Putting people first means that your healthcare goals direct the path of your care. Our Four Seasons Hospice Team works with you and your existing providers to ensure that what matters most to you is prioritized throughout your care journey. Four Seasons provides person-centered care to you and your loved ones. What matters most to you matters most to us.
What’s Happening to Nonprofit Hospices
The earliest hospice organizations in the U.S. were community-based nonprofits like Four Seasons. Nonprofit hospice providers like Four Seasons are becoming fewer and farther between as big business has taken an interest in hospice care as a for-profit venture. Today, studies show that 73% of hospice providers are operating as for-profits and there are important differences in nonprofit and for-profit hospice organizations.
Why Choose a Nonprofit Hospice Provider
Why choose a nonprofit hospice? Surveys indicate nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers like Four Seasons provide 10% more nursing visits, 35% more social worker visits, and twice as many therapy visits as for-profits provide. These are important differences in providing person-centered care versus profit-centered care. Additionally, a recent study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed that family caregivers reported better care experiences at nonprofit hospices than at for-profit hospices (see Anhang Price, R. Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. JAMA Intern Med. 2023.)
We believe that anyone with a progressively life-limiting or terminal illness deserves considerate attention and access to high-quality care. Nonprofits like Four Seasons prioritize the needs of those in our care and the needs of their families over any bottom line.
Learn more about the benefits of choosing a nonprofit provider in a recent study conducted by the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) of which Four Seasons is a proud partner.
Four Seasons is Here for You
Four Seasons is proud to be a nonprofit focused on providing excellent care in ways that are most important to our patients and their families. Our providers are personal, respectful, trustworthy, knowledgeable, compassionate, and responsible. Four Seasons understands our leadership role and the standard we bear for a bold new movement in hospice and palliative care. We use a whole team of experts – doctors, nurses, CNAs, music therapists, grief counselors, and volunteers – to provide person-centered care. Driven by our mission and our values, Four Seasons remains committed to putting people first because we are The Care You Trust.
