If you are navigating a serious or advanced illness, we’re here to help, every step of the way.

You are not alone.

Hope and Support

We have over four decades of experience supporting families in our community coping with the challenging journey of serious and advanced illness.

Our care teams specialize in expert care with compassion, dignity, respect, and hope.

As a non-profit, independent, award-winning organization, our only goal is to support patients and caregivers and promote quality of life.

Learn how our organization and all our programs—home hospice care, in-patient hospice care at the Compassionate Care Center and grief & loss support—can bring hope, support, expert care, and compassion to you and your family.

This journey can be filled with many twists and turns, but you aren't alone.  We’re here to guide you and your family through the process one step at a time.

"Plus" care that goes above and beyond

We go above and beyond the basics of hospice care.

Although nearly all insurance programs fully cover hospice care, we go above and beyond to ensure care that truly promotes quality of life – as YOU define it. Whether it’s a flight around the county or a wedding, we partner with you to create special experiences that make this chapter of life meaningful and memorable.  

Our Grief & Loss Support program is for everyone, not just the families of our patients.

Everyone whose loved one is cared for by our hospice programs receives grief and loss support for a year. We also offer grief support to the community in the form of support groups, access to one-on-one support, education on grief, and community memorial services like the annual Remembrance Tree Ceremony.

We offer free resources and education for the community.

Through our speakers bureau and occasional community events, we offer free education to your civic group, church, business, or other organization. Our expert staff can present on advance care planning, grief and loss, hospice care, and caregiver issues.

Contact us to request a speaker. We also provide free advance care planning documents, like the Five Wishes booklet, to residents in our service area.

We Serve Central and Eastern Kentucky

Estill, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Owsley, and Rockcastle Counties

Compassionate Care Plus will come to you, wherever you are, as long as you are a resident of one of these six Kentucky counties. Your home downtown, a farm in a rural community, the hospital, or an extended care facility - we're there for you wherever you are.

Where is Compassionate Care Plus Located?

Wherever you call home, we come to you.

We are located at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, but our home hospice program is dedicated to allowing patients to remain where they are most comfortable, surrounded by the people they care about most.

For most, that means staying home. Wherever you call home - an assisted living community, nursing home, subdivision, or family farm - we come to you.

News & Events

The River City Players Community Theater group accepts the first-place prize in the table-decorating contest.

Hee Haw Hoedown a Huge Success!

The Hee Haw Hoedown, held at the Estill County Fair Barn, had a record-setting night on Aug. 13. The event raises funds for Hospice Care Plus and is organized by a local committee. This is the fourteenth year the committee has hosted the fundraiser, which features a different theme each year. Committee member Erin Leach…

David Tapley with new cargo van.

Grants Fund New Cargo Van

With the help of matching grants totaling $30,000 from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (HOKC) and the E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund, Hospice Care Plus added a gently used cargo van to its medical equipment program. The van is used to deliver equipment to the homes of hospice patients and families in all counties served…

Lauren VanWinkle and Mae Suramek at the launch of the Noodle Nirvana non-profit partnership with Hospice Care Plus in 2019. The partnership ended in a donation of $34,000 for the non-profit organization.

Noodle Nirvana Donates $34,000

Noodle Nirvana, Berea’s fast-casual restaurant featuring homemade, Thai-inspired noodle bowls, has announced it raised $34,000 for Hospice Care Plus. “Noodle Nirvana and its owners, staff, and customers are remarkable for what they have done for non-profits in our community. We are grateful, inspired, and ready to put the donation to work to care for patients and…

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World Lung Cancer Day, Aug. 1

According to the American Lung Association, lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States.  Kentucky has the highest occurrence of new cases in the country.  Even though Kentucky ranks second in the nation in screening people at high risk for lung cancer, it still has the highest death rate.  Why? Dr.…