Compassus Living Foundation for Hospice and Palliative Patients and Families
Compassus Living Foundation is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to enable loved ones, friends and advocates to honor patients who have received hospice or palliative care. CLF provides financial assistance to hospice and palliative care patients who are unable to meet basic, non-medical living expenses such as housing, utilities and transportation. The goal is to help patients remain safe, stable and comfortable in their homes during care. Recipients are not required to be patients with Compassus or its affiliates.
Our Mission
The purpose of the Compassus Living Foundation is to aid individuals and their loved ones who have received hospice or palliative care services and have emergent or exigent needs not otherwise provided for and for which such persons would not otherwise be able to reasonably afford and to serve individual community needs for better understanding and accessing available hospice and palliative care services and supporting those who are bereaved.
What are Necessities of Life?
The Compassus Living Foundation is committed to providing non-medical assistance for patients and their families across the nation in times of financial distress, known as “Necessities of Life.” These “Necessities of Life” can include support for rent, utilities, patient wishes, partial assistance with final arrangements, etc.
Support is focused on the following guidelines:
- Shelter Me: Examples include rent, mortgage, utilities, home repairs, extermination, etc.
- Wish with Me: Financial assistance with final wishes of the patient before passing. Some examples have included local/regional outings with family, airfare for relocation, theme parks or parties.
- Comfort Me: For partial costs of final arrangements, such as cremation
CLF does not cover:
- Medical or caregiving expenses (including home health, palliative or hospice services)
- Room and board charges for patients in facilities (considered medical)
- Furniture or durable goods (e.g., lift chairs)
- Gift cards/certificates of any kind
- Taxes
- Insurance deductibles or copays
- Requests lacking financial documentation
