Hospice Information
Home Hospice was founded in January of 1995 by Rev. Hilton Chancellor who saw a need for local hospice 
care that is provided by local people who are involved in the community. Today, Home Hospice, a CHAP accredited agency, has grown to be the largest and most used hospice provider in the Permian Basin, with offices in Odessa, Midland, Big Spring, and Fort Stockton.
In November, 2000, Home Hospice opened the area's first hospice inpatient facility, the Hospice House, which occupies the former Mellie Van Horn boarding house located at 903 N. Sam Houston, Odessa, Tx 79761. In April, 2001, a dedicated pediatric hospice unit was opened within the Hospice House. The owners of Home Hospice, Hilton Chancellor, Skip Hedgpeth, and Debra Bridges, believe that people are best served if they can retain freedom and dignity at life's end. Home Hospice seeks to relieve pain and ease suffering in the physical, mental, social, and spiritual worlds of our patients and families while providing end-of-life care. We want our patients to live as fully as possible until death, and the family to continue living afterwards. Our concentration is on comfort, not cure. It is our honor and privilege to serve others as they "Walk through the valley of the shadow of death."
The hospice movement began as an attempt to provide an unique kind of care to people suffering from a life-limiting illness. Hospice care focuses upon two main goals: relieving pain and other symptoms associated with an advanced illness; and providing supportive care to the patient and family on a scheduled basis. Home Hospice also provides emergency nursing care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Palliative treatment is planned to keep the patient as free from pain as possible. Although the patient and family experience psychological, emotional, and spiritual suffering, Home Hospice strives to encourage the patient to live as normal, comfortable, and full a life as possible.
The hospice patient receives treatment in a family setting at home, a nursing facility, or an inpatient hospice. Family members are taught how to provide care and how to cope with the illness and its effects. The hospice staff gives their assistance in enabling the patient to remain at home. The family continues to receive help and support during the bereavement period, as they adjust to their loss.
“You are a bunch of loving people, stay exactly the way you are.“ — Odessa