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Faith and Family Supportive Care & Hospice is a faith inspired family owned supportive care based hospice. Faith and Family Supportive Care & Hospice is the most unique hospice in North America. Founded by four lifelong friends the Carney Brothers Peter, Tom, Dr. Dan and Mike Onett have shared loss of parents, loved ones, and close friends while never losing sight of their faith and the impact of how difficult it is to manage a loss. They know that you never really get over a loss, but you can learn how to persevere. Having hearts inspired by their faith they founded Faith & Family Hospice.  This unique faith based supportive care modeled hospice was formed with the belief that much more can be done to support our community and the families that live within. Faith & Family is vastly different than other hospices and has raised the level of care beyond the norm by establishing a new level of care.  Faith & Family hospice never loses sight of how we openly integrate the traditions of faith and the strength of family empowering those in need to make the most effective decisions about the care they receive. Our exceptional expert hospice team has over 150 years of combined experience in hospice.  We proudly proclaim our commitment to spiritual support and grief counseling for patients and their families as we share this journey together. We would be honored to have a conversation with patients, families and doctors in regard to our comprehensive supportive care.

Our caring and compassionate staff of specialists have made a positive impact in the lives of many patients battling life threatening illness and their families. Faith and Family Hospice is recognized as a source of supportive care and the hope God inspires..

We know that Faith & Family is supportive care is not end of life care.  Faith & Family is unlike any hospice in Massachusetts. We support all those living in Massachusetts communities without question.. www.hospicefamily.com

Dedicated. Trained. Compassionate. Exceptional.

Our Care Team Provides Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Support to Patients and Families

Faith and Family’s hospice care team are interdisciplinary healthcare professionals who focus on patients with life-limiting illnesses. They provide professional services to the hospice patient and family members during the hospice experience.

Members of this team include a physician, nurse, clinician, hospice aide, social worker, chaplain, volunteer coordinator and bereavement specialist.

Our team’s mission is to make sure the hospice patients under our care are free from pain, free from anxiety about their hospice experience, and are comfortable. We strive to ensure that our patients enjoy the highest quality of life possible.

Exceptional Hospice Care

Because every family is unique, the Faith and Family Hospice creates individual plans of care to honor the patient’s and family’s wishes for the life that the patient has. We take a collaborative approach to care, informing the patient and family every step along the 360° hospice continuum. Our professional caregivers work to ensure that and caregivers:

• Develop a personalized, thoughtful care plan together with the patient and family
• Manage physical symptoms and keep the patient comfortable
• Provide emotional and spiritual counseling and support for the patient and family
• Help the patient and family members understand changes in the patient’s ongoing medical condition
• Support the patient in daily living activities
• Train family members on skills to help confidently care for loved ones
• Work with a patient’s primary caregivers to provide information about care and address any changes that might occur
• Assist with resources, referrals, and education that might be helpful
• Offer bereavement counseling for loved ones and their families after the death of the patient

SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICE AREA

HOSPICE CARE SERVICE AREA

Barnstable County	001	Barnstable	1685	One of three original counties created in the Plymouth Colony	After its county seat of Barnstable, which is named after the English town of Barnstaple	215,888	396 sq mi (1,026 km2)
Berkshire County	003	Pittsfield	1761	From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 2000.	For the English county of Berkshire	131,219	931 sq mi (2,411 km2)
Bristol County	005	Taunton	1685	One of three original counties created in the Plymouth Colony	For its original county seat of Bristol, Massachusetts, which is named for the English port city of Bristol - when the Town of Bristol joined Rhode Island, the name of the county was kept	548,285	556 sq mi (1,440 km2)
Dukes County	007	Edgartown	1695	From Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands, which had been part of Dukes County, New York until Massachusetts gained it in 1691	Formerly a part of Dukes County, New York until 1691, the land at one time was literally the possession of the Duke of York	16,535	104 sq mi (269 km2)
Essex County	009	Salem and Lawrence	1643	One of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Government abolished in 1999.	For the English county of Essex	743,159	498 sq mi (1,290 km2)
Franklin County	011	Greenfield	1811	From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 1997.	For Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), early American scientist, diplomat, and politician	71,372	702 sq mi (1,818 km2)
Hampden County	013	Springfield	1812	From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 1998.	John Hampden (1595—1643), the famous 17th century English parliamentarian	463,490	618 sq mi (1,601 km2)
Hampshire County	015	Northampton	1662	From unorganized territory in the western part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Government abolished 1999.	For the English county of Hampshire	158,080	529 sq mi (1,370 km2)
Middlesex County	017	Cambridge and Lowell	1643	One of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Government abolished in 1997.	For the English county of Middlesex	1,503,085	824 sq mi (2,134 km2)
Nantucket County	019	Nantucket	1695	From Nantucket Island which had been part of Dukes County, New York until Massachusetts gained it in 1691.	The Town of Nantucket, itself derived from a Wampanoag word meaning "place of peace"	10,172	48 sq mi (124 km2)
Norfolk County	021	Dedham	1793	From part of Suffolk County.	For the English county of Norfolk	670,850	400 sq mi (1,036 km2)
Plymouth County	023	Plymouth and Brockton	1685	One of three original counties created in the Plymouth Colony.	For its seat of Plymouth, which is named for the English port city of Plymouth	494,919	661 sq mi (1,712 km2)
Suffolk County	025	Boston	1643	One of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Government abolished in 1999.	For the English county of Suffolk	722,023	58 sq mi (150 km2)
Worcester County	027	Worcester	1731	From parts of Hampshire County, Middlesex County and Suffolk County. Government abolished in 1998.	For its county seat of Worcester, which is named in honor of the English city of Worcester and the English Civil War Battle of Worcester in 1651, a Parliamentarian victory	798,552	1,513 sq mi (3,919 km2)