Sun City Center Hospice House

Founded in 1979, Good Shepherd Hospice is a nonprofit organization that offers full range of hospice and palliative care services. Good Shepherd Hospice s provides long term care facilities that include nursing homes, assisted living, adult family-care homes and continued-care retirement communities. The organization additionally offers bereavement and counseling services. The organization has a thrift shop that provides pictures, lamps, kitchen items, jewelry, fashion items, furniture, books and antiques to people. Good Shepherd Hospice is located in Auburndale, Fla., and is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations. It is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and Florida Hospice and Palliative Care.

The mission of Good Shepherd Hospice is to provide quality palliative care and relieve the suffering of those in our communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues, maintaining the highest ethical standards, so all may live as fully and comfortably as possible. Our vision is to be the leader in end-of-life care. Good Shepherd Hospice is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, the preeminent accreditation body for health care organizations in the United States. This means we voluntarily submit to an extensive evaluation of our compliance with Joint Commission health care standards on a continuing basis. Good Shepherd Hospice has received accreditation from the National Institute for Jewish Hospice (NIJH). NIJH is a national, non-profit organization providing standard setting procedures pertaining to the treatment of Jewish patients during end-of-life care, as well as providing for their spiritual needs.