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December, St. Francis Hospice holds a "Light Up a Memory" tree-lighting event. Bereaved families are invited to return to the Sister Maureen Keleher Center to hang stars with the names of the deceased, and see hospice staff and volunteers who helped to care for their loved ones over the
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Hospice continues to operate the Sister Maureen Keleher Center in Nuʻuanu, as well as providing hospice care in patients' homes, at nursing facilities, and at care homes. It also offers supportive care for patients diagnosed with terminal illnesses, who are receiving both hospice care and
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and 24-hour care for patients in the hospital or at home. Led by Sister
Francine Gries, St. Francis Hospice was the most "advanced" program in Hawaii offering hospice care at the time, despite significant obstacles including the lack of medical insurance coverage for patients, and the reluctance of
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in Nuʻuanu. Named after the former chief executive, who stepped down earlier that year, the Sister
Maureen Keleher Center offered a relaxed, home-like atmosphere where patients could die in comfort. At the time, it was the only freestanding hospice in the state of Hawaii. When it opened,
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Hospice announced that it was investing $ 3 million to upgrade its two facilities in Nuʻuanu and Ewa Beach. The renovations included extensive repairs, painting, and landscaping of the Nuʻuanu facility, which was originally built in 1917.
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Hospital launched a $ 2 million fundraising drive to establish Hawaii's first freestanding hospice facility. By then, its hospice program was already the largest in the state, and the only one federally certified for coverage under
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curative treatment at the same time; spiritual care and counseling for all faiths to help patients and their families cope with terminal illness, pain, loss, and grief; and social workers providing bereavement support to families.
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In 2014, the Ewa Beach hospice facility became part of Queen's West, when St. Francis sold its West Oʻahu campus to new owners. In 2021, Queen's West announced plans to "remove" the
Sullivan Care Center hospice facility.
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Hospice had 60 employees and 125 volunteers serving 1,000 patients and their families each year, across its two facilities and at home. As the only hospice in Hawaii then accredited by the
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tables and chairs; and a veranda and garden offer pleasant views of the one-acre estate." The newly built patient wing had "eight private and two double-occupancy rooms, a chapel and a nurses' station."
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Maureen Keleher Center opened in Nuuanu in 1988, it was the only freestanding hospice in the state. A decade later, there were eight facilities statewide handling close to 1,500
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described the main building as "graceful" and "beautifully restored", with an "interior...done in muted pastels; the living room has a piano, easy chairs and a fireplace; the dining room has round
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patients to live out their lives comfortably. Prior to that, St. Francis had offered assistance to dying patients and their families, through its home care program which started in 1962.
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reported that by then, roughly one-fifth of all deaths in Hawaii were assisted by hospice care. That same year, the St. Francis
Healthcare System published an end-of-life care manual,
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