Blue Water Hospice Home

The Blue Water Hospice Home is currently under construction and will be open fall of 2011.

Since 1982, Blue Water Hospice has been at the heart of the hospice care in our community. We have assisted more than 8,000 patients and their families. Perhaps Hospice staff and volunteers have assisted a friend, a neighbor, or family member of yours, in an effort to make their end-of-life care journey as meaningful, and as free from pain as possible. Now, our community is faced with a growing need to help families who require hospice care for their loved ones, but are unable to keep them at home. The Blue Water Hospice Home will become a home for terminally ill patients in need of expert comfort care as their illness progresses and their home is no longer an option.

Initially, our home will be able to care for 12 patients at a time. Our home will not be a hospital, a nursing home or an assisted living facility. Our home will be a comfortable and personalized setting where hospice nurses and support staff provide 24-hour care, and where family and friends can spend quality time with their loved one.

Our home will be located in Marysville, Michigan. It will be situated beside a 2.5 acre pond and surrounded by 11.5 acres of garden woodlands. Our home will be designed and staffed to emphasize privacy, dignity, and inclusion of family members for the provision of end-of life care.

For a mother, a father, a sibling, or a child, end-of-life care is a very special journey for the patient, family, and those who provide the professional care.

For Our Patients

The most advanced skilled hospice care available
Private rooms that provide each patient with a “view from the pillow”
Access to a private patio with a view of the pond
Therapeutic whirlpool bath
Individuals prepared meals
Private telephones with direct dial to each room

For Family and Friends

Sleeping accommodations within a loved one’s room
Family rooms with fire places and screened in porches
Family kitchens for preparing meals
A chapel for solitude, quiet time, or perhaps a grandchild’s wedding
Pond, landscaped gardens, and trails for meditation, reflection and peaceful walks
Children’s playroom

For Our Community

Knowledge that focused residential end-of-life care is available her in southern Sanilac, northern Macomb, and St. Counties
Knowledge that in such a facility, the staff and volunteers are specifically trained in end-of-life-care
Availability of a cost effective alternative to other less focused forms of residential care

Gift Opportunities

The Blue Water Hospice Home is currently under construction and is expected to open fall of 2011. All donations received for the Blue Water Hospice Home will be applied towards our capital campaign goals. We have several facility naming opportunities and pledge programs available. All donors will be recognized in the Blue Water Hospice Home.

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Donate by U.S. Mail

Donations are also accepted via U.S. Mail. If you would like to make a donation via U.S. Mail, please download and complete the mail-in donation form. Please include your completed donation form, along with your donation. Please make check payable to, VNA/BWH and send to:

Visiting Nurse Association/Blue Water Hospice
1430 Military Street, Suite A
Port Huron, MI 48060

Mail-In Donation Form

For a list of additional gift opportunities offered by the Visiting Nurse Association/Blue Water Hospice, please visit our donate page.

For more information about available gift opportunities for the Blue Water Hospice Home please contact the Chief Development Officer by phone (810) 984-4131 or email lcottengim@vnabwh.com.