About Us
Our Community House of Hope (OCHH) was founded in the fall of 2005 by a group of healthcare professionals and community leaders who came together, all with the common vision of helping the growing numbers of terminally ill in their communities. Each of these founding members have had personal and professional experience with death and dying that has changed them and made them aware of the need to help the many alone and suffering people who need a compassionate caring home as they face their last days. The OCHH committee members are community leaders who are committed and motivated to make this hospice house a reality.
OCHH is a nonprofit organization located in the Ventura and Northwestern Los Angeles counties. Our primary service area will include: Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Agoura, Calabasas, Malibu, Simi Valley, Moorpark and Camarillo.
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We are planning to build a free-standing, eight bed residence to serve those who are in need of a proper place and care in the last three months of their lives. All of our services will be FREE of charge to our patients and their families. We will be funded through the support of individuals, corporations, community groups, fundraising events, grants and foundations.
OCHH will also function as an educational center for students interested in end of-life care from various schools, universities, and community programs.
Our goal is to make OCHHa social model residence that can be replicated in other California communities and across the nation as a response to the care-giving crisis.
“Where does the alone, isolated or needy person go to die? What resources do they have available to them when they are no longer capable of caring for themselves and their family is either unable or unwilling to do so? What obligation does a community have to care for the basic human needs of its dying members? Finding a bed for a needy dying person in a skilled nursing facility is challenging at best and sometimes impossible. Current government programs fall far short of meeting the current needs.” - Bonnie Olson, CEO Buena Vista Hospice, Inc.
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