A ‘Culture of Caring’: Calvary Hospital’s 125 year legacy in hospice and palliative care
07/15/24 at 03:00 AM
A ‘Culture of Caring’: Calvary Hospital’s 125 year legacy in hospice and palliative care
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 7/11/24
Calvary Hospital in New York City is a progenitor of the hospice and palliative care models, but it has its eyes on the future nevertheless. The only hospital in the nation that is specifically devoted to hospice and palliative care, Calvary is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding this year. The faith-based organization was established in 1899 by a group of Catholic widows who called themselves the Women of Calvary. Its initial mission was to care for dying women who had been abandoned by the health care system, often with nowhere to live and no one to care for them.