Accountable Health Community

The main service of the organization is to provide an alternative for hospitalized patients, who do not want to die in an institution or for people in the Community, who for a multitude of reasons cannot receive end-of-life care in their own home. Accomplishments include provision of care to 11 guests and their families in 2022. We enjoyed an 86% occupancy rate throughout the year. The program is supported by volunteers and paid caregivers (in absence of volunteers; or night shifts). The volunteer program which suffered during the covid pandemic was revitalized in 2022 and grew to 25 volunteers; 8 of whom provided hands-on care to guests, 5 mercy doulas, and 12 who assisted with fund-raising and other household maintenance duties. Secondarily, the mercy doula training program is an educational offering, which trains medical students alongside Community members, focused on the art of presence; to accompany and comfort those living with a serious illness during their terminal course. In 2022, 48 people completed the doula training. Four classes were held: each class consisting of two 6-hour sessions completed over 2 saturdays.