Celebrating 40 Years of Compassionate Care

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CATEGORY: News and Community
PUBLICATION: Clinical Connections

​Forty years ago, a small group of grassroots visionaries saw an unmet need in our community and filled it. They marshaled their passion and their resources, and with the support of like-minded friends, they established Cancer Family Service, Inc. This was the forerunner of what would eventually become Hospice of the Western Reserve.

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Over time, that tiny operation grew from caring for 23 cancer patients in 1978 to a nonprofit agency caring for more than 1,100 patients a day who are living with a wide range of advanced illnesses. Since its inception, the agency has cared for more than 120,000 people in the Northern Ohio community.

View our full historic timeline here.

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Northern Ohio's Hospice of Choice

More than 1,000 Hospice of the Western Reserve employees and 3,000 volunteers live and work side-by-side in the same neighborhoods with our patients and families. We are privileged to have cared for more than 100,000 Northern Ohioans since our inception.