TMC Hospice at Home and Peppi's House

12/10/2024

Help support TMC Hospice Families now and throughout the year!

This holiday season, you can bring comfort to local hospice patients and their families through our Wish Cactus program. Located in the foyer of Peppi's House (2715 N. Wyatt Road), the Wish Cactus allows community members to select a wish tag and provide meaningful gifts or essential items to families facing challenging times.

How You Can Help:
-Visit Peppi's House to choose a wish tag
-Purchase a new, unwrapped gift or item matching the tag
-Return the gift to Peppi's House by December 18, 2024

Can't Visit in Person?
We understand not everyone can make it to Peppi's House. We welcome donations of essential items that support our patients and families throughout the year. These gifts provide practical support and show families they are not alone during difficult moments.

Gift Card Donations:
Your gift card donations can provide critical relief to hospice families during the holidays and throughout the year. By helping cover essential expenses like groceries and fuel, you can help lighten the emotional and financial burden of caring for a loved one during a difficult journey.

We gratefully accept gift cards from: Walmart, Target, Fry's, Amazon
& Gas Stations

Our Care Closet Wishes (all items must be new, not used):
-Hospital Bed Sheets: Twin Extra Long sheets for patients receiving home care
-Cozy pajamas, soft t-shirts, pants, and robes Sizes SMALL to XL
-Coloring books for adults and children
-Colored pencils and markers
-Simple board and card games
-Word search and crossword puzzle books

Drop off items or mail them to:
TMC Hospice
2715 N Wyatt Dr
Tucson, Az 85712

Your generosity can make a profound difference in the lives of hospice patients and their loved ones this holiday season.

11/13/2024

We thank the team at TMC Hospice at Home & Peppi’s House during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. It takes a special person to provide compassionate, end-of-life care.
Two of those people are Rebecca and Jill, a mother-daughter team of hospice nurses. Jill wheeled the first patient into Peppi’s House in 2007 and spent her retirement as a hospice volunteer until the age of 74. Jill later spent the last days of her life at Peppi’s House.
“Inspired by her, I have been a nurse for 17 years, with seven of those at Peppi’s House,” Rebecca says. “My first 10 years were spent in neurology and pediatrics, but once I arrived at Peppi’s, I felt like I was home. I had found my true calling.”
Thank you to the staff and volunteers who helped make this the longest running hospice program in the region. And thanks to all the community members who have trusted us with the care of their loved ones by choosing TMC’s in-home hospice care or inpatient care at Peppi’s House.

We invite you to honor the memory of your loved one or thank the dedicated hospice staff with a donation to TMC Hospice. https://www.tmcaz.com/medical-programs/hospice/donate-to-tmc-hospice

11/12/2024

Here is our incredible Veterans Program Volunteer, Barb, and her team, who led a heartfelt program for Veterans at Broadway Proper yesterday. Veterans were recognized, branch of service songs were sung, yellow roses were given to Gold Star families and the veterans' spouses received a red rose from our veteran's program with a special thank you note attached that read "You may not have worn a uniform, but we know you served too!"

Thank you, Barb and the Hearts of Gold team, for doing such a great job!

11/11/2024

Today, and every day, we honor the brave men and women who have served our country. We're especially grateful for the veterans who are part of the TMC Health family - as patients, employees, and volunteers. Your sacrifice and service inspire us all.

10/01/2024

We are now offering our Grief Support Group in Green Valley! The first group will meet on October 10th.

Click this link to register and to get additional information about this support group https://forms.office.com/r/C6cqGSRCWc

You can also go to our website for details on our Tucson group as well. Follow this link www.tmchospice.com and look for the Bereavement/Grief Support section.

07/15/2024

We celebrated becoming a Green Valley Chamber Member, with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on Monday, July 8th. We are so grateful to be able to expand our services to this area.

Joining in on the "cutting" was Kevin Mullis (TMC Hospice Outreach Specialist), Leah Carter (TMC Hospice At Home & Peppi's House Nurse Practitioner), Carly Perez (TMC Hospice At Home & Peppi's House Nurse Manager), Jane Quirk (TMC Hospice At Home & Peppi's House Volunteer), Martha Bennett (TMC Hospice At Home & Peppi's House Hospice Nurse), fellow Chamber Members and Randy Graf (Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber President & CEO).

06/13/2024

We're proud of our staff, care team and volunteers that help us care for our patients and their families. Thank you. ❤️

Dr. Karen Chandler, Medical Director for TMC Hospice at Home and Peppi's House, was interviewed today for The Morning Blend on KGUN 9. Dr. Chandler talked about the comfort and care hospice provides to patients at the end of their life, as well as the peace of mind provided for their families. With the expansion of in-home hospice into Green Valley and surrounding areas, TMC Hospice will be able to provide services to all of Southern Arizona.

You can see Dr. Chandler's interview on Friday, June 21 at 11 a.m. in Tucson. Until then, learn more about TMC Hospice here: https://www.tmcaz.com/medical-programs/hospice/

04/25/2024

We had a great day celebrating National Volunteer Week with our AMAZING TMC Hospice Volunteers! A big thank you our volunteers for all of their support, hard work and dedication to our hospice program. We couldn't do what we do without YOU on our team!

04/04/2024

Honoring a Remarkable Nurse: Brenda Scordato, RN
TMC is proud to recognize Brenda Scordato, RN, of TMC Hospice at Home and Peppi's House as a DAISY Award winner!

This heartfelt nomination speaks volumes about the exceptional care Brenda provides:

"Extraordinary does not even begin to describe the level of care Bren provided... Bren was more than a care provider; she was a fierce advocate for my wife's needs...Although my wife's illness took a devastating toll on her dignity, Bren ensured she was never treated as just another patient but respected as a unique and valued person deserving of the utmost grace and humanity in her final days... I am also profoundly grateful for how she eased my pain during some of the most difficult days of my life, including the offer of a hug when she saw that I needed one."

Brenda's dedication to her patients and their families is truly inspiring. We are grateful for her compassion, expertise, and unwavering support.

Want to recognize a nurse? https://www.tmcaz.com/thank-a-caregiver/daisy-award

12/19/2023

Don't forget to drop off your donations!

We will be accepting Wish Cactus donations through the end of the year!

Thanks to everyone who has already donated. You are helping our hospice families so much!

12/09/2023

Our Wish Cactus is decorated and ready for people to come by and grab a tag and help out our patients and families at TMC Hospice this holiday season and throughout the year.

Our Wish Cactus is our version of the traditional “angel tree” you see in stores and malls around town. We add wishes to the cactus for people to pick up and purchase to help our pediatric and adult patients as well as their immediate families.

Please go to www.tmchospice.com for all of the details!

Our mission is to help those with life-limiting illnesses receive compassion, dignity and love.

11/28/2023

Hope to see you at LoveLights this evening!

You are invited to join us at our annual LoveLights event where we gather together to support hospice families and honor those who have passed.

Tuesday, Nov. 28 | 5:30 - 7 p.m.
TMC Peppi's House Courtyard
2715 N. Wyatt Drive | Tucson, Arizona.

RSVP suggested: email TMCFEvents@tmcaz.com or call (520) 324-2502 if you plan to attend.

LoveLights 2023 is presented by DESERT TOYOTA and benefits TMC Hospice and our patients, families and loved ones. This event includes a light supper, musical entertainment, a silent auction, raffle drawings and a traditional tree lighting ceremony.

If you would like to make a donation in memory, honor or tribute to someone please go to this link for more information: www.tmcaz.com/lovelights