Stand-alone NoCo hospice set to open

FORT COLLINS  — Pathways, a 44-year-old nonprofit agency that provides hospice, palliative care, plus grief- and loss-counseling services, will host an opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting for a new stand-alone inpatient care center from noon to 3 p.m. July 23 at 305 Carpenter Road.

The 12-bed center, made possible by an $8 million capital campaign, will offer hospice care in a homelike setting to patients needing hospital-level treatment. The design includes easy access to the outdoors — including a labyrinth — and windows situated just under the ceiling provide a view of the sky, even for patients in a supine position.

Pathways spokesman…