Community Hospice & Palliative Care
4715 Worrall Way, Jacksonville, FL 32224 Mayo Clinic Florida campus
Phone: 866-253-6681
Hours: Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
The Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office is Community Hospice’s Westside Jacksonville location, situated on the Ramona Boulevard corridor in ZIP code 32205. The office connects families across Normandy, Murray Hill, Wesconnett, Lakeshore, and surrounding Westside neighborhoods with home-based hospice care and palliative care. Someone answers every call, at any hour. To reach a care coordinator now, call 866-253-6681.
The Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office does not admit patients for inpatient care. Families who find this address in a directory listing labeled “Center for Caring” should know that before they arrive, because it changes what to expect at the door.
Community Hospice operates 9 Centers for Caring across the region: inpatient facilities built for around-the-clock symptom management and family presence. None of those Centers for Caring is on the Westside. Families who need inpatient hospice care will find them described on the Jacksonville hospice locations page.
The Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office is a local point of contact for Westside families starting hospice or palliative care. Community Hospice’s interdisciplinary clinical team travels to each patient wherever that patient lives. Home can be a private residence, an assisted living community, or a nursing facility room. The patient stays in familiar surroundings; the care team comes to them. For patients who need intensive nursing support during a medical crisis but want to remain at home, Community Hospice can often arrange Continuous Home Care, which does not require an inpatient admission.
Community Hospice & Palliative Care has served northeast Florida families for 47 years.
The Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office coordinates home-based hospice care and palliative care for Westside Jacksonville families. Care is delivered by an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, registered nurses, home health aides, medical social workers, chaplains, and bereavement counselors. The care team meets regularly to review and adjust each patient’s individualized plan of care as needs change.
Community Hospice accepts patients with any advanced illness or condition, not cancer alone. Diagnoses served include dementia, congestive heart failure, COPD, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and other serious conditions. Bereavement counseling is available to the broader Westside community, not only to families currently enrolled in hospice care.
No one is ever denied services through Community Hospice, regardless of their ability to pay.
The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care generates philanthropic and community support for patient care services, family needs and community programs.
Take I-10 West from downtown toward Westside Jacksonville. The Ramona Boulevard corridor is served by two I-10 exits in close succession: Exit 357 (Lane Avenue) and Exit 355 (Hammond Boulevard). Use a navigation app with the address 5450 Ramona Boulevard to confirm the best approach from your starting point.
From the Beaches, take I-295 West as it loops around the city toward the Westside. At Exit 21 on I-295, connect to I-10. From I-10, continue to the Ramona Boulevard exits (Exit 357 or Exit 355). A navigation app can confirm the best routing from your specific Beaches community.
Ramona Boulevard is a central east-west corridor through Westside Jacksonville. Families in Murray Hill, Normandy, Wesconnett, or Lakeshore can often reach the office directly along local surface streets without using the interstate. No freeway is required from nearby Westside neighborhoods.
From I-10 westbound (coming from downtown): Exit 357 (Lane Avenue) is the first available exit for the Ramona Boulevard area. Exit 355 (Hammond Boulevard) is approximately 0.8 miles further west. From I-10 eastbound (coming from west of Jacksonville): use Exit 355 or Exit 357 depending on your approach. From I-295: take Exit 21 to reach I-10, then proceed to the Ramona Boulevard exits. I-295 Exit 19 at Normandy Boulevard also provides a surface-street alternative to the Westside without using I-10.
Parking is available at the building. Contact the Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office at 866-253-6681 to confirm current parking arrangements, including accessible spaces, before your visit.
JTA Route 14 (Normandy) serves the Westside corridor connecting downtown Jacksonville with the Normandy area. Use the JTA trip planner at jtafla.com and enter 5450 Ramona Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32205 for current stop locations and schedules.
The Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office is not a standalone Community Hospice building. The address at 5450 Ramona Boulevard is shared with other occupants, so look for Community Hospice signage once you are in the parking area. The building has a wheelchair-accessible entrance and wheelchair-accessible parking.
When you call or visit, a Community Hospice care coordinator answers your questions and walks you through your options. That first conversation is not a commitment to anything. Many families use it to ask, “Is this the right time?” or “What would hospice or palliative care actually look like for us?” You get direct answers from someone who can help.
Someone is always available by phone at 866-253-6681, at any hour.
Community Hospice serves Westside Jacksonville families from the Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office, with the interdisciplinary clinical team delivering home-based hospice and palliative care wherever patients live. Families who need inpatient hospice care, or who want to review all locations across northeast Florida, will find the Community Hospice locations in Jacksonville listed with addresses, directions, and what each facility offers. The Westside office is one part of a network built to keep care close to home.
The Community Hospice care team is available around the clock to answer questions and coordinate care.
Call any time: 866-253-6681
Dr. Gaston J. Acosta-Rua Office
5450 Ramona Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32205
