Welcome to Hope International Hospice and Palliative Care, where we can be trusted and counted on to provide compassion, comfort, and service to maintain dignity and end of life care for you or your loved one.
Our mission at Hope International Hospice and Palliative Care is to provide individualized whole patient care with an interdisciplinary team approach to address the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the end of life patient.
Hope is a choice that returns as a gift to illuminate us about our loved ones.
Accredited and Certified
Hope is CHAP-Accredited and Medicare and Medical Certified to meet your needs.
Serving Los Angeles Area
We serve patients in Los Angeles County and parts of Orange County—within 50 miles of our office in Torrance, CA.
Multicultural Team
Our interdisciplinary team provides exemplary services across language/ethnic patient groups.
Language/Ethnic Focus
We are ethnically diverse professionals fluent in various different languages with clear and awareness and familiarity of ethnocultural distinctions.
- African American
- Chinese 中文
- Filipino/Tagalog
- Hispanic/Latino/Spanish Español
- Japanese 日本語
- Korean 한국어
Select a language:
Annual Event
During the holiday season, some of our staff and their family members visit our patients as part of the community outreach program. Over the course of our caregiving, many of our staff members develop intimate bonds with the patients and we believe this provides us with an opportunity to add a layer of warmth for our patients.
Hospice FAQ
What is Hospice?
Hospice is a health care system of interdisciplinary services provided to patients and families during the final life cycle. It is a benefit program designed to assist with the special needs of patients and their loved ones when the patient is diagnosed with life-limiting illness with poor prognosis for which they elect comfort and palliative care.
How is Hospice Care provided?
Hospice care is often provided in the familiar environment of one’s home and where loved ones are near. It can also be provided in nursing homes, board and care, assisted living facilities or wherever patients reside. Hospice professionals provide medical and nursing care, emotional and spiritual support to the patient and family. Hospice also supports the patient’s family and loves ones’ bereavement period up to fifteen months. It is the patient’s choice and by consent, then decided where Hospice care can be provided for them.
Who pays for hospice?
The general methods of payment are:
- Medicare-Part A
- Medi-Cal
- Private insurance
- Private pay