Kaua‘i Hospice was founded in 1983 by volunteers who saw Kauai’s need for the provision of compassionate care for patients who faced terminal or life-threatening illnesses.  At the time, the grassroots organization was operated purely by part-time volunteers.  Since then Kaua‘i Hospice has developed into a professionally staffed, Medicare and Medicaid certified organization with a supportive cadre of about 80 specially trained program volunteers and hundreds of general community volunteers.  Kaua‘i Hospice is the only hospice on the Garden Island.