Palliative and hospice care are two concepts. In many ways they are similar, but they are not the same. They are both covered by Medicare, Medicaid, U.S. Dept. of Veterans and Affairs, and most private insurance.
Palliative (rather than curative) care is provided to relieve the patient’s symptoms, pain, and loss of function, either in an inpatient facility or in the patient’s home. Support for emotional and spiritual needs is also provided not only for the patient but for their caregivers and loved ones as well.
The concept of hospice, to care for terminally ill people, has been around since the 11th century and hospice as we know it today, is still very much the same. Hospice care, when provided with compassion, can help patients and their families through a difficult and traumatic time in their lives.
To learn more about how Inova provides integrative palliative care for patients, please click here.
Goodwin Hospice
Goodwin Living is an IPMDC 2025 Annual Sponsor, and offers senior living and healthcare services to adults ages 55+.
Goodwin Hospice is a not-for-profit, Medicare-certified service that provides end-of-life care to individuals 18 and older with terminal illnesses.
To learn more about hospice and how Goodwin Living can help you, please visit goodwinliving.org/health-care-services/hospice.
Below is a list in alphabetical order of local resources that provide palliative and/or hospice care. They were exhibitors at the 2025 Inova Case Managers vendor fair.
Blue Ridge Hospice
Services: hospice care, community grief support
The service area covers the northern Shenandoah Valley and northwestern Virginia, including Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, Warren Loudoun and Page counties, and parts of Rappahannock and Fauquier counties.
540.313.9200
info@BlueRidgeHospice.org
Compassus
Services: hospice care, palliative care, home health, home infusion
Contact:
Elizabeth McDaniel
office: 703.468.2740
mobile: 571.910.3956
elizabeth.mcdaniel@compassus.com
Empatia Palliative Care
Services: palliative care
703.259.8423
Ennoble Care
Services: hospice care, palliative care, in-home primary and care and house calls.
Contact:
Lyndsay Schumaker
571.389.7386
lschumaker@ennoblecare.com
Gentiva Hospice
Services: hospice care
Melinda Gessel
Melinda.Gessel@heartlandhospice.com
mobile: 703.559.9602
Emad Gelani
Emad.Gelani@GentivaHS.com
mobile: 571.678.8701
office: 571.402.1262
Heartland Hospice
Services: hospice care
Kathleen Brady
kathleen.brady@heartlandhospice.com
mobile: 240.521.3251
Claudia Escobedo
claudia.escobedo@heartlandhospice.com
mobile: 571.396.2174
office: 703.273.8693
Vitas Healthcare
Services: hospice care, palliative care
Contact:
Erin Hanson
erin.hanson@vitas.com
mobile: 571.595.7962
office: 703.270.4300