Pediatric Hospice and/or Palliative Care Providers
Agencies on this list have self-identified themselves as capable and interested in serving pediatric hospice
and/or palliative care cases. NJHPCO Member Hospices wishing to self-identify themselves for this list as
providers of pediatric hospice and/or palliative care should contact info@njhospice.org
Consultation & Care Coordination Services
Circle of Life Children’s Center
274 South Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
973-273-0872
Contact:
Norma Millison, Executive Director
Sheila Walsh, Program Director
Liam’s Room
P. O. Box 461
Westfield, NJ 07091
908-963-7989
www.liamsroom.org
Liam’s Room provides support to families whose child is faced with a chronic, potentially life-limiting
illness, by redesigning inpatient hospital rooms to recreate a more home-like environment and educating
hospital staff about pediatric palliative care techniques.
Rooms are operational at Overlook Medical Center, Summit, and Goryeb Children’s Hospital,
Morristown.
Hospice & Home Care Programs
Community Medical Center
Van Dyke Hospice
Shining Stars Program
99 Route 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08755
732-818-6872
Provides pediatric hospice and palliative care services
Serves Ocean County
Contacts:
Beatrice Schaadt, Intake Coordinator
Elizabeth Dorick, Outreach Coordinator
Compassionate Care Hospice
Northern NJ Office
200 Lanidex Plaza, Suite 2101
Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-402-4712
Provides pediatric hospice care
Serves Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren
counties
Haven Hospice
JFK Medical Center
65 James Street
Edison, NJ 08818
800-898-8989 or 732-321-7769
Provides pediatric hospice care
Serves Union, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset counties
Contacts:
Nancy Burke, Intake
Pam Christy, Hospice Coordinator
Hunterdon Hospice, Inc
2100 Wescott Drive
Flemington, NJ 08822
908-788-6600
Provides pediatric hospice care
Serves Hunterdon, Mercer, Warren and Somerset counties
Contact:
Anne Boyle, Executive Director
Lighthouse Hospice, Inc.
1040 Kings Highway North, Suite 100
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
1-888-HOSPICE
(856) 414-1155
(856) 414-1313 (fax)
Provides pediatric hospice care
Serves: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties
Contacts:
Julie Hertz, Director of Clinical Care
Michelle Mott, Patient Care Manager
Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center
95 Old Short Hills Road
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-322-4800
Provides pediatric hospice care
Serves Essex, Passaic, Union, Morris, Hudson and Southern Bergen counties
Contacts:
Intake Department
Ellen Coughlin, Vice President of Patient and Family Services
The Butterflies Program
Valley Home Care / Valley Hospice
15 Essex Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
201-291-6335
Provides pediatric hospice and palliative care home care services
Serves Bergen and Passaic counties
Contacts:
Mary Ann West, Coordinator
Rose Marie Ranuro, Director Maternal Child Health
Visiting Nurse Association Health Group
141 Bodman Place
Red Bank, NJ 07731
732-493-2220
Provides pediatric hospice and palliative care services
Serves Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties
Contact:
Sandra De Luccio, Clinical Manager