Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care

What Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care does

Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care is a faith-based, nonprofit home health care and hospice agency headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut. Operating under the legal entity Franciscan Family Care Center, Incorporated and affiliated with the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, the agency was founded in 1974 by Sister Marcia Ternes, F.S.E. and licensed as a full home health care agency in 1987. It serves five central Connecticut towns (Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Southington, and Waterbury) with two integrated service lines: Home Health Care Services (skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and certified nursing assistant support) and Hospice Care Services (24-hour hospice nursing, palliative care, pastoral care, bereavement support, and a trained volunteer program).

The agency delivers care in patient homes and skilled nursing facilities through an interdisciplinary team led by an Administrator (Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE), Clinical Director (Marie Laffin, RN), Hospice Director (Peta Rose Tom, RN, MSN), Medical Director (Audrey Lefkowitz, MD), and supervisors across nursing, therapy, social work, and finance. Its revenue model is reimbursement-driven, relying primarily on Medicare Part A and Part B for home health and the Medicare Hospice Benefit for end-of-life care, with Medicaid and select commercial insurance as secondary payors. Go-to-market is sales-led through physician referrals, hospital and rehabilitation discharge planners, and the Franciscan religious network, supplemented by community events (Christmas Fair, Golf Classic, youth programs). No proprietary technology platform or AI capabilities are deployed; operations run on standard clinical workflows with field-based service delivery.

Name

Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care

Legal name

Franciscan Family Care Center, Incorporated

Website

https://franciscanhc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care is a faith-based, nonprofit home health and hospice agency serving elderly, chronically ill, and terminally ill individuals across five central Connecticut towns since 1974 under the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist.

Ownership category

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Product category

Home Health and Hospice Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Home Health Care Services (6216)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

Keywords

• Home health care
• Hospice care
• Palliative care
• Skilled nursing
• Bereavement support

Headquarters

HQ city

Meriden

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Home Health Care Services: Medicare Part A and Part B reimbursement for skilled home health services including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and medical social work. Commercial insurance and Medicaid also cover eligible services.
2. Hospice Care Services: Medicare Hospice Benefit for patients with life expectancy of six months or less. Medicaid hospice coverage mirrors Medicare benefits. Some commercial insurance companies also provide hospice coverage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care is a faith-based nonprofit home health care agency providing two core service lines: (1) licensed Home Health Care Services including skilled nursing, physical/occupational/speech therapy, medical social work, and certified nursing assistant support for elderly, handicapped, chronically ill, or recuperating patients; and (2) licensed Hospice Care Services including hospice nursing, pastoral care, palliative care, bereavement support, and trained hospice volunteers for terminally ill patients and their families. Both service lines use an interdisciplinary team approach serving central Connecticut.

Product overview

Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care is a faith-based home healthcare agency providing two integrated service lines: Home Health Care Services and Hospice Care Services. The Home Health Care Services division offers nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and certified nursing assistant support for patients recuperating at home. The Hospice Care Services division provides end-of-life palliative care including specialized hospice nursing, medical social work, pastoral care, bereavement support, palliative care consultations, and trained hospice volunteers. Both divisions operate under an interdisciplinary team approach coordinated through clinical leadership, serving patients in central Connecticut since 1974.

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Products and services

• Home Health Care Services Licensed in-home health care services providing nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and certified nursing assistant support for elderly, handicapped, chronically ill, or recuperating patients in central Connecticut.
• Hospice Care Services Licensed end-of-life hospice care services including hospice nursing, medical social work, pastoral care, hospice volunteers, and bereavement support for patients with terminal illness and their families in central Connecticut.
• Palliative Care Holistic palliative care for patients at any stage of serious illness seeking interdisciplinary symptom management and quality-of-life support, with no time restrictions on eligibility.
• Bereavement Support Grief support services for family members and friends for at least one year after patient death, including regular visits, calls, personalized mailings, and support groups for widows and widowers.
• Summer Youth Leadership Program Annual summer leadership program for youth ages 13-14 hosted at the Franciscan Life Center Campus; $200 per participant.
• Land-based Summer Experiences for Children Annual summer experience program for children ages 6-12; $180 per child, held at the John Lateran Center in Meriden.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Wallingford FoundationminorOthers · 1 January 2026Recipient of a grant from the Wallingford Foundation for durable medical equipment to help Wallingford residents. The grant was presented at the Wallingford Rotary awards ceremony.
• Franciscan Sisters of the EucharistcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe founding religious order behind the agency. Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist work side-by-side with lay professionals to serve clients. The agency maintains its Catholic identity and Franciscan mission through this partnership.
• Franciscan Life CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization located at 271 Finch Ave, Meriden. Co-hosts the Franciscan Christmas Fair and Summer Youth Leadership Program on the shared campus.
• Franciscan Ever There CareminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliated Franciscan organization providing additional home care services in the community.
• Connecticut Association for Health Care at HomeminorOthersState association membership providing advocacy, resources, and industry representation for home health care agencies in Connecticut.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care AssociationminorOthersNational organization membership providing resources, advocacy, and standards for hospice and palliative care providers.
• United States Conference of Catholic BishopsminorOthersThe agency follows the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Seventh Edition, 2025, as guidance for hospice care.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hartford HealthCare at Home: Hartford HealthCare's home health and hospice division provides skilled nursing, therapy, and hospice services across Connecticut, directly overlapping with Franciscan's service area and patient mix (elderly, post-acute, and end-of-life).
• Visiting Nurse Association of Connecticut: VNACT is a Connecticut-based nonprofit home health agency offering skilled nursing, hospice, and community-based services — directly comparable in mission, scope, and patient population to Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care.
• Masonicare Home Health & Hospice: Masonicare is a Connecticut-based, faith-inspired nonprofit operating home health and hospice programs serving elderly and terminally ill patients — a close functional and structural analog to Franciscan's model.
• Connecticut Hospice: Connecticut Hospice is the state's first hospice program, providing specialized end-of-life and palliative care services with an interdisciplinary model directly comparable to Franciscan's hospice arm.
• Compassus: Compassus operates a national network of hospice, palliative, and home health programs using a similar interdisciplinary team-based delivery model; it competes for the same referral sources and clinical talent pool in the Northeast.

Broad incumbents

• Amedisys: Amedisys is one of the largest U.S. home health and hospice operators with Medicare-reimbursed skilled nursing and hospice services; it competes for the same Connecticut referral networks and Medicare/Medicaid volumes as Franciscan.
• LHC Group (Optum): LHC Group (now under Optum/UnitedHealth) is a national home health, hospice, and palliative provider serving Medicare-eligible patients across the country; a broad incumbent competing for the same post-acute and hospice referrals.
• VITAS Healthcare: VITAS Healthcare is the largest U.S. hospice provider operating across multiple states; it shares Franciscan's hospice nursing, palliative, and bereavement service categories but at vastly greater scale.
• Encompass Health: Encompass Health operates home health and hospice agencies with skilled nursing and therapy services targeting post-acute and chronic-condition patients — overlapping with Franciscan's home health service modules.

Emerging players

• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring provides home and community-based services including hospice and home health through provider brands; it is comparable as a multi-payor, interdisciplinary home care operator with a mission-driven culture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investments

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