The communities we serve, with whom we work, and from whom we gather strength - while separate and distinct from one another - are nonetheless bound by a single common interest. That interest is improved care at the end of life.

TrinityCare Hospice cares, first and foremost, for a community of patients and their families. The unmet needs of those who are dying and those who care and grieve for them motivates our work.

We are also a community of hospice team members - doctors, nurses, clinical social workers, chaplains, therapists, home health aides, and bereavement specialists - whose comforting care improves the quality of life for our patients. This community would be incomplete without our hospice volunteers who give selflessly of their time to help others.

Furthermore, we know that no hospice could survive without its community of donors whose empathy or personal experience with hospice leads them to enrich and sustain TrinityCare Hospice through their financial support. This community of volunteers and benefactors - including TrinityCare Hospice Foundation, which helps to fund TrinityCare Hospice's services - is our life force.

TrinityCare Hospice has effective agreements and partnerships with a community of healthcare providers. Our collaboration with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and health insurers provides access to hospice for patients who would benefit from services. We work together to make TrinityCare Hospice care available to everyone who wants it in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Finally, through the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative, the California Hospice & Palliative Care Association, and CHAP certification, TrinityCare Hospice belongs to a national community of hospice related organizations. This kinship leads to a seamless exchange of information and education, improving hospice care for all Americans.

The outstanding success of TrinityCare Hospice and TrinityCare Hospice Foundation rests with the many and varied communities with whom we interact and without whom we would cease to function. It's the strength we draw from our communities that enables us to fulfill our mission.