ArchCare at Calvary Hospital
Compassion for advanced cancer patients.
Founded in 1899, ArchCare at Calvary Hospital is the nation's only fully accredited acute care specialty hospital devoted to providing palliative care (the active treatment of pain and other symptoms caused by cancer) to adult advanced cancer patients without regard to race, religion, or economic status. Our staff is dedicated to helping patients and their loved ones celebrate life and treasure every moment, embracing care of the dying as one of the highest expressions of the healing arts and sciences.
Calvary Hospital's care services include:
Each patient is assigned a primary physician, registered nurse, social worker and dietitian; pastoral care, therapeutic recreation, radiology, laboratory and other services are also available. All care is guided by the core values of compassion, respect for the dignity of every patient, and non-abandonment of patients and families.
Inpatients are cared for at a 200-bed facility in the Bronx and a 25-bed satellite unit at Brooklyn's Lutheran Medical Center. The satellite has become a pioneering national model for the delivery of palliative care services within primary acute care hospitals.
Chaplains are in the Hospital 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are available to serve in many languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, French (and others through a translation service). Calvary's Chapel is always open for quiet reflection and prayer. Services for Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths are held regularly.
Calvary Hospital's care services include:
- Inpatient care
- Outpatient care for those receiving active treatment
- Pain management
- The Center for Palliative Wound Care for outpatient treatment of complex wounds
- Calvary@Home for home care, hospice, and nursing home hospice for people with cancer and other illnesses
- The Family Care and Cancer Prevention Center
- Extensive bereavement support programs for children, teens, and adults
- The Palliative Care Institute, which has educated thousands of health care professionals from around the world and 800 medical students annually from the greater New York area.
Each patient is assigned a primary physician, registered nurse, social worker and dietitian; pastoral care, therapeutic recreation, radiology, laboratory and other services are also available. All care is guided by the core values of compassion, respect for the dignity of every patient, and non-abandonment of patients and families.
Inpatients are cared for at a 200-bed facility in the Bronx and a 25-bed satellite unit at Brooklyn's Lutheran Medical Center. The satellite has become a pioneering national model for the delivery of palliative care services within primary acute care hospitals.
Chaplains are in the Hospital 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are available to serve in many languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, French (and others through a translation service). Calvary's Chapel is always open for quiet reflection and prayer. Services for Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths are held regularly.