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Saint Alphonsus Mission Statement: We serve together at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Trinity Health in the spirit of the Gospel, to heal body, mind and spirit, to improve the health of our communities and to steward the resources entrusted to us.
Amedisys Mission Statement: To provide cost-efficient, quality health services to our patients entrusted to our care.
FOUNDATION STATEMENT: Friends of Four Rivers Hospice, are compassionate partners who exist to provide emotional, spiritual and financial support for patients on life's final journey and their families. We seek to economically enhance the hospice movement and to establish a stable base out of which to operate.

Description:
Saint Alphonsus - Four Rivers Hospice is a state licensed and federally certified hospice agency that provides service to Ada, Canyon, Owyhee and Payette counties. Our Hospice program offers services to individuals, who are terminally ill and to their families. Our goal is to promote comfort and quality of life (palliative care) through pain management, symptom control, spiritual care, personal loss and the use of volunteers. The care is delivered by a team of trained professionals as well as the "HEART" of our team, specially trained volunteers.

History:
Saint Alphonsus-Four Rivers Hospice was first organized in 1986 at West Valley Medical Center, in Caldwell, Idaho, by a group of individuals interested in providing terminal care options for patients in Canyon County and the surrounding areas. In 1998, HCA, which owns the West Valley Center, sold their Home Health and Hospice Agency to Integricare, an independently owned company, based in Connecticut. We then became known as Four Rivers Home Health and Hospice and moved to the Boise area, as it was more centrally located to our full area service. In 2006 Saint Alphonsus and IntegriCare merged our Home Health agencies and added Four Rivers Hospice. On September 1, 2007, IntegriCare sold its interest to Amedisys, Inc., the 2nd leading Home Health Agency and Hospice in the United States. Saint Alphonsus and staff are very excited about this venture with Amedisys.

Contact people:

Patsy Seubert-Smyth, Director Of Hospice Volunteers, (208) 367-3040, (email) Karen Hoffman, Social Worker, (208) 367-3040, (email) Peggy Williams, Director Of Hospice Operations, (208) 367-3040, (email)

Office fax number: (208) 367-3040

Address:

427 North Curtis Boise, ID 83706 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Directions:

Take I-84 to connector, head towards downtown, take a right on Curtis exit, go south on Curtis, past the hospital. Cross Emerald, office located on right side before railroad tracks.