Little Treasures pediatric care
Specialized hospice and palliative care for children from birth to age 21, with music therapy, counseling, and real support for parents and siblings.
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Support for the ones doing the caring
Whether you're new to hospice or deep into the daily work of caregiving, this page gathers caregiver training, respite options, and family programs in one place. Feeling overwhelmed is normal. Our team answers 24/7 at 772-403-4500.
Local roots
Since 1982
More than four decades caring for Treasure Coast families as a community nonprofit.
Where we serve
3 Counties
Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties — care comes to you, wherever home is.
Caregiver training series
Learn the hands-on skills of caregiving
When a loved one receives hospice care at home, much of the daily caregiving falls to you. You don't have to learn by trial and error. Our clinical team developed these short videos — watch them anytime, as often as you need.
Ambulating with your loved oneSteady, confident support while your loved one walks lowers the risk of falls — and spares your back. Learn where to stand, how to hold, and when to pause.Watch the videoTransitioning from bed to chairTime upright can help circulation, breathing, and mood. This video shows how to pivot and lower someone safely, even when they can't help much.Watch the videoPositioning your loved one in bedGentle repositioning every few hours helps prevent painful pressure sores and can ease breathing. Learn to use pillows and slow, careful rolls.Watch the videoUsing a draw sheetA simple folded sheet under your loved one turns repositioning from a strain into a smooth, gentle glide. Learn the technique that protects both of you.Watch the videoProviding mouth careDry mouth is a common discomfort near the end of life. A soft swab and a little practice can bring real relief.Watch the videoPain managementYou are the eyes and ears between nurse visits. Learn how to track symptoms, give medications on schedule, and know when to call us.Watch the videoManaging constipation from pain medicationPain medicines often slow digestion. Simple changes in diet and timing help prevent problems before they start — this video shows you how.Watch the videoWhat to do if your loved one has difficulty breathingBreathlessness is frightening to watch. Learn the positions, airflow, and calm presence that can ease it — and when to call us.Watch the videoPsychological, social & spiritual supportComfort is more than physical. Learn what worries tend to surface near the end of life, and how our chaplains and social workers help carry them.Watch the videoTalking about death with your loved oneBeginning this conversation is daunting. Learn gentle ways to start, to listen, and to say what matters while there's time.Watch the video
Prefer paper? Keep the Patient & Caregiver Training Guide at the bedside for quick reference.
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A caregiver's story
Cheryl brought her husband home
After the exhaustion of constant hospital visits, Cheryl Mayes brought her husband home with hospice support. With our nurses guiding his care and our veterans program honoring his service, she found calm — and time to simply be together again.
You're not alone
Feeling overwhelmed is normal
Whether you're new to hospice or deep in the hardest days of caregiving, you don't have to carry it by yourself. Our team answers 24/7 — any hour, any question — at 772-403-4500.
Respite & inpatient care
When you need rest — or more help than home allows
Some symptoms need round-the-clock clinical care. When that happens, your loved one can move to one of our three home-like inpatient units: Hay-Madeira and Harper in Stuart, or The Lynch Pavilion in Fort Pierce.
Family is never an interruption there. Visit any hour, day or night. Private rooms include a patio and a sleeper sofa, and children — even family pets — are welcome to stay.
Caregiving is physically demanding work, and rest is not a luxury. Under the Medicare hospice benefit, respite care gives you up to five consecutive days of relief while your loved one is cared for around the clock.
Care for the whole family
Programs that hold everyone this illness touches
Serious illness never affects just one person. These programs care for the children, veterans, and pets in your family, too — because comfort should reach everyone in the room.
Camp Good Grief
An overnight weekend camp where grieving kids and teens ages 8–18 play, connect, and find peers who understand. No family is turned away due to financial hardship.
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Volunteers help care for your loved one's pet when they no longer can — and when the time comes, help find them a loving new home.
Meet Treasured PetsWe Honor Veterans
As a Level 5 partner, the program's highest distinction, we match veterans with veteran volunteers and honor each life of service with a pinning ceremony.
Explore veterans carePlanning ahead
The clearest gift you can give your family
Advance care planning takes the guesswork out of a medical crisis. Your family won't have to guess what you would have wanted — because you already told them.
We use Five Wishes®, a plain-language document that records your medical, personal, and spiritual wishes and is legally recognized in Florida. Our team will walk you through it, question by question.
Plain language
Written in everyday words, not legalese.
Legally recognized
Meets Florida's requirements for an advance directive.
Never alone
Our team helps you complete it, question by question.
More support
Trusted resources beyond our walls
Alongside your care team, these national organizations offer deep wells of caregiver guidance.
CaringInfo
Plain-language guides to Medicare, advance directives, and end-of-life decisions, from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Alzheimer's Association
Stage-by-stage dementia caregiving guidance, local support groups, and a 24/7 helpline.
CaringBridge
One private page to update everyone you love — instead of dozens of exhausting texts.
American Cancer Society
Disease-specific caregiver training, practical checklists, and online support networks.
You don't have to figure this out alone
Whatever tonight looks like, someone at Treasure Coast Hospice is awake and ready to help. Call us — any hour, any question.