MaineHealth CHANS Home Health & Hospice has provided expert home and hospice care to the mid coast Maine community since 1947. Our tradition of excellence extends from our mission and through the personal care delivered to each individual we are honored to service.
We provide care in Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Dresden, Durham, Freeport, Georgetown, Harpswell (including Bailey Island, Cundy's Harbor, Great Island, the Harpswell Neck, and Orr's Island), Litchfield, Lisbon, North Yarmouth, Phippsburg, Pownal, Richmond, Sabattus, Topsham, West Bath, Westport, Wiscasset, Woolwich and Yarmouth, Maine.
Trusted home health and hospice care since 1947
We are a full service, not-for-profit, Joint Commission-accredited home health agency providing skilled home health, hospice and private duty care services. Our goal is to deliver the highest quality home health services by integrating professional, personal and compassionate care with advances in medical technology. We are committed to improving the health of the communities we serve and provide a range of community-based wellness clinics and support services.
MaineHealth CHANS Home Health & Hospice is part of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth is consistently ranked among the Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the nation.
Our approach to care
- We meet each individual's needs in an atmosphere of caring, compassion, dignity, friendliness and respect.
- We ensure patient confidentiality.
- We accept responsibility for our actions.
- We respect our patients and their loved ones.
- We exceed our patients' expectations.
History
Red Cross nurse and World War I veteran Ruth Weeks Henry began providing the nursing and public health services that would become CHANS Home Health & Hospice in Bath in 1931. She cared for the sick at home and conducted clinics for mothers and babies. Nurse Henry retired from nursing in the late 1950s.
In 1947, the Red Cross turned its attention to civil defense and disaster relief, and the agency became a community driven non-profit called the Public Health Nursing Association. The agency went through a growth transition and expansion in 1973 and became the Bath-Brunswick Regional Health Agency.
In 1978, the Bath-Brunswick Regional Health Agency was incorporated as CHANS (Community Health and Nursing Services), which continues today to build on the solid foundation established by Mrs. Henry.
Today, MaineHealth CHANS Home Health & Hospice continues to build on the solid foundation Mrs. Henry established.