Thirty Years of Service by Hospice of Cumberland County Recognized

Crossville Mayor James Mayberry presents members of the

Hospice of Cumberland County staff with the document

proclaiming November as Hospice month in Crossville.

Hospice of Cumberland County was recognized during the Crossville city council meeting as November was proclaimed Hospice Month by Crossville Mayor James Mayberry.  The local Hospice organization has served the area for 30 years and continues to be a leader in the Hospice community across Tennessee. 

Every year more than 1.5 million Americans living with life-limiting illness, and their families, received care from the nation’s hospice programs in communities through the United States, yet more than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries received care for 14 days or less, considered too short a time to fully benefit from the range of services that hospice offers.

Hospice saves Medicare more than $2 billion by providing solutions for physicians, care to patients and comfort to families anywhere, at any time and a growing body of peer-reviewed research indicates that timely access to hospice and palliative care can decrease hospitalizations and Emergency Room visits and increase quality of life for patients and family caregivers

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of St. Christopher’s Hospice in London, widely recognized as the first modern-day hospice organization, and the 35th anniversary of the Medicare hospice benefit in the United States