Old Colony Hospice & Palliative Care

Old Colony Hospice & Palliative Care is a nonprofit, Medicare-certified hospice based in Braintree that has cared for patients and families facing life-limiting illness since 1979. Its team approach aims to ease pain, anxiety and other symptoms so patients can spend their days with dignity, surrounded by family and friends. Care covers all end-stage diseases, including cancer, heart and lung disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, kidney disease and AIDS.

Care is delivered by registered nurses, social workers, hospice aides, volunteers, spiritual counselors and bereavement support counselors. The organization also runs a palliative care consultation service that works alongside a patient’s primary provider, and it operates the Dr. Ruth McLain Hospice Home. Medications and equipment related to the hospice diagnosis are covered and delivered to the patient’s home. It serves more than 60 Massachusetts cities and towns, and area clinicians refer patients to its services.

What to Know

• Old Colony has been CHAP accredited since 2001.
• Care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts and most private insurers.
• It is a We Honor Veterans partner and received a CHAP commendation for its Veteran Volunteer Program in 2007.
• The Boston Globe named it a Top Place to Work in 2017.
• It earned the Hospice Honors Elite award for patient care two years in a row.