Welcome to the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Her legacy changed how we approach end of life; giving us the right to live and die with dignity. Read more about the story behind the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Choosing a Quality Hospice for You or Your Loved Ones
Is the Hospice Medicare Certified?
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is Medicare and Medicaid approved and certified.Hospices certified by Medicare are required to follow Medicare rules and regulations. This is important if wish to receive hospice care as part of your Medicare/Medicaid coverage.
Is the organization a NHPCO member and does it comply with all aspects of NHPCO’s Standards for Hospice Programs?
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is a current member in excellent standing with NHPCO and the NJHPCO and their high standards of quality care.
Several organizations accredit hospices, surveying them to ensure they meet quality standards. Hospices are not required to be accredited but accreditation can be a reflection of its commitment to quality.
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is certified by CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program.)
Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice
Everyone here at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is abuzz about the prospect of building our own home for hospice. We want you to be excited too, and that’s why we are very pleased to announce our capital campaign dedicated to building this wonderful 10-bed hospice facility- The Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice – on 9 acres on the Waterwheel farm in Fredon Township, NJ.
The $5 million, 10,000 square foot project will include 10 patient beds, ample space for round-the-clock family visitations, 2 sitting rooms, a meditation room and a family kitchen. The vision behind the creation of the Home for Hospice is to develop a residence where family and friends have right of entry to their loved ones just as they would in their own homes. For patients, it will be their home where they can be surrounded by their loved ones.
Groundbreaking will be this spring with room-naming opportunities available and some already spoken for.
These are very exciting times indeed for Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice.
Our Mission
The Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice and Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care are not-for-profit organizations which provide a full continuum of high quality in-home medical, emotional and spiritual services to individuals requiring hospice or home care, their family members and the community.
Hospice
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, serving North and Northwest, NJ and Northeast PA, has been a regional leader in Hospice care for over 30 years. It is a local not-for-profit organization where all are served regardless of the ability to pay. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Health as a certified Medicare and Medicaid Hospice; Accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP); Members of the National Hospice Organization and NJ and PA Hospice Organizations. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice accepts all insurance and The Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation assures all are served regardless of the ability to pay.
Your Home, Our Heart
The last days or months of life are precious and should be lived with dignity, in peace and pain free comfort. Hospice makes available this quality of life opportunity by providing support and palliative care during the final stage of life, but only when you, the patient and the doctor decide together to enter into hospice care.
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice treats the person, not the disease, and care can be given in the patient’s home, hospital, nursing home, or private facility; wherever you call home.
Our professional team of registered nurses, certified health aides, social workers, pharmacist, and therapists make available medical, emotional, personal and spiritual care for the patient and family during this difficult time.
Read more about our hospice services.
Bereavement
Living Through Grief
If you are experiencing the pain of the loss of a loved one, or anticipating a loss through a terminal illness, the Joseph T Quinlan Bereavement Center offers thoughtful and concerned support services to match your individual needs. The Not For Profit Center provides individual and group counseling for anyone in need; participation in our hospice program is not a requirement, however all Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice patients and their families are automatically enrolled and have available to them all the center provides.
The Center also prepares and presents support, educational programs and memorial services for the community.
Read more about our bereavement services.
Home Health Care
Every Need, Every Day
Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care is licensed by the NJ Dept of Health and is Medicare and Medicaid certified. We accept all insurance and all are served regardless of the ability to pay.
Home Health Care provides for the home-bound patient a range of care in accordance with your physician’s instruction. The Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care has highly skilled registered nurses to work with your doctor to develop and manage a home health care plan which include patient assessment, and all aspects of the care required. The Home Health team consists of nurses, home health aides, speech, occupational, and physical therapists, registered dieticians, and medical social services.
Upon discharge from a medical facility, the patient will discuss with the discharge coordinator their options; it is at this time the patient can request our services or they may ask their physician to contact our offices to begin services with us.
Read more about our home health care services.
