Mahogany Hospice Care, established on May 24, 2000 was originally located in Memphis Tennessee.
Mahogany Hospice Care is a:
Free-standing, community-based Hospice.
Medicare and Medicaid certified Hospice.
Member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
Milestones in the History of Mahogany Hospice Care
1999
Articles of Incorporation filed as Mahogany Hospice Care
2001
Accepted first patient in June
2001
Became Medicare and Medicaid certified
2001
First African American Owned Hospice In West Tennessee
2002
Article of Incorporation filed as Mahogany Hospice Care of Atlanta,
2003
Opened Mahogany Hospice Care of Mississippi
2005
Opened Mahogany Hospice Care of Nashville
2007
Opened Mahogany Hospice Care of New Orleans
Milestones in the History of Hospice:
The word Hospice is derived from Latin word "hospes" - meaning a place of hospitality.
History mentions Hospice or "guest houses" in the time of the crusades.
Pilgrims traveling to the holy places would be cared for in the Hospice of a Monastery - fed, clothed and nursed back to health.
Today the word "Hospice" reflects caring for persons who are on their pilgrimage from this life to the next.
1905
Sisters of Charity in Dublin, Ireland built small hospitals to care for the dying in poverty stricken areas and called them Hospice. In one of these Hospices, Cicely Saunders was trained as a nurse. Her dream was to build a Hospice Care in England.
1967
St. Christopher's Hospice in London, England was founded by Dame Cicely Saunders. St. Christopher's is considered the first modern Mahogany Hospice Care.
1974
Hospice of Connecticut opened as the first Hospice in the United States. Hospice of Connecticut was founded by Florence Wald, Dean of the Yale University School of Nursing.
