About Madrone Hospice

Our MISSION

The staff and volunteers at Madrone Hospice are dedicated to giving compassionate support to terminally ill patients and their loved ones through illness, death, and bereavement. 

For us, this means providing physical, social, spiritual, and emotional comfort to those we serve.  We also provide community education about end-of-life care, loss, and grief.

Our Philosophy & VISION

We recognize dying as part of the normal process of living and we focus on supporting the patient and their loved ones to maintain their best possible life.

Madrone Hospice affirms life and seeks to neither hasten nor postpone death and respects patient autonomy.

We exist because we believe that patients and their families deserve to attain mental and spiritual preparation for death.  We intend to provide care that respects the patient’s individuality and supports their unique end-of-life journey.

By providing a broad array of services to those who are aging and terminally ill, we intend to be readily identifiable as an agency that helps to overcome the challenges inherent in those communities.

Hospice Team

  • Lyndsey Clevenger

    Executive Director

  • Corrine Medlin, RN

    Director of Patient Care Services

  • Susan Sorenson, LVN

    Clinical Director of Palliative Care Services

  • Paula Schmidt, MSW

    Medical Social Worker

  • Lori Boswelll

    Chaplain

  • Debbie Maxine

    Bereavement Counseling

Board of Directors

  • Mary Neill

  • Catherine Olivolo

    President

  • Tana Gliatto

    Treasurer

  • Dom Favero

  • Robert Kaster

    Emeritus

  • Doug Langford

  • Darrin Mercier

    Emeritus

  • Audrey Flower

  • David Wilson

  • Shannon Salvestro

  • Susan Wade

  • Jennifer Shelton

  • OUR HISTORY

    In 1984, a hospice program was envisioned by a small group of community members here in Yreka, California. A committee led by Edna Barr met in Bob Kaster’s Law Office to create Madrone Hospice, Inc. establishing what would become the state’s first rural hospice provider. The program was initially staffed by volunteers who supported patients in their homes. These kind-hearted individuals very often worked in the hospital or town clinics and gave their evenings and weekends to the cause of hospice.

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