MdAHF: About us...

Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation is a non-profit, non-stock palliative care institution founded in Los Baños, Laguna on 1994. Now covering five (5) towns and numerous barrios around Laguna Lake, MdAHF serve an average of 40 patients a month, for free.

The Hospice Center in Los Baños, the first in the area, is where our patients and their families, out staff and volunteers gather for consultation, meetings, training and fellowship.
We have a growing group of volunteers who devote their time and talent to the care of out patients and their families.
We have medical equipment like hospital bed, oxygen tanks, wheelchairs, nebulizers and suction machines to aid in our patient's home care.
We regularly conduct the Volunteer Training Program for interested volunteers and organizations and assist in setting up independent hospices in interested communities.

Our Mission:

To provide palliative, emotional, spiritual, aid, psychological support to the terminally ill as well as the elderly and chronically ill patients to ensure their sight to face death with grace, peace and dignity and enable their families to cope up with the crisis.

Our Vision:

To build a strong community-based team of skilled care givers complimented by a compassionate and dependable group of volunteers that will provide a holistic approach in the care and comfort of the terminally ill person in the last stages of their journey through life.

Our Goal:

- Achieve the best possible quality of life for patients and their families.

- Organize, develop and strengthen a motivated, responsive and dependable team of hospice volunteers.

- Establish and develop infrastructures to maximize effectiveness as a home-based care unit.

- Provide training to perspective volunteers who want to share their time, talent and treasure and to stimulate public awareness.

- Interface with other hospice organizations both here and abroad.

- Contribute to the spread of the hospice movement in the country.

- Serve as a model and inspiration to be replicated in other parts of the province and eventually in other regions in the country.

- To generate funds in support of the hospice care program.

Sarah	...the death of 14 year old Sarah Katrina Adriano from nasopharyngeal cancer. Her parents, Fermin and Dada, wanted her passing away to be more than just a memory for her, as Sarah was an only daughter. They had come across the concept of hospice in their readings on cancer and were intrigued its philosophy of dying with dignity and free from pain. Unbeknownst to them, a group of women from Manila (Carol Guerrero, Ning Basa and Marcia Sandoval) also wanted to put up a hospice in Laguna. A common friend introduced them and the Madre de Amor Foundation was born. The first president was Mr. Antonio R. Mercado. He served as such until his untimely death in 2001. The main project of the Foundation is the running of the Hospice which is based in Los Baños. It was to be the first community based hospice in the country. It is also one of the few hospices with a successful volunteer program.
Fermin and Dada	Our hospice utilizes the home care system. In other words, our hospice team visits the patients in their homes. In the beginning we had to look for patients through friends, relatives and even the church. But as people learned more about us, the medical community gradually accepted us and thus now doctors are our main source of referrals. As such even the scope of our service grew. From patients from Los Baños and nearby Bay, many patients from other towns were being referred. Thus, the Foundation decided to put up satellite hospices in other towns. We now have three hospices : Los Baños, Sta. Cruz and San Pablo City. This is in line with our vision of spreading the hospice movement in the province of Laguna. The Madre de Amor Foundation is now recognized for its role in the development of the hospice movement in the country. We serve as resource persons and trainers for groups who want to put up similar facilities. The Foundation is likewise a member of the Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network, which consists of organizations and individuals working for the hospice movement in the Asia Pacific region.
Mr. Antonio Mercado

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Carol G. Guerrero
Chairman

Monina Mercado
President

Fermin D. Adriano
Vice President

Rhodora del Rosario-Ocampo, MD
Secretary

Victorino A. Basco
Treasurer

Members:

Lourdes S. Adriano

Milagros T. Basa

Teresita C. Gonzales

Iluminada C.del Castillo

Alice A. Capiral

Marcia E. Sandoval

The Medical Staff:
Program Director :		Dr. Rhodora Ocampo
Nurses:		PretzelVillanueva
		Dolores Ardez

The Volunteers:

Considered as the heart of the hospice foundation. They are trained individuals who visit patients in their own home, providing them with care, comfort and reflief from physical, mental and spiritual pain.

Learn more about our volunteers here.

Office Staff:
Executive Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator		Virginia Cabrera
Technical Support Volunteer		Jerome Alano