History of Caring
November 1983
Concerned Fulton County, NY citizens explore hospice concept
June 1984
The “Fulton County Committee for Hospice Formation” officially created and meets at First Congregational Church of Christ at 33 E. Fulton Street, Gloversville, NY
September 1984
First issue of hospice newsletter, “Chrysalis,” is published
April 1985
Official name is changed to “The Fulton County Committee for the Study of a Hospice Formation Inc.”
January 1986
Application for construction and establishment of a hospice submitted to the NYS Department of Health (DOH)
June 1986
DOH accepts the application for Hospice of Fulton County
September 1986
Official name changed to “Hospice of Fulton County Inc.”
June 1987
Nancy Dowd elected Executive Director and offices established at 58 North Main Street
April 1988
First patient accepted into care of Hospice of Fulton County
February 1990
Hospice of Fulton County moves to 34 West Fulton Street, Gloversville
November 1990
Permission received from DOH to expand service area to include Montgomery, Hamilton and Saratoga Counties
July 1991
DOH approves name change to Mountain Valley Hospice (MVH)
April 2000
Mountain Valley Hospice moves to 73 North Main Street, Gloversville
April 2001
Discussions begin regarding new hospice residence and office facility
March 2003
MVH begins a capital campaign to raise funds for hospice residence and office facility
October 2003
MVH submits “Certificate of Need Application” to DOH for an eight-bed hospice residence
April 2004
DOH approves application to build eight-bed hospice residence and offices at 108 Steele Avenue, Gloversville
June 2005
New hospice residence and office complex opens
August 2005
First hospice resident is accepted into the Hospice House
October 2006
Executive Director Nancy Dowd retires and the hospice house is renamed in her honor as the “Nancy Dowd Hospice Home”
September 2018
MVH celebrates its 30th Anniversary and presents its first Nancy Dowd Award to volunteer and donor Ellen Wood of Gloversville
September 2019
Generous community donors help us renovate the kitchen in the Nancy Dowd Hospice Home (NDHH).
May 2020
Replaced eight beds in the Nancy Dowd Hospice Home (NDHH).
December 2020
Upgraded all the flooring in the patient wing of our building, with carpet in the hallways and luxury vinyl tile in the patient rooms and bathrooms.
March 2021
MVH rebrands to incorporate Palliative Care into its name and update logo and other corporate identity components, renaming itself MVHPC.
June 2021
Launch of Palliative Care service line: home-based pain & symptom management for the chronically ill, with the ability to continue aggressive, curative treatment.
2022
We renovated the eight patient rooms at the NDHH through the generosity of 8 donors: John & Sunday Blackmon; Don & Cookie Fleischut; The Danforth Fund; George Doherty & friends; The Delaney Family Foundation; Bill & Roberta Winsman; Dominic & Melissa Santamaria; Celeste, Joe & Lori Farnham.
2023
Celebrated 35 years of serving patients in the Mohawk Valley and Foothills of the Adirondacks by upgrading our HVAC system and installing a new roof over the patient wing.