If your friend or loved one is a patient or resident at our hospital, long term care or senior housing facilities, we welcome you and encourage you to visit. Family members and close friends play a vital role in a patient’s recovery and return to health. Because we want your experience here to be as easy and comfortable as possible, we encourage you to take advantage of the hospital resources available to you. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask any of our staff members for help.
- Chapel and Meditation Garden
- Private space and sanctuary can be found in the middle of our health care campus in Paynesville. Family members, patients and visitors are encouraged to use our Meditation Chapel, located near our hospital, and is available at all times. Our outdoor Meditation Garden is open seasonally and offers colorful plants, water features and beautiful walking paths lined with personalized memorial bricks.
- Smoke Free Campus
- We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a smoke-free environment at our health care facilities. This smoke-free policy ensures a safe and healthy environment for our visitors, employees, volunteers and medical staff. We appreciate your help in keeping our grounds as clean as possible.
- Hospice
- Rice Hospice provides hospice services to the Paynesville community for individuals that are facing a terminal illness. For more information on the services provided, please call the Paynesville Branch of Rice Hospice at (320) 243- 7768.
- Social Work
- Individual and family counseling is available through our Social Workers. If you need personal or family care assistance, please call 320-243-3767 and ask to speak with our Social Worker.
- Latex Free Policy
- In the interest of the health of our patients and staff, Paynesville Area Health Care System has a latex-free policy. Because of this, latex balloons are not permitted inside the hospital. Mylar balloons are allowed. Please notify the staff if your have any allergies, especially to latex products.