We are honored to serve as co-chairs of the Building on Our Promise capital campaign – a bold step forward to expand the footprint of Stoneleigh Residence and serve more families in our community.
Stoneleigh Residence has become a vital resource in our community, offering peace and dignity during life’s most difficult moments. As our population continues to age, we know the need for end-of-life care will only grow – and so must our capacity to serve.
Phase One allowed us to bring all of our staff under one roof, fostering greater collaboration and operational efficiency – creating a stronger foundation to support patients, families, and the mission.
Phase Two focuses on expanding Stoneleigh Residence with four new fully furnished suites, modernizing of current suites and common areas, as well as additional administrative space for our growing team. This allows more families to receive compassionate hospice care when they need it most.
Phase Three will bring the expansion to a close as the outdoor areas and community spaces will be created and/or renovated.
This work is deeply personal to both of us.
For Penny, Stoneleigh became a sanctuary when her husband, Matt, was nearing the end of his journey. “Stoneleigh gave our family something truly priceless: time to be together, surrounded by kindness, comfort, and grace. In those final days, the Stoneleigh team ensured I could be a wife and mother, not a caregiver. That experience continues to inspire me – and all of us – to ensure more families can walk through this journey with support and peace.”
For Kate, the mission resonates just as strongly: “I’ve seen firsthand the difference hospice care makes – not only for patients but for families. Supporting this campaign means ensuring that more people can experience that same peace and dignity.”
Now, we invite you to play an essential role in bringing this vision to life. Your gift will help make this expansion possible and ensure that Stoneleigh’s mission lives on for generations to come. Together, we can provide more families with the comfort, care, and dignity they deserve.
Together, with your help, we can Build on our Promise.
Kate Moss
President, Board of Directors
Co-Chair, Building on Our Promise
Penny Spehar
Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign
(Read Penny’s story on page 6 & 7)
Hospice of Lansing seeks to increase the capacity of Stoneleigh Residence from eight private suites to 12 and add to the administrative space to accommodate a growing team. (The current administrative space, Phase 1, was completed in January 2025.)
Greater capacity to serve families when they are in need and ready to ask for help as well as better serve our growing waiting list.
Additional flexibility and room for our existing patients’ use of the respite care benefit.
Consolidates our team under one roof, increasing our efficiency and ability to better serve our patients and families by allowing cross-training, more efficient service to current and potential families as well as immediate access to resources.
Based upon the building design, we have the space and area for future expansion.
Stoneleigh Residence is in high demand on a regular basis. So much that we often times have a waiting list. In fact, we turn away more than 100 families a year due to lack of room availability.
As the aging population in our region grows, demographic trends continue to highlight the need not only for increased hospice care services, but the need for specifically inpatient, residential hospice care. With a current reduction from 29 to only 23 licensed inpatient hospice beds in a region serving nearly half a million people, the current capacity is insufficient. To address this, the need to expand Stoneleigh Residence by 50%, increasing from eight suites to 12 is now more urgent than ever.
Hospice time is limited time and every minute matters. Through prudent financial management and a combination of fundraising, refinancing, and operational efficiencies, we have developed this plan to expand our services, having little impact on our bottom line. More importantly, this plan allows us to deliver better care and services to more patients and families.
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Hospice of Lansing believes everyone deserves to decide where and how to spend their final days. The growing preference for hospice over hospitalization at the end of life has been well-documented. In 2022, nearly 50% of Medicare recipients accessed hospice services. This number is more than double the rate of 23% back in 2000 and continues to grow.
For many families, staying at home is simply not realistic or safe. Therefore, the number of families who seek the support of inpatient hospice care is also increasing. In 2003, just 0.2% of U.S. deaths occurred at hospice facilities. By 2020, that number had risen to almost 10%.
Today, that number continues to grow and creates struggles for patients and caregivers alike. That is why Stoneleigh Residence exists—as a place of care, comfort, and support. Loved ones can be present in the moment and focus on their time together while skilled hospice staff support their loved ones’ medical needs.
At Stoneleigh Residence, families can simply be present. A place where a husband can be just the husband; the daughter can be just the daughter. Our team provides the rest.
The rule of thumb for medical care is double in size, triple in expenses. By cross training all clinical staff, we will maintain appropriate patient to nurse ratios, minimizing the financial impact even though we will add four much needed suites.
There are typically no costs for hospice care to the patient or family; it is a benefit that is normally covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. At Stoneleigh Residence, while Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance cover the medical portion of hospice care, there is a room and board fee. As an independent, non-profit hospice, we do our very best to work with each family to ensure our services continue to be available.
