We love sharing our bucket-list stories, and there are so many of them that we’ve given them their own home: The Hospice Care Plus Bucket-List Blog.
Visit today and read inspiring stories about bucket-list wishes like:
- Meeting Blake Shelton in Person (It Happened!)
- Visiting a Favorite Fishing Hole One More Time
- Marrying the Love of His Life
- Seeing a Grandson Start School a Few Years Early
- Making Sure A Wife Dances Again
And many more. The Bucket-List Blog is also a great place to learn more about what exactly we mean when we talk about bucket-list wishes, and how you can support the Bucket-List Campaign.
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Our Home Hospice and Home Palliative Care programs serve you, wherever you call home, in the Kentucky counties of Estill, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Owsley, and Rockcastle.
Our inpatient care facility, the Compassionate Care Center, and administrative offices are located in Richmond, Kentucky.
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Poinsettia & Greenery Sale Now Open
If you plan to purchase poinsettias and festive, natural greenery for the holiday season, consider doing so through our annual Poinsettia & Greenery Sale Fundraiser. The sale is open now and will continue through November 13. Orders will be available for pickup or delivery the first week of December. You may purchase your items online…

Local Family Inspires Veteran Memorial
On Veterans Day 2019, Hospice Care Plus will dedicate a Veterans Memorial Wall at our Compassionate Care Center. The dedication will take place Monday, November 11, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hospice Care Plus Compassionate Care Center. The public is invited to attend. The Veterans Memorial Wall was inspired by Richmond’s Bagby family. After their…

Volunteer Training Sept. 14!
Hospice Care Plus will host a training for new volunteers on Saturday, September 14, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. The training is for anyone with an interest in supporting non-profit hospice, palliative, and bereavement care through a variety of patient care or administrative roles. The training is open…

CEO to Retire after 26 Years
After nearly three decades of leadership, Gail McGillis, the CEO of Hospice Care Plus based in Madison County, has announced her retirement. A master’s-prepared nurse, Gail came to Hospice Care Plus in 1994 from the University of Kentucky, where she served as a clinical nurse manager. At that time, the young, grassroots hospice organization employed…