Capital caring Health is a not-for-profit provider of hospice, palliative care, and counseling services operating across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. since 1977. The organization serves nearly 3,000 patients and families daily through an interdisciplinary model involving physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and trained volunteers. It has cared for nearly 200,000 patients and their families over its operational history.
The organization operates several specialized clinical programs. Its pediatric hospice program ranks among the largest on the East Coast. Capital caring Health also maintains dedicated services for veterans and offers advanced illness care for patients with heart failure and end-stage lung disease. Two inpatient centers - the adler Center for caring and The washington Home at sibley Memorial hospital - provide 24-hour clinical care designed to combine hospital-level medical support with home-like comforts.
Capital caring Health commits over $3 million annually to charitable care for patients lacking insurance or financial resources. The organization maintains the region's largest concentration of professionals board-certified by the american academy of hospice and palliative Medicine.
