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We love sharing our bucket-list stories, and there are so many of them that we’ve given them their own home:  The Hospice Care Plus Bucket-List Blog.

Visit today and read inspiring stories about bucket-list wishes like:

  • Meeting Blake Shelton in Person (It Happened!)
  • Visiting a Favorite Fishing Hole One More Time
  • Marrying the Love of His Life
  • Seeing a Grandson Start School a Few Years Early
  • Making Sure A Wife Dances Again

And many more. The Bucket-List Blog is also a great place to learn more about what exactly we mean when we talk about bucket-list wishes, and how you can support the Bucket-List Campaign.

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Our Mission:

Hospice Care Plus empowers those we serve to enjoy the highest quality of life, respecting their values, beliefs, needs, and goals through specialized care, education, resources, and grief support.

Our Service Area:

Our Home Hospice and Home Palliative Care programs serve you, wherever you call home, in the Kentucky counties of Estill, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Owsley, and Rockcastle.

Our inpatient care facility, the Compassionate Care Center, and administrative offices are located in Richmond, Kentucky.

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2025 Remembrance Tree Ceremony: Dec. 7, 2025

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Remembrance Tree Ceremony 2022

QUICK FACTS:  What: The 2022 Remembrance Tree Ceremony  When: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2:00 PM EST  Where: Virtually and Live via the Hospice Care Plus Facebook Page  Why? Whether your loss was recent or not, the holidays are a time when those we’ve lost are especially missed.  Who? All are welcome to participate, regardless of whether…

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Nat’l Hospice Month: #WeHonorLife

November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month.  Around the country, hospice and palliative care organizations use the month to raise awareness about these specialized forms of healthcare. At our hospice, we will use the month to celebrate what we believe hospice and palliative care to be about: life. With our #WeHonorLife campaign, we will…

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To Have Mom at My Wedding

We met Nancy through her mother who was in our care at the Compassionate Care Center. During a conversation with Nancy, one of our nurses, Teresa Dickson, learned that she felt sad that her mother wouldn’t be with her for her wedding in June.

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To See a Movie in the Theater

Elizabeth, 27 years old, felt a strong connection with Joey Feek and very much wanted to see the movie, “To Joey, with Love.” But our medical team was concerned that Elizabeth might not be with us by October 6, when the movie was to be shown for the last time.