I found out about Grane Hospice by sheer luck as I was sitting in the ICU waiting room at Altoona…read moreHospital. One of the ladies in the room said she used them for her sister and highly recommended them. She advised me against using the hospital's hospice. I called Grane the same day and they informed me of next steps to initiate hospice and agreed to meet me the next morning at the hospital. The next morning before we even met -- I called them and said my dad needed to go home today and that I needed 24 hour nurse aide care in addition to hospice. They pulled out all the stops to make that happen pulling in Home Instead to help with the additional care. Every person from Grane was genuine, caring, and went above and beyond for me. Thanks to them I was able to get my Dad home so he could pass away peacefully. I will never ever forget the care they gave on the worst days of my life. Not being from here I was nervous... I am so thankful to the lady in the waiting room for recommending Grane. Special thanks to Tommi, George, Scott, and Terry. You all are amazing.

A wonderful place for people to volunteer. The people are great to work with there…read more They are moving to a different location but still same great group of people.

In my opinion a counselor/therapist named Lynda Witherspoon also known as Lynda Saintil is very…read moreunprofessional and disrespectful. She displayed very childish behavior from work. I have never experienced having a grown woman who is suppose to be a professional act the way she has from a job. After making a complaint about her unwanted behavior to have the calls stop she retaliated. Her family and her retaliated by making up false accusations and false verbal statements to the police department. Her family and her even accused my family of removing their car tires after complaining that she was making unwanted calls. My family and I were never even patients/clients of hers, therefore she had no business even calling me from home nursing agency. We were not patients/clients of her specific office...yet she still made unprofessional calls from her work. Although, I do have a young child with special needs. I never had issues with the agency prior to this but Lynda Witherspoon had no reason to call me from her job. Her calls were very unprofessional and very inappropriate. The way she retaliated was ridiculous. No one in my family touched her car tires. It's ridiculous to have to deal with unnecessary calls from her from her job and then when reporting the calls to have them stop it's nothing but drama from her family and her. Before accusing someone of taking off car tires check security cameras. Needless to say I doubt her car tires were even touched or removed.

I wish I could give no or negative stars. My family and I have been disappointed since our first…read moreencounter with Home Nursing Agency. When my father came back from CTCA he was to get infusions for seven days straight starting on a Tuesday. We did not get a nurse at our house to give the infusion until Thursday. Then the visits became progressively later in the day, and our nurse was always running late. The other day, she called because again she was "running late", and said she'd be by around 4. Well, she failed to mention she got off at 4, and when we called her around 4:25 she told us she was just walking into a movie theater and would try to get someone else out to us. I was floored. We went through 2 other nurses before someone came 4 hours later. Now, tonight was the worst yet. The nurse was to come over around 4:00, we called at 5:00, the operator said Blair County had quite a few call offs, but she'd get us someone. 6:00 rolls around, and nothing, so we called again and got a someone who said there was another nurse starting at 8:00 and she would call us and come right out at 8:00. So at 8:30 we called, after not getting a phone call from the 8:00 nurse, and this operator has no idea what we were talking about, we weren't in the system to be serviced tonight. So for the fourth time tonight we explain what needed to happen. At 9:15 a male nurse called and said he'd be there around 10:00. After a full day in the hospital and not sleeping well, my father was exhausted and not to to waiting around for more incompetence to happen. They are a sad excuse for a professional service, they are inconsiderate, incompetent, rude and overall terrible. If I was as negligent in my job as they continue to be in theirs, I'd be fired. Highly disappointed and cannot wait to cancel all future interactions. If you settle for your loved ones kind of getting what they need or maybe getting the help they deserve, call them. But if you want competent, educated, caring nurses... Run away from this agency.

Heartland Hospice in Johnstown, Pennsylvania cared for my brother during his final days . The care…read morethat he received was wonderful. The entire staff was so compassionate and caring. Someone was always available for his needs. He had cancer and many interventions were utilized in attempt to make him as comfortable as possible. Everyone that involved with his care was kind but two individuals whom I had the most contact with were his hospice nurse Brian Sauro and Pastor Lee Seese and who deserve outstanding awards (5 star +++). They visited him regularly, and in my brother's final days, Brian was there every day and made certain that he had all the medications that he needed to help with pain management, supplies that were needed to keep him clean and comfortable. Heartland Hospice now reaches out to keep in touch with the family to make certain that we are having our emotional needs met. Thanks to all of those individuals who were there for my brother and for our family. If anyone needs a hospice service, I would recommend them.

This hospice took care of my father in his final days. They are kind, compassionate, and caring. I…read moredid not meet one employee that is not genuinely empathetic. I would recommend them to anyone who has to make the difficult decision to utilize a hospice service.

Talk to county directors across the commonwealth who oversee institutions such as SpiriTrust and…read moreyou may hear, "All of them have problems." Caring for others is a challenge and a hospice staff can make all the difference . . . yet SpiriTrust's operation is uneven at best. Once one of the SpiriTrust's leaders, someone I never met, told the family caretaker he can never leave the patient alone, even if the patient was sound asleep. This executive order is not a county, state or federal mandate, just a standard that the leader warned, if violated, care would cease. A letter to the office asking a series of questions remains unanswered. Calls to the facility are not returned. Are none of the options in Franklin County, Pa., worthwhile? Yes, Grane Hospice Care is an outstanding hospice care provider with talented staffs and loving nurses and others. SpiriTrust has many high-quality people but its rigid rules and a few overbearing employees cripples an organization that could be as good as Grane. In general, SpiriTrust has a solid team; however, it doesn't seem to listen to the family caretaker and isn't listening to the caretaker's heartbeat nearly as important as the routine patient care?

My 91-year-old friend received hospice care in the final weeks of her life. SpiriTrust Hospice…read moreresponded quickly to the referral and their attentive professional care allowed my friend to die comfortably in the place she called "home." Elderly patients qualify to receive hospice care when they have unintentional loss of weight and progressive weakness. With hospice involved, their loved one will avoid hospitalization and their physical, emotional and spiritual needs will be met in their final days. Thank you SpiriTrust Home Care and Hospice!