About

With the growing caregiver crisis in end-of-life care and the inadequate resources of the health care system, Omega Homes have emerged as havens of comfort, peace and support for people in need who are dying. These homes are known informally and collectively by many different names, including Social Model Hospice Homes, Comfort Care Homes, and Homes for the Dying.

What's an Omega Home? It's a home that's:

designed for and totally focused on non-medical care at the end of life
independent and a freestanding 501c3 nonprofit organization
in a collaborative working relationship with the resident’s hospice (medical) care team
not a hospital, nursing home, hospice, or medical facility
funded by community and family support
staffed by volunteers and/or paid caregivers who are considered “extended family”
complementary and not duplicative to what already exists in the community
created by the local community for the local community
reflective of the spirit of the people and the culture of the local community
inclusive and open to all people, according to local regulations
simply “home and family” and carries the heart of everything that means

Our innovative model of non-medical care in a community home offers a comfort-based, person-centered home-away-from-home for people in the last months and days of life. Varying in size, appearance and internal policies, yet sharing a common foundation and philosophy, there are currently 100+ open or developing Omega homes located in multiple states across the US.

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Member Spotlight

My name is Chelsey Crawford and I’m from middle Tennessee. I am a Registered Nurse and worked in hospice for the last 8 out of 10 years of my career. I see the need on a daily basis for a hospice home. I actually didn’t know about Omega Home Network but felt called to have a home exactly like this. When I started doing research to open a home, I found the network. Thanks to the incredible network for the resources and connections, I have been able to create Olive Branch Hospice Homes. It has taken me about a year to figure it out, but was just given our nonprofit status this month, July 2024.

I have been encouraged reading excerpts from everyone’s pages about this taking time to build. That wasn’t my expectation at first, but now I am ok with it taking as long as it needs to in order to do it the right way. Although I am anxious to get up and going I am so thankful for the help I have received through Omega Home Network. I have a full-time job so this start-up is slow and will continue to be, but I cannot wait to see what God does through me for people in our community. I look forward to being more involved with OHN as I am able and hope to attend a conference in the coming years.

Chelsey Crawford
Founder, Olive Branch Hospice Homes - Lebanon, TN