Program areas at Ethos Home Health
BEK Care, LLC, dba Ethos Home Health began in 2014 to serve the Fargo-Moorhead area with quality home care services. Recognizing the additional need for hospice services in the area, Ethos began offering hospice services in 2018. Ethos Home Health was recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in July 2018. In Fiscal Year 2022, Ethos Home Health served over 1,200 individuals and expanded its service area to include the Detroit Lakes region. BEK Care was formed as a partnership among Bethany Retirement Living (Fargo, ND), Eventide Senior Living (Moorhead, MN), and Knute Nelson (Alexandria, MN). Each partner organization, on its own, is widely recognized for providing innovative services to aging adults throughout a continuum of care. Additionally, and most importantly, each partner possesses similar values and is committed to achieving the highest quality of care for their organizations to successfully accomplish their nonprofit missions.The goal of the Home Health Care program is to help individuals stay in their own home as long as possible. Home health care helps individuals of any age with skilled nursing services, physical, speech and occupational therapies, IV therapy, wound care, home health aide, or assessment and management of their medical needs. Hospice cares for people with life-limiting illnesses utilizing a holistic approach, including medical, physical, emotional, social and spiritual care for patients and families. Hospice provides a wide range of services from skilled nursing, medication and pain management, home health aides, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social workers and Chaplain. Hospice is provided wherever the patient calls home in their own homes, nursing facilities, or other housing locations. Bereavement services and follow-up care are also a part of the hospice program. Ethos Home Health has over 70 staff along with many dedicated volunteers (18 in FY 2022) and serves a growing number of individuals with home health care and hospice services. Their service area includes individuals living within a 40-mile radius of the Fargo-Moorhead area, a 20-mile radius of the Detroit Lakes area, and a 40-mile radius of the Grand Forks area.