Welcome to our website
Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency of Denver, Inc. is a charity unique to and located in the heart of Denver! The mission was started in Denver in 1923 by the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor, Sisters who were nurses and cared for the needy in their homes. Today, as Dominican Sisters Home Health Care (DSHHA), our lay nursing staff continues to provide FREE, quality, in-home and community-based nursing care, medical equipment loans and related services to the poor, sick, and elderly who are uninsured or underinsured and without other resources, so they may remain safe, healthy and independent in their own homes – avoiding or even delaying placement in a nursing home.
Together, we improve the lives of Denver’s poor, sick and elderly...
one person at a time!
Volunteering
DSHHA has always had a strong tradition
of people in our community volunteering
their time and talents.
Are you looking for a Great Volunteer Experience?
Look no farther!
Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency guarantees you a wonderful, rewarding experience working at a mission-driven charity – right here in Denver.
You will be a part of our team but, soon, you will also feel like family – as Sister Regis says, “La Familia”.
Blisters for Sisters®
Blisters for Sisters® is a marathon, half marathon, 10 mile and relay training and fundraising program for runners and walkers to benefit the poor, sick and elderly patients of Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency.
Watch our Video
Wellness Tips
Here’s an alarming statistic - "This year (2011) our first baby boomers hit 65 years
of age – another 72 million will follow suit at a rate of 8,000 per day over the next
18 years!"
In our newsletters and, here, on our website, we will dedicate space to give you particularly interesting Wellness Tips. To begin, we’d like to share an article from the February 2009 Life Advice (a MetLife newsletter) with information from the Mayo
Clinic titled:
Aging Gracefully
"Age is something that does not matter unless you are a cheese," the actress Billie Burke, best known for her role in The Wizard of Oz as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, has been quoted as saying. With medical advances and increasing emphasis on adopting healthy lifestyles and attitudes, today, more than ever, those words ring true.
Read this full article to learn tips on Aging Gracefully
Click here for a list of recommended Wellness Links for additional tips
Colorado Non-Profit Association member since 1993
Class "A" Home Healthcare License from Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment
Current Happenings
Current Happenings
Mon, April 23 (11:30am – 1:00pm)
Development Advisory Committee Brown Bag lunch meeting
(Call if you are interested in joining)
Wed, April 25 (5:30pm - 7:00pm)
Board of Directors’ meeting
and relay teams
Kaiser Permanente/COLFAX Marathon
Steamboat Springs Marathon
Garden Party with Sister Regis honoring Mother’s AND Father’s Days in the Gardens at 2501 Gaylord Street
Visit our calendar for a full list of our current and future happenings!
Opportunities to Help
Opportunities to Help
There are many other avenues to help the patients of Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency and other needy people in our community. You can:
- Write a check to DSHHA
- Donate a hospital bed or wheelchair
- Sign up to Run for Blisters for Sisters®or join Sister to cheer them on
- Designate DSHHA in your Will
- Send a donation in memory of your parents on Mother’s or Father’s Day
- Volunteer to be a Friendly Visitor
- Organize a food drive at your church or school or in your neighborhood.
- Make us a beneficiary on your life insurance policy or IRA
- Friend us on facebook
- Host a House Party and invite your friends to introduce them to DSHHA
- Join our Church Outreach or Development Advisory committee
- Invite us to speak at your meeting
- Come visit us anytime!