Facing a serious illness or the loss of a loved one is one of life’s most difficult experiences. During these moments, families don’t just need medical care—they need guidance, clarity, and emotional support they can trust.

At Your Health, our Palliative and Hospice Care Programs are designed to meet patients and families where they are, offering comfort-focused, whole-person care that honors dignity, values, and quality of life at every stage.

Understanding Palliative and Hospice Care

Palliative and hospice care share a common goal: improving comfort and quality of life for individuals facing serious illness. While both focus on symptom management, emotional support, and care coordination, they serve patients at different points in their journey.

Palliative Care can begin at any stage of a serious illness and can be provided alongside curative treatment. It focuses on pain relief, symptom management, emotional well-being, and support for patients and caregivers.
Hospice Care is designed for individuals who are likely in the final months of life, when the focus shifts fully from cure to comfort, peace, and meaningful time with loved ones.

Your Health’s integrated approach ensures patients and families receive the right level of care at the right time—without navigating these decisions alone.

A Whole-Person, Family-Centered Approach

Your Health’s Palliative and Hospice teams include physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and counselors who work together to address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of both patients and caregivers.

Care is provided wherever patients call home—helping reduce unnecessary hospital visits while increasing comfort, familiarity, and peace of mind. Families are supported not just clinically, but emotionally, with clear communication and consistent guidance throughout the care journey.

Leadership in Grief & Bereavement Support: Dr. Donald Blake

A defining strength of Your Health’s Palliative Care Program is its deep commitment to grief and bereavement support—shaped in large part by Dr. Donald Blake, PhD.

Dr. Blake specializes in grief, bereavement, and emotional trauma, bringing decades of experience as a clinician, educator, and leader. His evidence-based yet deeply compassionate approach has helped establish and elevate grief counseling standards across Your Health’s programs.

Previously, Dr. Blake served as Director of Bereavement Services at Agape Hospice, where he played a key leadership role in strengthening grief support services. Under his direction, bereavement counselors achieved National Certification in Grief Counseling, significantly enhancing the quality, consistency, and impact of care provided to families experiencing loss.

“Grief is universal, yet deeply individual. Navigating YOUR Grief was created to help people understand their own experience, recognize their strengths, and take steps toward healing at a pace that feels right for them.”

— Dr. Blake

Care That Extends Beyond Medicine

At its core, Your Health’s Palliative and Hospice Care Programs are about presence, comfort, and human connection. Whether someone is managing a serious illness, navigating end-of-life care, or supporting a loved one through loss, Your Health provides care that is clinical, emotional, and deeply personal.

If you or a loved one could benefit from palliative care, hospice services, or grief and bereavement support, Your Health is here to help—every step of the way.

Learn more about Palliative and Hospice Care at Your Health:
👉 https://www.yourhealth.org/palliative-and-hospice-care