Redwood Hospice
Elevating End-of-Life Care through Physician-Led Excellence

Dr. Darius K Joshi, Chief Executive Officer

End-of-life care deserves the same level of clinical attention as every other stage of medical care.

While working as a physician at a skilled nursing facility, Dr. Darius K Joshi recognized that hospice patients often did not receive that standard of care. He established Redwood Hospice with a physician-led care model that keeps every patient under continuous medical oversight. The company values end-of-life care as an integral part of life, and an essential component of a dignified and physically and emotionally comfortable death.

“Our way of addressing that gap in the quality of end-of-life care is to ensure that every patient is evaluated, seen and cared for by a physician throughout their end-of-life journey,” says Sonny Vukic, Chief Operating Officer.

Redwood Hospice serves communities across Santa Clara County, Southern Alameda County and San Mateo County. Its individualized, multidisciplinary support helps patients experience a dignified and comfortable end-of-life journey.

Supporting Families with Compassion, Trust and Quality

Recognizing that readiness for hospice involves emotional and psychological acceptance as well as medical eligibility, Redwood Hospice helps patients and families understand their options and make informed decisions at their own pace.

Hospice care is treated as a family experience, not just a clinical service. A multidisciplinary team, comprising physicians, nurses, social workers and chaplains, provides emotional, psychological and spiritual support for both patients and their loved ones. The team focuses on meeting families where they are, encouraging questions and allowing them to process difficult decisions without pressure.

Individualized care plans are developed based on patients’ personal goals, family circumstances and medical conditions. It also tailors care for patients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other complex neurological conditions, recognizing that each diagnosis requires a different clinical and supportive approach.

Its patient-first philosophy proved invaluable for the family of a patient who received an unexpected terminal diagnosis. By creating a safe environment and providing compassionate guidance, it helped transform fear and uncertainty into acceptance and peace.

Complementary therapies that reflect each family’s needs enhance the care experience. In one instance, a mother dying of cancer participated in music therapy with her young children. During her final days, the children sat by her side and sang the bedtime songs she once sang to them. Rather than leaving painful memories of loss, the experience created a lasting and meaningful final memory for the family.

Sustaining Excellence through People and Purpose

Delivering consistent high-quality experiences requires more than clinical expertise. More than 70 percent of Redwood Hospice’s team members come from diverse backgrounds and collectively speak over seven languages. Beyond language, they understand the cultural traditions that shape how different communities experience death, dying and bereavement, allowing care to be delivered with both clinical excellence and cultural sensitivity.

Redwood Hospice’s CHAP accreditation reflects a commitment to consistently exceeding nationally recognized quality standards through rigorous clinical practices, coordinated multidisciplinary care and an unwavering focus on patients, families, referral partners and care partners. To deliver this level of physician involvement, it adopts a highly selective recruitment process focused on attracting and retaining exceptional clinicians, ensuring continuity of care and consistent patient experiences.

Every growth initiative at Redwood Hospice is guided by Dr. Joshi’s philosophy that quality of care must always come first. Rather than pursuing expansion for its own sake, the organization measures success by consistently exceeding quality standards and earning the trust of patients, families, referral sources and care partners.

As Redwood Hospice grows, it remains committed to preserving its physician-led model while delivering individualized, multidisciplinary care that ensures every patient experiences dignity, comfort and compassionate clinical excellence at the end of life.