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Abbie Hunt Bryce Home
At the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home, we offer no-cost accommodations for terminally ill people of little means. Our Home is a safe, comfortable environment for people with nowhere else to go.
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NEED A HOME FOR HOSPICE CARE?
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A home for all. For all seasons of life.
Our Home is not a nursing home, a hospice center, or a medical facility. Rather, it is truly a home—a home for those who have no other place to call their own.
What do our residents receive?
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home is free of charge and is available to those with a terminally ill diagnosis.
At no cost to our residents, we provide:
- Private rooms with semi-private baths and direct access to a spacious, fenced-in back garden
- Shared kitchen facilities, living rooms, and family room spaces
- Trained and certified staff & volunteers who provide support to each resident, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Medical assistance from community
- Hospice teams and full collaboration with other providers of homeless services in the community
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home has been in operation in Indianapolis since July 2004 and has served 825+ residents. These individuals are low-income or homeless and would have no other home to go to during their last days or months of life.
FAQs about our free home for hospice patients
What is hospice?
Hospice is not “giving up.” Hospice is not about dying—it is about allowing a patient to LIVE the time they have left.
Hospice provides care, dignity, and peace at the end of life. Once someone is diagnosed with a life-limiting illness and has a life expectancy of six months or less, hospice is making a decision that comfort becomes the priority over treatment.
How do I pay for hospice?
Hospice is covered under Hospice Medicare Benefit, many Medicaid plans, and many private insurance plans. Everyone deserves peace and dignity at the end of life, despite background or financial means.
If you or your loved one has limited means and needs a home in Indianapolis in which to receive hospice care, please learn more about the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home.
Who provides care in the home?
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home director (RN) oversees the home in collaboration with each individual’s hospice agency. Alongside the hospice care team, our home is staffed with CNAs equipped to provide the partnered care our residents need! (Are you a social worker or hospice provider? Learn more about admissions here.)
How many residents can you accommodate?
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home can home 12 residents at a time, each with their own semi-private room and garden access! Our Indianapolis hospice facility is open to residents of limited means who need a place to receive end-of-life care.
Why is the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home needed?
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home is solving a major problem most people don’t recognize exists.
In their groundbreaking white paper “Death and Dying In The US” (Clinical Interventions in Aging, Sept 3, 2008), Finestone and Inderwies point out that only “20-25% of people who die in the US utilize hospice services” and “…minority groups are less likely … to benefit from hospice or palliative care.”
They cite many reasons, but one major obstacle was not mentioned: lack of a suitable home environment in which to receive the hospice care benefit.
In short, someone without a home cannot receive hospice. That’s why the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home matters so much.
Have other questions? Please contact us at any time!
Can you help?
We rely on community support!
The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home was built through generous private contributions of individuals, foundations and corporations. No government dollars are used or ever have been used for the building or for the program. This means that the Home relies solely on generous contributors like yourself. Please consider donating today.