Inside By the Bay Health

Creating a positive, calming and safe environment for families throughout our various facilities has always been an important component of our organization. For 10 years, Hospice by the Bay has partnered with Traci Teraoka to incorporate warmth and balance in areas where patients and families typically gather, such as bereavement therapy spaces and hospice rooms.

Hospice by the Bay’s clinical control tower At first glance, Hospice by the Bay’s Intake & Admissions department looks like any other office setup: a bullpen of gray, low-walled cubicles, heads bobbing up and down asking questions over the partitions, phones ringing, papers shuffling, file drawers opening and closing.  What’s actually going on, however, is

Extraordinary dedication during unprecedented times “The other day I admitted a patient who’d designated her daughter as trustee.  Her daughter lives in Texas and due to Coronavirus restrictions couldn’t get to California, so we had to complete the paperwork electronically.  As her signatures came through email one by one, she cried over the phone, “Never