The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler is a respected leader in end-of-life care and an example of compassionate medical service, recognized, reimbursed and regulated under state and federal guidelines. When it opened in 1979, The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler was one of only a handful of hospice programs in the United States. The 17 members of the all-volunteer staff felt strongly that people didn't need to die in a hospital room, alone and in pain.

At the time, hospice operated out of a small office in the Regional Oncology Center at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach.

     Today, The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler has grown from an average daily census of 35 in 1986 to 600 patients cared for by 400 full-time professional employees and over 600 volunteers, many of whom are cared for in the home-like setting of the Hospice Care Center in Port Orange and Orange City. More than 46,000 patients have been served in Volusia and Flagler counties on Florida's Funcoast.

     Some of the features that set The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler apart from other hospice programs:

  1. Operates the two largest inpatient care center in Central Florida, and a residential care center in Volusia County, and another Care Center is being built to open in 2008.
  2. Its nurses are certified in hospice and palliative care;
  3. Social workers are licensed master's level counselors;
  4. Full-time and part-time ordained clergy on staff hold masters’ degrees and are on-call at all times.
  5. Specially trained home health aides; and
  6. Highly trained volunteers.

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   The word hospice comes from the same linguistic root as our words for hospital and hospitality and suggests similar notions of shelter, respite and caring. During the Middle Ages religious orders created hospices as sanctuaries for pilgrims on the perilous journey from Europe to the Holy Land. The metaphor of the dying as travelers on a journey from this world to the next helped to shape the evolving mission of hospice as a place of refuge and solace.
     Dame Cicely Saunders, a physician, founded St. Christopher's Hospice in Great Britain, the original model for the movement in the United States. During a speaking tour in 1963, Dame Cicely spoke at the Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. Thereafter, Florence Wald, Dean of the Nursing School and Edward Dobihal Director of Religious Ministries at Yale New Haven began investigating ways to bring Dr. Saunders' hospice vision to our shores. Thus, the first American hospice was opened in New Haven in 1974.

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The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler has been licensed since 1979. Halifax Hospice, Inc., d/b/a Hospice of Volusia/Flagler is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) I.R.C. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our tax ID number is 59-2661284.  “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE 800-435-7352 OR CALLING OUTSIDE THE STATE 850-488-2221. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.