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Sheila S. STRAUSS
HOSPICE HOUSE
A place of comfort, peace, and specialized care.
When short-term round-the-clock medical care is needed, the Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House provides the highest level of hospice care in a peaceful, homelike setting. Whether seeking relief from uncontrolled pain and symptoms or a brief respite from caregiving, the hospice house is the perfect home away from home.
Each of our 16 private suites features a hospital-grade bed, a large daybed for overnight accommodation, table and chairs, private bathroom, television, and large windows that open. Other amenities consist of comfortable family areas that include a living room, kitchen with dining room, family office, an outdoor courtyard and a meditation chapel.
Questions about who qualifies?
Just ask!
540-776-0198
- Pain and symptom management
- Uncontrolled nausea and vomiting
- Severe shortness of breath
- Intravenous medication management
- Complicated wound care
- Five-day respite for the primary caregiver
- Transitional care from hospital to home
- Short-term residential care
- High-level around-the-clock care provided by
hospice-trained clinicians - Comfortable homelike environment
- Open visitation – 24 hours a day and pet visitation
- Excellent staff-to-patient care ratios
- Space for family gatherings and celebrations
Hospice services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurances. Room and board fees apply to some levels of care. As a community-based nonprofit, Good Samaritan Hospice is dedicated to serving patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
The Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House understands your situation and we are there when you need that extra support.
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In the media
Good Samaritan hosted an opening ceremony for the region’s first freestanding hospice care center in Roanoke on Friday, June 7.
Leaders at Good Samaritan have wanted to bring a freestanding, inpatient hospice service to the valley since the nonprofit’s inception in 1992. Now, 30 years later, the dream has become a reality.
Good Samaritan announced the opening of the Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House Friday morning.
A grand opening celebration was held Friday, June 7, for the Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House. It’s the region’s first freestanding hospice house.
Good Samaritan Hospice has embarked on a capital campaign for its in-patient Center for Caring – the first facility of its kind in the region.
Creating a Community of Compassion
Good Samaritan is conducting a $5 million fundraising campaign for the Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House. To donate and help raise the remaining funds necessary for this project, please contact the office at 540-776-0198 or development@goodsam.care.
