Hospice House Program

The Setting... A quiet, peaceful room with families gathered, some one-on-one in quiet corners, others in a warm Great Room in front of the fire, and on nice days some will wheel a bed out to the private patio or deck in the sun or cool shade. The beds have quilts and the furniture is welcoming to all.

The Sounds... Music is part of the day, a quiet background to vigils being sat. Occasionally a favorite song is played on the piano in the Great Room. Personal favorites are played in the patients' rooms—nature sounds, spiritual music, country western, big band.

The Smells... A hospice volunteer has just pulled some cookies from the oven for an afternoon snack, there's the smell of evergreen trees on the patio, and hospice patients have an aura of freshness from a spa bath and lotion aides have applied.

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Please send your donations to:
Hospice House Fund
Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation
P.O. Box 6000
Rapid City, SD 57709
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