Sarah House is a beautiful eight-bedroom residential care facility for low-income individuals, located in Santa Barbara, California. We provide a home and holistic hospice care to those facing the end of life. We also provide care to those living with AIDS, whether end of life care or simply a home for regaining health.

Since the height of the AIDS crisis we have cared for over 250 individuals living with AIDS, providing a home, medical care and often end of life care. Beginning January 1, 2005, we expanded our services to include holistic hospice care for the dying poor who are not HIV positive. Because we are licensed under the California Department of Social Services rather than the Department of Health, we are able to offer a cost effective, unique model of care.

We integrate high-quality medical care into a warm, home-like environment. We attempt to satisfy each individual’s physical, spiritual, and emotional needs to the best of our ability. Sometimes this means simply to offer the security of another persons “real presence” on a sleepless night. Often it means welcoming our residents’ entire family for meals around our dining room table. Typically, it means providing precisely controlled pain management. Sometimes it means reuniting estranged family members for the final goodbye. Whatever it is, we do it with the love we would share with members of our own family. By these small actions, we create the space at Sarah House for miracles to occur.