3113 Roosevelt Highway
Colchester, VT 05446
About Our Location
The McClure Miller Respite House is the state’s only Medicare-certified home for the terminally ill. People staying at the McClure Miller Respite House receive round-the-clock care. Other features of this unique residence include:
- Open kitchen and welcoming living room where families and friends can easily gather
- Private patient rooms, each with a fully accessible bathroom
- Technology integrated into the design to provide advanced interventions for pain and other symptom management
People receiving our hospice care in another location can come to the McClure Miller Respite House to receive intensive medical care. Stays of up to five days are also available for caregiver respite.
Our Facilities
As a resident, you are welcomed by our hospice staff and volunteers into one of 21 private rooms intentionally designed for your comfort and care needs.
Throughout our home, you and your family will find spaces to gather together, reflect, and focus on what matters most to you.
The combination of our high-quality care and home-like setting creates a unique care experience.
Our Services
Hospice care offers a comprehensive range of services focused on managing symptoms of serious illness while providing practical support tailored to your needs. This includes medical treatment, access to equipment such as oxygen, home delivery of medications and personalized care wherever you call home.
Hospice care is available to anyone diagnosed with a condition that, following its natural course, is expected to be terminal within six months. If needed, hospice care can be extended indefinitely for patients who remain eligible beyond this timeframe.
Our interdisciplinary hospice team is dedicated to supporting you and your loved ones. It includes physicians, nurse practitioners, nurse case managers, registered nurses, licensed nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, trained volunteers and bereavement specialists — all working together to provide compassionate, holistic care.
We care for the whole family, with 24/7 availability for emergency home nursing visits to ensure you have the support you need, whenever you need it.
Understanding Medicare Coverage for Hospice
Medicare pays 100% of hospice services provided in a patient’s home when the patient is considered clinically eligible. Hospice patients do not need to be home bound to be considered clinically eligible for hospice care. Eligibility for hospice care is dependent upon two factors:
1. Certification of Illness
A person is eligible for hospice if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and given a life expectancy of six months or less if the disease runs its expected course. The hospice medical director must agree with the doctor’s assessment.
2. Focus on Comfort Rather than Cure
The terminally ill person seeking hospice care or their representative must provide consent in writing that it is their intention to seek palliative care instead of curative care.
Hospice Care at the McClure Miller Respite House
Very short term stays at the McClure Miller Respite House for acute symptom management or a limited stay for caregiver respite are included in the Medicare Hospice Benefit; eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis as part of a patient’s Hospice Plan of Care.
The Medicare Hospice Benefit does not include facility “room and board,” or residency fees for patients who choose to receive their routine hospice care in a setting other than a private residence. Receiving your hospice care at the McClure Miller Respite House may be subject to daily residency fees. Residency fees are determined on sliding scale, and financial aid is available. The McClure Miller Respite House accepts Medicaid Long Term Care, commercial insurance as applicable and private pay for residency.