History
Founded as Hospice of Marin, the second oldest non-profit hospice in the U.S. and first in California. Renamed Hospice By The Bay in 2006 to reflect growing service area of Marin, San Francisco, N. San Mateo and Sonoma counties. Served more than 2,250 hospice patients in 2011-2012, while supporting their families and caregivers and the community.
Specialties
Hospice by the Bay provides compassionate end-of-life care for patients, support for their families and grief counseling to anyone coping with loss in the counties of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma, and the cities of American Canyon, Napa and Vallejo. Medicare, Medi-Cal and private insurance cover most hospice and palliative care costs, so families have little or no out-of-pocket expenses for care, medications, or medical equipment. At HBTB, no hospice-appropriate patient is ever turned away, regardless of ability to pay. Specialties include: hospice, palliative and pediatric care for those with life-limiting illness; grief counseling and support for caregivers, families and the community; community education on end-of-life, advance care planning; grief support for children and adults; and in-services for health care professionals.