Founded in 1993 by community leaders of Marion and Winston Counties, Hospice of Northwest Alabama, Inc. is a freestanding, not-for-profit, non-denominational program available to all regardless of age, race, color, creed, national origin, handicap condition, illness, or ability to pay. Hospice of Northwest Alabama, Inc. provides services throughout Marion and Winston Counties and surrounding communities in Walker, Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties of Northwest Alabama. is ........certified by the Medicare and Medicaid programs..... a member of the Alabama Hospice Organization and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. ......supported by memorials, contributions, and gifts from individuals, groups, organizations, and corporate citizens.