Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care

Licensed by the State of California in 2016, the organization is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) with zero deficiencies noted in both 2017 and 2023. The organization has a distinctive focus on serving the Asian American community, offering bilingual Chinese/English services including educational programs in Mandarin and a published bilingual handbook on end-of-life care. Key figures include Co-Founder Blanche Chen, LCSW, and RN Advisor Pauline Nee. Nurses at Heart of Hope work as part of an interdisciplinary hospice team providing skilled nursing, comprehensive patient assessment, case management, pain and symptom control, and emotional support to terminally ill patients and their families. The Clinical Supervisor role involves both direct patient care and supervisory responsibilities over clinical personnel. The organization appears to be small, with only 4 job listings on Indeed at the time of research, and limited publicly available employee feedback. The work is mission-driven, focused on providing care to underserved populations regardless of financial means.

The mission of Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care is to provide the highest quality of comprehensive care with physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support to anyone with a life-limiting illness regardless of age, sex, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or financial means in the Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization emphasizes culturally sensitive, bilingual end-of-life care for the Asian American community.