Family Hospice is a family owned and operated agency, based in Boulder Colorado.  It was founded in 2005 by a local Boulder family who, nearing retirement, felt they still had something very important to do.  Luther and Melody Stanton were very familiar with hospice services.  Melody had been the Administrator for an independent living facility in Boulder for eight years and Luther, a financial planner with a major brokerage firm, had focused for many years on estate planning; helping seniors with financial decisions.  However, he always felt he could be doing so much more.  Over the years, Melody saw many of the residents at her facility with life limiting illnesses choose hospice services, which enabled them to remain where they were living and near their friends and family.  The support, care and love Melody witnessed was life changing for her.  Then their son Jerry Kopack, a business analyst with a finance degree from The University of Colorado, became a part of this very committed team, in order to "give back" to the community they love.

Their idea was not to re-invent the wheel, but instead to focus on the original purpose of hospice.  Thirty years ago hospice started as a grassroots program dedicated to providing excellent end-of-life care through a personal holistic team approach.  A "family of professional hospice caregivers" becomes a supportive care team for the patient and family.  The name "Family Hospice" was a natural fit for this program.  The next step was putting together a team of professional health-care providers who were not only the best but had the key ingredient of the program-the "hospice heart".  The hospice heart is not something you can teach even the best professional, it is something one is born with.  Their team of caring providers offers quality services to both patient and family.