Building on our loving service in Colorado for nearly 100 years, Dominican Home Health Agency now has a new name and focus: Emmaus Catholic Hospice.
Our mission is to provide Catholic home hospice care, support, and education that honors the dignity of each person we serve. Our intentional approach to end-of-life care is rooted in honoring the dignity of every life at every stage.
We serve patients and families of all faiths and backgrounds through the lens of our Catholic faith.
"Words cannot describe how truly blessed we are to have you share in this time of our lives.
Your kindness, patience, and caring has touched all of us. Thank you!"
— Note from a patient's family
Emmaus Catholic Hospice answers the need for authentically Catholic home hospice care that neither hastens nor delays death but embraces God’s perfect timing as the natural progression of a disease runs its course.
We adhere to the moral and ethical principles in the Ethical and Religious Directors for Catholic Health Care Services, published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"I give my full support and blessing for Emmaus Catholic Hospice to serve in the Archdioceses of Denver.
I am thankful for this new ministry."
— Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L., Archbishop of Denver
Our mission is to provide Catholic home hospice care, support, and education that honors the dignity of each person we serve.
Dominican Home Health Agency was founded in 1923, when four Dominican Sisters, all nurses, arrived in Denver to dedicate their lives to caring for the city’s sick and poor residents.
Mother Mary Walsh, who started the order Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in New York, was looking for a remedy for several of her Sisters who were suffering from tuberculosis. The dry climate of Denver inspired Mother Mary to request permission from Bishop Tihen for a group of nuns to come to Denver, in part to provide healing for her sisters who were ill, as they convalesced in Denver, and in part to establish a location in the city to care for those in need.
The Sisters, affectionately known as the Sidewalk Samaritans, served the city’s sick poor from birth to death. From day one, they provided end-of-life care that honored the physical and spiritual needs of their neighbors.
The painful realities and lessons of Covid-19
In 2020, God began to show us a new way to focus how we love our neighbor by filling a significant need in our Catholic community. In caring for patients in 2020 – 2021, we were faced with the reality that authentic Catholic end-of-life care did not exist in Denver. God continued to shut doors in home health care and brought forward opportunities to move toward home hospice care.
Through COVID-19, we became painfully aware of how vulnerable we are to dying alone. Loved ones were prevented from receiving the sacraments due to pandemic restrictions. Many died alone, without their family and faith to accompany them on their final days in this life. Our prayer is that Emmaus Catholic Hospice, by serving patients and families in their homes, will help reduce this painful reality for more families in Denver.
Organization name
Emmaus Catholic Hospice (Dominican Home Health)
other names
Dominican Home Health Agency, DHHA, Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency of Denver, Inc., Emmaus Hospice
1923
Tax id (EIN)
84-0567786
Category
Health Care
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
5290 E Yale Circle Suite 100Denver County, CO, US
Phone
303-322-1413
Fax
303-322-2702