Sangre de Cristo Community Care is a nonprofit organization providing hospice, palliative care, home health, dementia care, and bereavement services in Cañon City, Colorado and throughout Southern Colorado. The organization has served patients and families for more than 40 years with a focus on compassionate care during rehabilitation, chronic illness, and serious illness.
The community offers home health care featuring skilled nursing, certified nursing assistant support, and physical therapy services. Palliative care is provided to enhance symptom management for people with serious illness, while hospice care delivers an integrated team of medical, emotional, and spiritual professionals to ensure compassionate care in patients' homes or chosen settings.
Bereavement and grief support are central to the organization's mission. Sangre de Cristo Community Care provides grief counseling through a team of grief educators, social workers, and trained volunteers who support individuals of all ages grieving various losses. The organization offers Kids' Camp, a free one-day camp for children and teens ages 6-14 who have lost a loved one.
Sangre de Cristo Community Care serves patients and families across a multi-county region, including Trinidad, Walsenburg, Cañon City, Pueblo West, and La Junta, with a particular commitment to ensuring rural communities receive care and dignity. The organization holds Level 5 We Honor Veterans partner status, the highest distinction, reflecting specialized commitment to those who have served.
As a nonprofit organization, Sangre de Cristo Community Care prioritizes direct support to those without insurance and offers complimentary therapies alongside its full continuum of services.