Each November, families across California come together to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) — a beautiful tradition that honors loved ones who have passed away. Far from a day of sorrow, it’s a celebration of love, memory, and connection that bridges the living and the departed. At Faith & Hope Hospice,
When a loved one enters hospice care, understanding the different levels of care covered by Medicare can make a world of difference. Each level is designed to meet specific needs at various points in the end-of-life journey. Knowing what to expect—and when each type of care applies—empowers families to make informed, compassionate decisions. At Faith
Welcoming a loved one into your home for hospice care can be both comforting and challenging. Proper preparation ensures that the home environment is safe, accessible, and supportive of both the patient’s needs and the family’s caregiving responsibilities. Whether your loved one is receiving hospice care in Los Angeles or surrounding areas, thoughtful adjustments can
Hospice care is often thought of as a space for adults to gather and provide comfort for a loved one in the final stages of life. However, including younger generations, like grandchildren, in hospice visits can be incredibly meaningful for both the patient and the family. At Faith and Hope Hospice, we understand that families
When a loved one is facing a terminal illness, the focus should be on providing comfort, dignity, and peace in their final days. Medicare is often the primary insurance source for seniors, and understanding how it covers hospice care is crucial for families in California. This blog aims to guide you through the key aspects
Father’s Day, celebrated on June 15, is a time to honor and appreciate the fathers who have played significant roles in our lives. For families with loved ones in hospice care, this day may feel bittersweet. It is an opportunity to celebrate the life and legacy of fathers, while also coping with the reality of
Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the love, sacrifices, and strength of mothers. It’s a day to honor the women who have nurtured and cared for us throughout our lives. For families with mothers in hospice care, the day can bring mixed emotions—joy and gratitude for all that their mothers have done, but also
Making the decision to transition to hospice care is one of the most challenging choices families face when a loved one is nearing the end of life. Many families in Pasadena, Burbank, and Glendale are unaware of the specific criteria that determine eligibility for hospice care, often leading to confusion or hesitation when it comes
April is Stress Awareness Month, a time to recognize and address the significant impact stress can have on individuals and families. For hospice patients and their families in Pasadena, Burbank, and Glendale, stress management becomes crucial for maintaining emotional and mental health during this challenging time. Faith and Hope Hospice offers a range of services
Easter is a time of renewal, hope, and reflection—values that resonate deeply in hospice care. For patients and their families in Los Angeles, Easter can serve as a meaningful occasion to reflect on the lives of loved ones, create lasting memories, and find comfort in spiritual themes that bring peace. At Faith and Hope Hospice,
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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
