerous other organizations.

Cornerstone Hospice commands an impressive track record of a 98% patient family referral rate. Additionally, the program has continuously performed above the National Hospice averages in areas like coordination of care, communication to patients and families, informative symptom management and overall quality of care. We measure our progress by utilizing Deyta (a national data base for family satisfaction surveys) and look for all areas to exceed national averages and improve over previous year.

Cornerstone Hospice currently reaches over 1,400 patients on a daily basis. We own and operate 6 Hospice Houses/Care Centers. We provide specialized programs for pets, veterans, children, community bereavement, charity care, volunteers, cardiac programs and palliative care to name a few. However, we still have unfunded needs for future Hospice Houses/expansions, building an operating endowment and specialized care programs.