For Veterinary Professionals
Your Trusted Partner in In-Home End-of-Life Care
Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice supports veterinary teams with compassionate, expert in-home hospice, palliative care, quality-of-life support, and euthanasia services. We work as an extension of your practice, helping you care for patients and families with professionalism, clear communication, and trusted end-of-life resources.
Hospital Partners receive exclusive access to our professional end-of-life care resources. If you’re interested in these resources, along with additional benefits for your staff and clients, contact us to learn more about joining our Hospital Partnership Program.
How We Support Your Practice
Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice partners with veterinary professionals to provide expert in-home end-of-life care, client support, and trusted resources that help extend and strengthen the care you provide.
In-Home Euthanasia
We provide compassionate, professional in-home euthanasia services that help families say goodbye in a familiar and peaceful setting, while honoring the trust they place in your hospital.
Hospice & Palliative Care
Our team supports patients and families through advanced illness with comfort-focused care, guidance, and individualized plans that help improve quality of life at home.
Quality-of-Life Support
We help families and referring teams navigate difficult decisions with thoughtful quality-of-life assessments, education, and end-of-life care planning.
Client & Family Resources
From brochures and planning tools to educational handouts and articles, we provide resources your team can share to better support families before, during, and after care.
Grief Support
We offer grief support resources and services to help families process anticipatory grief and loss with compassion, care, and continued support beyond the appointment itself.
Continuity of Care
We work as an extension of your practice, prioritizing professionalism, clear communication, and continuity so your clients feel supported and your team stays informed.
Professional Resource Library
Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice offers practical tools, handouts, articles, and clinical resources to help veterinary teams support patients and families before, during, and after the end-of-life journey.
Printable Client Handouts
Download and share practical handouts that help families prepare, reflect, and navigate the end-of-life journey.
Clinical Pearls & Comfort Care Resources
Explore selected clinical resources and practical pearls related to hospice, comfort care, and advanced symptom support.
Acetaminophen
Paracetamol- It’s All About the Dose (Zero Pain Philosophy)
Paracetamol for Long-Term Use (Zero Pain Philosophy)
ER kits
Tools & Helpful Links
Quick-access tools and educational resources for common questions and client support needs.
- The Pathway to Care Assessment Form- Allows your clients to evaluate their pet’s condition objectively and monitor it over time.
- Virtual Quality of Life Consults- An opportunity for your clients to connect with one of our end-of-life care veterinary professionals through video conferencing to provide guidance on next best steps for their companion.
- What to Expect at an In-Home Euthanasia Appointment Article
- Creating a Bucket List for Your Beloved Pet Article
- Preparing for the Loss of a Pet Article
Shareable Client Articles
Browse client-friendly articles your team can share with families facing quality-of-life concerns, anticipatory grief, and difficult end-of-life decisions.
- How to Know When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Your Pet: The Perfect Goodbye
- The Mystery of Death: Insights into Your Pet’s Last Moments
- Assessing Your Pet’s Quality of Life
- Chronic Kidney Disease in Dogs and Cats
- My Dog was Diagnosed with a Nasal Tumor, Now What?
- Is a natural death or euthanasia better for your pet?
- When to Euthanize a Pet: Understanding the Right Time
- How Do I Know When It’s Time to Say Goodbye? A Guide for Pet Owners
- How Do I Know when My Senior Dog is Suffering?
- What will my other pets do without my pet who passed?
Grief Support Resources
Support families with grief resources, service options, and tools for anticipatory grief, loss, and healing.
- Grief Support Document
- Pet Loss Grief Support Facebook Group
- Supporting Children through the Loss of a Pet Article
- Individual Phone and Face-to-Face Appointments
- Ceremony Planning
- Anticipatory Grief Support
- Callback request information for grief support service
Recent Publications (2026)
Explore selected articles and publications from Caring Pathways and Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice leaders and trusted end-of-life care experts. Click the button below to view our full Veterinary End-of-Life Care Leadership, Media & Publications webpage.
- Strategic design of geriatric pet programs in veterinary practice: Part 2
- DVM 360 Featured Cover Story: Clinical Rotations for End of Life Care
- DVM360: Where will 2026 take you? Exploring end-of-life care as a career path
- AAHA Trends: Connection by design: Supporting veterinary teams in a remote world
- DVM360: In-home euthanasia for exotic pets
- DVM360: Honoring K-9 veterans
Behavioral Euthanasia Support
Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice is able to support mutual clients in need of behavioral euthanasia through a thoughtful, safety-focused approach designed to prepare families, prioritize patient comfort, and support veterinary teams through a deeply challenging decision. Our goal, as with all of our services, is to serve as a trusted partner in your patients’ care.
A Thoughtful, Safety-First Process
We have developed a thoughtful protocol to help ensure clients and their pets are well prepared for the process of at-home behavioral euthanasia. Safety and comfort for the entire family remain a central consideration throughout every step.
Our medication protocols are designed to help patients enter a peaceful, sleepy state before the appointment itself and then drift into an anesthetic depth soon after our arrival. We also prepare families for a safe home environment that supports their pet’s comfort while helping our team maintain safety during the visit.
Through a discussion with one of our experienced and compassionate veterinary technicians before the appointment, families are supported as they navigate this emotionally difficult decision. We are also happy to discuss medication protocols and answer questions when collaboration with the referring veterinarian would be helpful.
What Veterinary Teams Can Expect
- Pre-appointment planning and family preparation
- Safety-focused home setup guidance
- Comfort-oriented medication protocols
- Support from experienced veterinary technicians
- Collaborative communication when needed
Have questions about a behavioral euthanasia case? We are happy to discuss protocols and support options with your team.
Join Our Hospital Partnership Program
Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice created our complimentary Hospital Partnership Program to better support referring hospitals, strengthen client care, and provide helpful end-of-life resources for veterinary teams. Hospitals in the program gain added support for both staff and clients while deepening their partnership with Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice.
Program Benefits for Your Hospital
Support for Your Team
Access education, end-of-life training opportunities, and staff-focused benefits that help support well-being and professional development.
Better Support for Your Clients
Give clients access to VIP scheduling support and complimentary virtual Quality-of-Life consultations through your hospital partnership.
A Stronger Referral Partnership
Build a deeper connection with HRVH through a program designed to support continuity, awareness, and trusted end-of-life care for families you serve.
Benefits for Your Clients
Hospital partners also gain client-facing benefits that help families access care more easily and feel supported earlier in the end-of-life journey.
Your Commitment
We simply ask our hospital partners to recommend Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice as an option for clients whose pets are facing a terminal diagnosis or nearing life’s end. In return, we provide trusted support through in-home hospice, palliative care, quality-of-life assessments, and euthanasia services.
Printable Program Overview
Download, print, or share the Hospital Partnership Program flyer with your doctors, managers, and staff.
Community Events, Conferences, and Speaking Engagements Calendar for 2026
Join HRVH at select community, memorial, and veterinary events and speaking engagements throughout 2026. We’d love to connect with pet families, veterinary professionals, and partners throughout the year.
- April 18–20 — IVAPM Pain Management Forum
Speaker: Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on animal hospice and palliative care best practices - April 19 — Salty Dog Beach Walk | Norfolk, VA
- April 24–26 — Chronic Pain Symposium
Speaker: Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on pain management, quality of life, and end-of-life decision-making - May 22–24 — National Veterinary Association of Portugal Scientific Event
Speaker: Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on hospice care, compassionate communication, pain management, and euthanasia best practices - June 1–3 — International Conference on Grief, Loss and Bereavement | La Crosse, WI
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Muhovich
Leading a roundtable on neurodiversity and grief - July 10–14 — AVMA Convention
Speaker: Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on complex hospice and palliative care cases, pain management, and end-of-life care - September 13 — Pet Memorial Day Event | Location TBD
- September 24–27 — IAAHPC Virtual Conference
Speakers: Dr. Chelsea McGivney, Dr. Megan Coveyou, and Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on veterinary hospice and palliative care - October 14–16 — IAVSW Conference | Ontario
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Muhovich
Presenting on sustainability in veterinary social work - December 4–6 — FETCH Long Beach
Speaker: Dr. Tyler Carmack
Presenting on hospice, quality of life, pain relief, and palliative care approaches
Request a Lunch and Learn
Let us bring you lunch! We would love to visit you and your staff to share more about who we are and how we can help pet’s in their end-of-life journey.
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A Different Kind of Veterinary Career
For veterinary professionals seeking a more meaningful, relationship-centered, and sustainable way to practice, Caring Pathways and Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice offer a unique opportunity to serve pets and families through in-home end-of-life care. This work is deeply personal, emotionally meaningful, and often provides a more grounded pace than traditional practice settings.
Meaningful, unhurried care
In-home end-of-life care allows veterinarians to serve pets and families in a familiar environment with more presence, connection, and compassion.
A more sustainable rhythm
HRVH veterinary professionals highlight work-life balance and a gratifying alternative to traditional practice for veterinarians looking for a career shift.
Professional fulfillment in mobile end-of-life practice
A 2025 study of mobile end-of-life practitioners found 14.8% reported burnout, while 69.7% scored above the cutoff for professional fulfillment.
Explore Our Clinical Rotation Program
For veterinary students, interns, and residents interested in hospice, palliative care, quality-of-life assessment, caregiver communication, and humane end-of-life support, Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice offers an immersive clinical rotation experience in the home setting. This elective rotation provides supervised exposure to in-home consultations, pain and symptom management, care planning, and end-of-life care through a compassionate, real-world learning environment.