About Us - Why We Started

Our Mission

Our mission at Elevate Hospice is providing unique, individualized, patient-centered care and support to patients and their families at the end of life.

Our Vision

Our vision is to offer comfort and dignity in a personalized way to adults with life-limiting illness by providing services to enhance their quality of life. 

Our Goal

We are committed to providing innovative and quality psychological, spiritual, and comfort care with compassion.

About Us

Elevate Hospice and Palliative Care is founded and operated by health care professionals with decades of experience caring for people with serious chronic illness.

Our passion is to provide our patients and their families with quality of life and comfort through this emotion-filled time. 

As our expertise is in home-based care of the elderly, we understand the specific needs of people at their most vulnerable state, and work with patients and families to raise the standard of care at the end of life.

 

hospice team

Meet Our Providers

Dr. Joel Cohen MD, co-founder of Elevate Hospice has provided compassionate and quality medical care in Arizona since 2005, caring for frail and complex geriatric patients, providing palliative and hospice care, as well as mobile advanced wound care treatment. His practice approach emphasizes educational focus, evidence-based as well as patient-centered medical care. His published educational writings and two books convey his commitment to education and prevention.

Anneli Kumpula, NP, co-founder of Elevate Hospice, is a board-certified nurse practitioner with extensive experience in both hospice and psychiatric care. Her clinical background includes providing compassionate end-of-life support and addressing complex mental health needs, ensuring holistic care for patients and their families.