Hospice

Overview

The love of family. The support of friends. The comfort of home. Our commitment to compassionate, dignified, and professional care.

Since our founding in 1983, we at Phelps Hospice have provided a special kind of care for our patients and families as the end of life approaches. We provide care in the familiar surroundings of “home,” which may be the patient’s own home or that of a relative or, in some instances, a nursing home or an assisted living facility located anywhere in Westchester County.

We adapt our services to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient and family, providing comprehensive support and professional guidance through this difficult time.

Phelps Hospice cares for patients who have cancer or advanced respiratory, cardiac, liver, or kidney diseases, as well as those who have Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, AIDS, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), or other life-limiting illnesses.

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The Kindest Care

Most of our patients are referred to us by their physicians. We also welcome referrals from family members, friends, members of the clergy, or prospective patients themselves.

Upon admission to our program, the Phelps Hospice interdisciplinary team, in consultation with the patient’s primary physician, evaluates the patient’s and family’s needs and develops an individualized plan of care which provides medical care and supportive services. Our goal is to enhance the quality of life for the time remaining.

The Phelps Hospice interdisciplinary team consists of the medical director, hospice director, patient care coordinator, nurses, home health aides, social workers, consulting psychologist, nutritionist, chaplain, bereavement coordinator, and volunteer coordinator.

As patients and families face difficult decisions, Phelps Hospice staff members bring the knowledge and experience gained in assisting other families for more than two decades. We may serve as consultants, guides, or simply compassionate listeners.

A Phelps Hospice nurse is on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to answer questions and offer support to our patients and family members.

Sometimes a patient requires short-term hospital care. In that event, the Hospice staff and the patient’s primary physician oversee the patient’s treatment in the hospital.

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The Least Pain

A person’s quality of life can be diminished by the suffering caused by pain. Whether physical, emotional or spiritual, Phelps Hospice seeks to alleviate the pain in different ways. We offer the most advanced pain medications available, and we encourage our patients to be partners with us in the management of this pain.

We also provide counseling and other supportive services to relieve the emotional or spiritual pain that may exist for our patients and their loved ones.

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The Best Services

Home care services for each patient may include:

• visits by a registered nurse
• instruction and assistance in pain management
• prescription medication for symptom control
• assistance with personal care
• counseling by a social worker
• spiritual counseling
• special support from trained volunteers
• physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy
• nutritional guidance by a registered dietitian
• medical supplies and equipment

Phelps Hospice also has a complementary care program through which patients can be offered massage, Reiki, music and art therapies.

Through Hospice’s bereavement support services, people who have lost a loved one are offered help as they journey through their grief. Our bereavement services are available to all members of the community, as well as to families and friends of our Hospice patients.

Hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. Phelps Hospice is certified by the State of New York and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). We provide services to all patients regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental handicap. Our services are not denied for financial reasons.

Since the traditional methods of payment do not cover the total cost of operating Phelps Hospice and its special programs, we encourage our friends and supporters to help us through private and corporate contributions. Every gift is appreciated and is tax deductible. For information, please contact the Phelps Development office at 914-366-3107.

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Phelps Hospice Tree of Lights is Shining For

Karen Abenavoli
Joseph Abitabilo
Rosalie Abitabilo
Joseph Abitabilo (Brother)
Joseph Abitabilo (Husband, Dad & Grandpa)
Joseph Abitabilo, Jr. (Brother-In-Law)
Joseph Abitabilo (Dad/Grandpa)
Luisa Acuña
Barbara Adams
Charles Aguado
Jane Alfini
Dante Allegretti
Alloggia Family
Caridad Almira
Cesar Almira
Levi Alston
Rose Alvado
James Alvado, Sr.
William S. Amato
Clara Andersen
Albert M. Antaki
Roberta Y. Arminio
Dr. Thomas A. Arminio
Gloria Aronoff
Deanna Arras
Mr. & Mrs. John Ascatigno
Lynn Austell
Mrs. Blossom Babat
Vincent J. Badagliacca (Dad)
Vincent J. Badagliacca (Husband)
Pratima Bagchi
Dorothy Bailey
Maryann Balas
Ruth Balli
Georgetti Barbera
Henry G. Barone
Virginia A. Barone
Joseph Barreiro
Joseph “Pepe” Barreiro
Robert Barstow, III
Helen T. Bates
Dr. Robert Bauer
Robert Bauer, M.D.
Marge & Bryan Bayer
Stephen Bayer
Steve Bayer
Steven Bayer
Josephine Warren Beach
Cecilia Beadwell
& Claire Kriz
Eleanor Beda
William Behuniak
Deborah M. Bell
Dorothy and M. Henry Bell
Paul Bella
Gloria Benigni
Howard Benjamin
Samuel Benjamin
Tillie Benjamin
James E. Berg
Barbara Berger
Max Bergstein
Suzanne Bergstein
Jacob Besser
Rose Besser
Carolyn J. Bethel
Anna Bier
Jenny Rebecca Billig
Anton (Tony) Bischof
Dawn Bishop
Dee Gee Blair
Charles Bohuniek
Bonnie & Corrine
Lee N. Booth
Robert E. Borho
Ralph Brady
Geraldine V. Brennan
Mr. & Mrs. W.P. Brennan, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. W.P. Brennan, Sr.
William P. Brennan, Jr.
William P. Brennan, Sr.
Bruno Brigando
Olga Brigando
Audrey and Richard Brinkman
Janet Brown
Janette Brown
Joanne & Zella Brown
Mildred Lawson & Bruce Price
Kate Bryan
Roger Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
Emily Buck
Jimmy Buckley
Sandra Buckner
Mary Louise Bunaes
Joseph J. Burns
Dorothy Busis
John Byrnes
Lourdes Cacho
Bernard Calabro
Roseann Cantelmo
Velia Cantelmo
Damian Capucci
Charles W. Carey, Jr.
Anthony Carpino
Agelina Carvalho
Jean Cassedy
Kevin Cassedy
Joseph Castanza
Joseph Ceravino
Ernestine Cersosimo
Dominic Cerulli
Maria Teresa Cestone
Chip Chiappinelli
Assunta Chiavetta
Abram Chodosh
Helen Chodosh
Dr. Ronald Chodosh
Ronnie Chodosh
James Chulla
Mary Ellen Ciccarone
Angelo & Helen Ciocca
Dr. William Cioffiro
Michael Citarella
Helen Coffey
Michael Coffey
Timothy Coffey
Doris & Leon Cohen
Richard Collender, Jr.
WillieMae Collins
Henry Colman
Carol A. Connick
Thomas Connick
Frank Connor
Joseph D. Conti
John Conti
Susan Conti
Frank D. Cooney, Jr.
John Cooney, Sr.
John T. Cooney, Sr.
John F. Cope
Cordora & Randazzo Families
Frank Cosseboom
Emily J. Coyle
Francis P. Coyle
Caroline Crawford
Chris Crescenzi
Bela A. Cseh
Kathy Cummins
Denis Cunynghame
Harry Curtin
Margaret Curtin
Roseanna Curtin
Aldina M. da Silva
Teresa Dahl
Charles Dahlberg
Reza Daneshvar
Dolores Daniele
Kenneth Danziger
Louise Davis
Esther DeGeorge
The DeGiorgio & D’Avanzo Families
Eileen & Frank Delcampo
Kevin DelCampo
Oris DelCasale
Edward Delemarre
Joan Delevie
Ann & Toby DeMicco
Jimmy D’Emidio
Joseph A. DeMilia, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. George Desharnais
Edna Desimone
Ronnie & Pat Desimone
Helen S. D’Esopo
Louis M. D’Esopo, M.D.
Diane Diana
Diane C. Diana
Carlos Diaz
Lucille DiChristina
Frank DiDio
Joseph DiMuro
Benilde Diniz
Maria Elizabeth Diniz
Joseph & Madeline DiPerna
Carmela DiPierro
Peter DiPierro
Emily DiRenno
John DiStefano
Kent Hubbard Dodge
Jack Doern
James Dolan
Andrew & Ann Donaldson
Raymond Donnelly
Edith Doran
John (Jack) Doran
George Dougherty
Alfred Doughty
Rosalyn Doughty
Mabel Douglass
Donna Ann Duclos
Douglas Duclos
Brendan Duffy
Fae Dundon
Jack Dundon
Jason Dundon
Peter Dundon
Edward Dunn
Carol Marie Durfey
Madelyn Duzy
Marion Duzy
Monica Dwyer
Barbara Eichenberg
Charles H. Eichenberg
Margaret Ellard
George Ellinghaus
Norine Ellinghaus
Alder Ellis
Margaret Ellis
Bernie & Anna Ellrodt
Fred Elmiger
Joan & Kristen Engelhardt
Mary P. Engelhardt
Bertha Epstein
Bruce Epstein
Hyman Epstein
Elsie Evans
Marie Fallon
Luigi Fantacone
Anita Farqhuar
Eileen Farrell
Helen M. Farrell
James E. Farrell, Jr.
Donald R. Farrington
Walter Thomas Farrington
Brian Fee
Dr. Richard L. Fenton
Bill Fenyvessy
Frank Fenyvessy
Lorne & Bill Ferguson
Emilia & Vito Ferrara
Helen H. & Peter J. Ferrara
Dennis Fiederlein
Howard & Marion Finkelhor
Maurice & Bea Finkelor
August Fiore
Madeline Fiore
Stephan T. Fischl
Reuben (Ruby) Fisher
Kathleen Fitzgerald
Gertrude B. Flanagan
Gerry Fleming
Joseph Florio
Rosa Mary Fluhler
Evelyn T. Forese
Gene Forrell
Gene & Gaby Forrell
Lionel Fozard
Sally Fozard
Lewis P. Fracassi
George Friedman
Alex Fuchs
Ida Fuchs
Michael Fuchs
James F. Galgano
Sara & Joe Gallagher
Stephen E. Gallery
James F. Gallery, Sr.
Carmen Gardner
Steve Gardner
Nancy Gellman
E. Randy Geringer
Katherine L. Gibson
Carleton B. Gibson, III
Lois M. Gioio
Jack Glascott
John Glascott
John L. Glascott
Nora Glynn
Edward J. Golden
Janet Goldie
Nancy Goldin
Travis Goldsmith
James Goldsmith, Jr.
Stuart Gollin
Meyer I. Gordon
Jack Gorsuch
Mary & Avery Gorsuch
Pat Sheridan Gorsuch
Shawn Gorsuch
Dr. Edward Gottesman
Elsie Gottesman
James V. Gould
John Gouveia
Marigo Grammatikou
Andrew N. Grass
Andrew N. Grass, Jr.
Cecelia Grass
Richard Griffin
Margaret A. Grippi
Nicholas A. Grippi
Dr. Rudolph J. Gualtiere
Thomas E. Guidone
Anita Gulkin
Joan Gwynne
Jeanne Parris Halliwell
Gene Harris
Rick Hartman
Edward Hatzmann
Edna Head
Jack Head
Carmela Hecker
Ethel Heckman
Sheldon Heckman
Bruce Heckman, M.D.
Mrs. Edith Heier
Paul Heier
Dr. G.J. Heimarck
Charles Helwig
Bruce Henry
Peter Herlitz
Leona Hertzberg
Karsten Hess
Jean Heyl
Meegan Hickey
Ryan J. Hickey
Harold Hill
Harold T. Hill
Ida Hill
Ida J. Hill
Kristen Morgan Hiza
Frank Hoch
Helen Holmes
Howard Holmes
Altia C. Hooley
Hospice Staff & Volunteers
Joan Hoytt
Bob Huston
Robert Huston
Elenore C. Hyatt
Robert W. Hyde
Mary Ignac
Salvatore Ingegneri
Barbara Jaffray
Frank Janos, Sr.
Michael Jennings
Janet Jensen & Patricia Olsen
Christian F. Jepsen
Peter R. Johannsen
Beatrice Johnson
Christine Johnson
Micheal Johnson
Polly Jones
Alice Joyce
Mrs. Alice Joyce
Rosine Kamajian
The Karbon-Nechis Family
Hannamae Thalle Karpenick
Gertrude Katz
Fay Kauderer
Richard Kaufman
Teresa Kautsky
Mrs. Jean Kauvar
Cara Kealy
Tim & Lorraine Keane
Ellen Keefe
Gabriel Emmanuel Kendall
Douglas F. Kent
Raymond & Mary Kent
Robert and Anne Kent
Maureen Kerley
Thomas Kerley
Dave Ketcham
The Keyes Family
Mrs. Ofilia King
Gloria King
Julia & Lauren Kingman
Emma A. Kirby
Jean M. Kirby
Alta Kirton
Mary & Joseph Kiselak
Neil Klarfeld
Regina & John Klest
Elizabeth Klimm
John Klimm
Frances Kofka
Rudy Kogelmann
Wendel Kokll
Alfred Kopera
Susan Kowalski
Betty & Bud Kraft
Arnie Krigel
Daria Kutchoubey
Joseph LaGrotta
James Lamar
Christine Lane
Craig Lane
Annette Lattarulo
Doris M. Lauranzano
Hugh Lawless
Collin Layne
Margaret Layne
Edith & Phil Lebwohl
Franklin P. Leddy
Larry Lee
Sun Yee Lee
Eileen & Ken Lehn
Shelley Leinheardt
Sadie Leistner
Jerome H. Lenoff
Richard Lentz
Sheldon Leon
Joseph P. Leonard, Jr.
Mark Lepine
Madeline Levi
Jay Levy
Stan Levy
Paul Licausi
Paul J. Liszewski
Wayne Livingston
Luigi Loffredo
Portia Lomuscio
Vincent Lomuscio
Joan M. Lord
Debbie LoSasso
Beatrice G. Losee
William B. Losee
Thomas E. Louis
Cary Lowen
Rose Lucca
James W. Lundy
Anthony John Luposello
Anthony Richard Luposello
The Lynch Family
John J. Lynch
Maggie Lynch
Joan Lyons
Marian & Bob Mackie
Concetta Maffucci
Mary Ann Maffucci
Thomas N. Maffucci
Mary Maher
Edmund Maleska
Elizabeth Maleska
Ernest Malone
Suzanne Mammano
John Manfredi
Robert Manfredi
Nicola Manicchio
Harriett Marable-Halliwell
Ann Mariani
Nicholas J. Mariano
Joseph Marino
The Marinucci Family
Mary Lucy Marinucci
Alison Billie Marks
Mary Martin
Joseph Masloski
Ed & Vella Matthews
Jim Mayer
Joseph Mazzurco
Carol McCaffrey
Robert S. McCarthy
June McCauley
Carolyn J. McCormick
James R. McCormick
Johnna McCoy
Patty McEhduff
Anne & William D. McGovern
John McGovern
Eileen McGowan
Kevin Patrick McKenna
Michael McKenna
Susanna McKenna
Frances McRae
George Meade
Bernard F. Mee
Helen P. Mee
William Meier
Carol Meltzer
David Mendelsohn
Helen Mercatante
Thomas Mercatante
Marjorie Merritt
The Bob Metevier Family
Emmy Michaels
Charles Miller
Dorothy Miller
Ruth E. Miller
Willa Miller
Aileen Miller Pollack
Bernard Mills
Hannah Mills
Richard Missig
Nicolene G. Mix
Teresa Monea
Antonio Monteiro
Pelegrina Monteiro
Anthony Morano
Mary and Vincent Moscati
Your Mothers
Mrs. DeSanctis &
Mrs. Hruska
Antonietta Mucciacciaro
Maria Mucciacciaro
Otto Muhr
Theodore “Skip” Muldoon
Edward Mullen
Donna Muller
Morton S. Muller
Frank Murphy
Jane Murphy
John Murphy
Ed (Bud) Murray
Carmela Musumeci
Rolf Myller
Karl Neimand
Frank J. Nichols
Lorraine D. Nichols
Catherine Nigro
Maria Nigro
Mary Nolan
Tom Nolan
James Noone
John Novomesky
Estelle O’Brien
Kathleen O’Brien (Mother)
Julia & Vincent O’Connor
William M. O’Leary
Jane & Bill Oliphant
Albert Olivieri
Howard Olson
John Paul Olson
Mary Jane Olson
Dorothy Olstein
Jacob Olstein
John O’Mara
Patricia O’Neill
Jessie & Arthur Orton
Our Parents (Postel)
Susan A. Packer
Edward R. Packer, Sr.
Dorothy Paolantonio
John L. Pappalardo
June A. Pappalardo
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Parent
Eileen W. Parke
Biagio Parrella
Marjorie Partlan
Gloria Patrick
Toni Patterson
Florence Paul
Maurice A. Paul
Minnie Paul
Sarah Pazzaglini
Britta Pedersen
Charles Pencak
Patrick Pencak
Richard Pencak
John Pennelle
Raymond Penniman
Kenneth Peress
Edna & Arnold Persichillo
Corradino Pescara
Morton Peterson
Pfizer Foundation
Phelps Hospice
Jim Phillips
John Phillips
Marion & Al Phillips
Susan Davis Philpott
Beverly J. Piazza
Marion Piazza
Charles & Lucille Pilla
Helene Pils
Margaret Plain
Robert Plain
Norm Podolsky
Richard & Lillian Pogue
John Policello
Mary C. Poolman
Edward Popp
Geraldine Poppen
James Power
Julia Power
Abe Press
Helene Press
Norma Pressel
Donna Price
Frank E. Pugliese
Jo Pugliese
Harry Putnam
John P. Raftery
Pat Ramsey
Jack Rappaport
Lena Rappaport
Phylis Ravel
Matteo & Sarina Raziano
Jeanne Reid
Charles Reinhardt
Rose Reinhardt
Bruce Talbot Remy
Diane Resnick
Jack Reyna
Mary Jean Reynolds
Daniel Riccio
Laura Riccio
Marcus J. Rice
Flora Wells Rich
Mary Richmond
Henry Rigau
Marty Rindner
Rippstein Family
Henry Rissmeyer
Ben Roenish
George Romano
Myrtle Ruth & Roscoe John Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Stefan Rose
Norman Rosen, M.D.
Judy Rosenberg
Ruby Rountree
Betty Rout
Maureen Rowe
Roy
Sarah Rubalsky
Sidney Rubalsky
Sally Rudich
Cathy Ruf
Elise Ruf
Kenneth Ruf
Cora Ruffalo
Louis Ruffalo
Louis M. Ruffalo
Louis M. Ruffalo, Jr.
Lucy Rush
Raymond Rush
Tyler Rush
John L. Rusinko
Stefania Rusinko
Catherine Russo
Helen Ryan
Camille Sabella
Ron Sacco
Harriet S. Safian
Jack I. Safian, DDS
Albert Saias
Isaac Saias
Isaac (Al) Saias
Isaac Albert Sais
Sarah Samuels
Jane Sanchis
Albert Sandelli
Beatrice Sanzari
Armando Sarcone
Mrs. Pamela Savva
James Scaglia
Louise Scaglia
Norman Schatzel
Madeline Scheele
Natalia Schell
Inez & Melvin Schept
Beatrice Schiff
Nancy Lee Schmall
Muriel C. Schneider
Gwen Schoeller
Kathy Schutte
MaryAnne Schwalbe
Betty Schwartz
Louetta Scully
William Scumaci
Wilson Seibert
Dena Seibert Thomas
Richard Seideman
Joseph Seldin
Rose Seldin
Frances Semisa
Aurelius Semisa, M.D.
Eugene M. Sernatinger
Margaret Sernatinger
Bob Shaw
Dr. Albert Sheehy
Marie & Joe Sheridan
Ilana Sherman
Julius Sherman
Loie Shires
Patricia Shukat
Gene Sicignano
Ann Marie Smith
Arthur E. Smith
Michelle Smollar
Fred Sohn
Dolores Soll
Anthony Sollitto
Margaret Sordillo
Bridget Sossi
Ralph A. Spaniardi
Patricia Spota
Fred Staats
Chris & Mildred Staffiera
Maria Staniorski
Maria Staniorski (Sister)
Gabby Steiger
Francis B. Stein
Amy H. Stewart
Marilyn Stewart
John H. Stimpson
Rachel Stokes
Bill Straight
Tighe Sullivan
Richard A. Sullivan, M.D.
Bob Sunderman
Charles Sweet
Edith Sweet
Agnes A. & Byron L. Sweet, Jr.
Frances Swetz
Bertha Szatkowski
Edward Szatkowski
Bob Szerejko
Mary Tannenbaum
Anne Taxter
Antonio Teixeira
Manuel Paul Teixeira
Patricia L. Terhune
Violet Terwilliger
The Great Staff
Alden S. Thompson
Joan G. Thompson
Dr. Angeles S. Tiangco
Beatrice O. Tompkins
John F. Tompkins
John Tornello
Bernard & Brigid Tracey
Eddie Trapasso
Thomas Trapasso
Thomas Trask
Jean Trizinsky
Eleanor Troy
Marian Trustman
Marion Trustman
Herbert Turkell
Shirley Turner
Gerard Tuttle, Jr.
Alice Twomey
Mathew Twomey
Rich Vaillancourt
Maarten van Hengel
Felice Verre
Victoria Home
William Vollrath
Raymond Waitkins
Helene T. Walker
Ellen Warren
Hilda Wason
John W. Waterbury
Sarah S. Watson
Russell E. Watson, Jr.
James Weaver
Katherine Weaver
Philip Weber
George Webster
Martin Wetzstein
Baby Herbie Wienkoop
Joyce Weiser
Forrest S. Wilcox
Marvin Wildenberg
Rose (Chris) Williams
Professor William Willis
William (Bill) Willis
William J. Willis
Kevin Wiseman
Robert S. Wren, M.D.
Elizabeth Wright
Laurence Wright
Victor M. Wright
Laurence Wright (Husband)
Eileen and Larry Young
Ola Zdenek
Otto Zdenek
Joe Zuccala

The love of family, the support of friends, the comfort of being home…
Phelps Hospice is dedicated to providing compassionate, dignified, and professional care.

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Contact

Phelps Hospice
701 North Broadway
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
(914) 366-3325

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