Rick L Hartwell

read moreFounded by community volunteers in 1983 as a nonprofit organization, we are honored to be the leading provider of hospice care in South Central and Southeast Kansas. Having served more than 75,000 patients and 275,000 family members and caregivers, we are experts in specialized hospice care designed to provide support to you and your loved ones during an advanced illness. Our team of hospice professionals, including physicians, nurses, health aides, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers work in coordination with the patient's physician to provide pain and symptom management, as well as social and spiritual support.

read moreIn the early 1980's, a group of medical professionals came together to address the vital need of care for the terminally ill. These volunteers laid the groundwork for establishing a hospice program within the community. Hospice of Wichita was founded as Wichita's original and only non-profit hospice, serving our first patient in October of 1983. In 1984, we were the first hospice in Kansas to be certified by HCFA as a provider of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. As the need for hospice grew, our services expanded to include counties in South Central and Southeast Kansas.