The Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine is a membership nonprofit organization comprised of home care, home health care & hospice providers. Through networking, education and advocacy, Alliance staff and members work collaboratively to ensure our older adults and Mainer's with disabilities have access to affordable, accessible quality care in the comfort and safety of their own home and community.

Members of the Alliance care for older adults and disabled Mainers of all ages - allowing them to stay in their home and community. Annually, our provider members deliver care to more than 45,000 clients in their residences across Maine, traveling more than 20 million miles. Our providers employ a wide-range of workers (from registered nurses, to therapists to personal support specialists) – making our sector of the healthcare continuum a large contributor to Maine’s economic growth and prosperity. 

2022 Maine Hospice Utlization Report

Hospice provides expert medical, emotional and spiritual care and support – focusing on comfort and quality of life – to terminally ill patients and their caregivers. The Medicare Hospice Benefit began in 1983 and provides interdisciplinary team services that include medical, spiritual, personal care, volunteer and bereavement services for beneficiaries with a life expectancy of six months or less and their caregivers.

Nonprofit, community-integrated hospices benefit their patients, patient families and their communities in unique and recognizable ways.  Nevertheless, hospice providers face some barriers that lawmakers and regulators could address or eliminate.

The 2022 Maine Hospice UtilizationReport illustrates important contributions and characteristics specifically of nonprofit hospices in Maine, including:

1. Growth in Hospice Utilization

2. Hospice Quality Ratings

3. Innovative Practices

4. Hospice Houses