• Aurora House Comfort Care Home
585-617-4863
Spencerport two-bed comfort care home that provides care for individuals who have less than three months to live, as determined by their medical teams. Aurora House’s volunteers, caregivers and staff provide end-of-life care that is rooted in compassion, comfort, and dignity. They also offer support to family and friends, freeing them from caregiving and allowing them to simply be with their loved ones. Those hoping to stay at Aurora House must be admitted through a licensed hospice agency. The facility does not charge for its services and depends upon donations and fundraising to finance its operations.
• Patrick Place
585-480-7937
Located in Scottsville. this two-bed comfort care home serves those who have a terminal illness and have no more than three months to live. Residents can live out their lives in a home-like setting while spending time with their loved ones. Patrick Place depends upon donations to fund its services, which are given free of charge to residents. All who wish to stay in the facility must be referred to it by a hospice service.
• Rochester Regional Health Hospice Care
www.rochesterregional.org/
Provides compassionate care for people who have a terminal illness and a life expectancy of six months or less so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. Treats the symptoms of the disease rather than the disease itself, ensuring that the person’s final days may be spent with dignity and quality, surrounded by their loved ones. Care is family-centered and includes the patient and their family in all decisions. Available to residents of Monroe, Wayne, and Seneca counties.
• The Sunset House
585-467-3524
Located in Irondequoit, The Sunset House provides palliative care for those who have a terminal illness and whose physicians have given them three months or less to live. The facility’s dedicated staff and volunteers provide care for residents in a homey setting, keeping them as symptom-free as possible and striving to meet their physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs. Those seeking to be admitted to The Sunset House must be referred to it by one of two local hospice programs.
• UR Medicine Hospice
www.urmc.rochester.edu/home-
UR Medicine Hospice offers hospice care for patients in Monroe, Ontario and Yates counties who have been determined to be terminally ill by their physician and a hospice director and have six months or less to live. Medical practitioners, social workers, physical therapists, social workers, counseling professionals and other specially trained personnel all work together to help patients live with dignity, comfort and peace at the end-of-life. Patients can spend those days at home, in a nursing home, hospital or comfort care home, or in a special hospice unit or center. The team also helps those who are close to patients cope with the coming loss. UR Medicine Home Care also provides the We Honor Veterans program, under which veterans receiving hospice care get the proper attention they deserve and a hero’s welcome home in their last days.
• Webster Comfort Care Home
585-872-5290
Provides quality care to the dying by attempting to meet each resident’s physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs in a supportive, home-like environment while respecting their individuality and maintaining their dignity until death. To qualify for its services, the individual must have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, have three months or less to live, must be referred by a hospice agency, be able to be safely and comfortably managed by the facility’s trained staff and volunteers, and meet other requirements. All services are free.