Nonprofit hospice to add 12-bed inpatient floor at its Colorado Springs headquarters

Nonprofit hospice to add 12-bed inpatient floor at its Colorado Springs headquarters 
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO; by Debbie Kelley; 6/26/24 
Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care — which holds the titles of the region’s only nonprofit hospice and the only inpatient provider of end-of-life services — is adding 12 family suites for inpatient care at its headquarters in Colorado Springs. “The benefit of us being able to design something on our own is it removes that hospital-type setting and makes it a homelike experience,” said Andy Petersen, executive director of the Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, the organization’s separate fundraising arm. “It’s going to be a great service for the community.” The first floor of the organization’s large two-story building at 2550 Tenderfoot Hill St. off Lake Avenue will undergo an $8.5 million renovation and be transformed into an Inpatient Care Center.