Hospice Team standing side by side, smiling.
Baca County Hospice 
324 East 9th Ave
Springfield, Colorado 81073
719-523-4057
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
What is Hospice?
A specialized form of healthcare focused on providing comfort support to the terminally ill patients and their families. We focus on shifting the focus of care from curative to managing pain, symptoms, emotional, physical needs, and improve quality of life during the patient’s last journey. We offer regular visits by the RN with specialized training and experience on pain and symptom management. Also involves coordinated team of professionals who offer medical, emotional, and spiritual support. We focus on providing care in the privacy of the patients home with their loved ones at their side and we help educate the family on care on the dying process. Also help families make necessary transitions. We focus on end of life care with adults
Medical Prognosis: A patient is typically eligible for hospice if terminal illness with prognosis of less than 6 months or less to live if illness runs its natural course.
Benefits:
24/7 access to care
24/7 access to careCare coordinated with physician
Wound Care
Home Medical Equipment & personal care supplies
Pre-bereavement and ongoing support
Management of complex pain and other symptoms
Medical Social Services
Spiritual Care Support
Therapies (Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy)
Volunteer Support
Social Services: Psychosocial Support for patients and families.
Medical Coordination: Coordination of medical equipment, medications related to the terminal illness for comfort and symptom control, and education.
Therapies – To be used as indicated in the plan of care and for caregiver education.
Volunteers: Provide companionship, assistance, and support throughout the end of life care process.
Spiritual: Spiritual care and support as requested by patients and their families.
We serve the Baca County area along with the town of Kim Colorado.
Hospice is fully funded by Medicare.
Baca County Hospice complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on bases of race, nationality, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or religious preference.
StaffMedical Director – Colton Smouse, DO Director – Crystal Rush, RN Megan Carson, RN Cecelia Deen, RN Bailey Schroder, RN Lisa Freiberger, LPN Maggie Domas, Social Worker, LCSW Adora Viner – Spiritual Coordinator Diana Litke – Volunteer Coordinator |
VolunteersRhiannon Hendricks Nancy Locke Cheryl Rutherford Vick Bamber Mary Mullins |
How to become a Hospice Volunteer?
Contact Baca County Hospice Office for details: 719-523-4057
Donations
Memorial: Can make donations in memory of a loved one or can be made directly to Baca County Hospice at any time.
Tree of Lights: Donations made through our yearly fundraiser. An ornament can be purchased in the memory of a loved one and placed on the “Tree of Lights” These funds are used to help with the cost of education, training, and supplies.
Cancer Travel Fund: Donations from this fund help Baca County patients that are going through treatment and need assistance with travel supplement. We work with Cancer League of Colorado, Salvation Army, and private donations.
Cancer Travel Fund
Our travel fund is available to anyone in Baca County who has been diagnosed with cancer. Funds are available to help assist with travel related expenses while the patient is receiving treatment. Our cancer travel fund is funded solely on donations. For more information or to donate to the cancer travel fund, please contact Crystal Rush, Home Health Director, at 719-523-4057.
