Operating from its dedicated Taylor County brick-and-mortar satellite office in downtown Perry at 402 East Ash Street, Perry, FL 32347 (Local Perry Line (850) 584-5636 / Central Triage (850) 878-5310 / 24-Hour Toll-Free 1-800-772-5862), Big Bend Hospice, Inc. (Florida 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation Sunbiz Doc# 766821, FEI/EIN #59-2260669, established in 1983 and supported by the Big Bend Hospice Foundation, Inc. Doc# N95000001658) is Taylor County's community-based, AHCA-licensed, and CMS Medicare/Medicaid-certified hospice and palliative care organization (AHCA Hospice License #5002096 / cross-referenced #5026096, AHCA File #22910001, CMS CCN #101523 / #101513, CMS NPI #1396746103 & #1235147646, Florida Medicaid Provider #087524400 and #087524401). Interdisciplinary Taylor County clinical teams — including hospice physicians, registered nurses, certified hospice aides, medical social workers, chaplains, and board-certified music therapists — provide 24/7 on-call pain and symptom control, late-stage Alzheimer's and dementia comfort care, personal bathing and bedside grooming, home delivery of durable medical equipment (hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, wheelchairs) and comfort medications, 5-day inpatient family caregiver respite stays (including access to the First Commerce Center for Compassionate Care / Margaret Z. Dozier Hospice House), and bereavement counseling across private homes in Perry (32347, 32348), Steinhatchee (32359), Keaton Beach (32348), Salem (32356), and Shady Grove (32357), as well as bedside at Aviata at Big Bend (207 Marshall Dr) and Doctors' Memorial Hospital (333 N. Byron Butler Pkwy) (acceptsMedicaid: true).