MONTEREY, CA – Central Coast VNA & Hospice (VNA) is proud to announce it has received a grant in the amount of $200,000 from Hospice Giving Foundation. Hospice Giving Foundation has awarded over $33.7 million in grants for community-based support to promote personal choice, preparedness, and the highest standard of compassionate, dignified, end-of-life care for individuals and their loved ones. VNA is especially honored to continue this partnership, having first received support from Hospice Giving Foundation in 1985.

The new grant will strengthen VNA’s hospice and palliative care programs by funding Latino community outreach, expanded bereavement services, and caregiver self-care education. It will also allow VNA to introduce innovative services such as music therapy, acupuncture, and a virtual reality platform, enhancing the emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of palliative and hospice patients and families.

“This generous support from the Hospice Giving Foundation ensures our patients and families receive not only the highest quality medical care, but also additional emotional, spiritual, and cultural support they deserve,” said Jane Russo, Chief Executive officer of VNA. “We are deeply grateful for this long-standing partnership, which helps us extend care to underserved communities and provide comfort to patients and caregivers during end of life.”

Since 1951, VNA has been the only provider on the Central Coast offering the full continuum of care - Home Health, Palliative, and Hospice - serving more than 3,900 patients annually. With Hospice Giving Foundation’s support, VNA will continue to provide caring, effective, honorable, and accessible care while expanding innovative approaches to meet diverse patient needs.

For more information about Central Coast VNA & Hospice or to donate, visit www.ccvna.com or call (831) 372-6668.