SouthernCare Hospice

The Olathe Medical Center is a nonprofit, health care facility that serves residents in Johnson County, Kan. It offers home health, pain management, rehabilitation, laboratory, imaging, and hospice, heart, respiratory and cancer care services. The facility specializes in orthopedic, pediatric, emergency care and women s health services. The Olathe Medical Center offers the Hear for You program, which focuses on providing 24-hour health care services for the deaf and hearing impaired. Its facilities also include the Kansas Cardiovascular Center, Kansas Joint Specialty Center and Olathe Regional Oncology Center. Located in Olathe, Kan., the facility is a part of the Olathe Health System, which is a health care group that operates several medical facilities.

Located in Kansas City, Mo., Crossroads Hospice is a hospice care organization that serves terminally ill patients. Its registered nurses provide symptom management and pain control management services. The organization offers 24-hour nursing and respite care and bereavement services to the patients' families. It also provides short-term inpatient care for acute symptom management. The organization s staff includes physicians, nurses, home help aides, chaplains, social workers and volunteers. It additionally offers speech, occupational and physical therapies. Crossroads Hospice provides medical equipment and supplies. It runs a charitable foundation to promote and support end-of-life care and services to patients and their caregivers through community education and awareness. The foundation offers various programs, including the gift of blessings and gratitude, gift of a day and grief recovery programs.