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Remembering the lemon cake
One of the most common “Three Most Important Things” that Caris hears from patients is family. The Murfreesboro team recently demonstrated a powerful example of honoring this value. A patient under the team’s care had just lost his wife unexpectedly. She had been his primary caregiver, and they had shared 63 years of marriage. Following […]
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Caring for the Whole Family
As every parent knows, we can only rest when we know that our children’s needs are met. For our patient, Diana, the care and well-being of her grandson, Elijah, was her sole focus. Her heart’s desire was for her grandson to be okay. She worried about him daily, asking each team member during our visits […]
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Spirit of Service
One of our patients in Myrtle Beach is a proud Marine. He finds great joy in sharing the tales of his military service. Among his many distinguished moments is his time serving at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. His time there stands out as a pinnacle of honor and dedication. Our Volunteer Coordinator and […]
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Some walk into heaven. Others ride.
A man with a calmness about him with smoky gray- white hair, thin and frail in appearance, once stood six foot tall and full of life and adventure. One would never guess the sweet old man was once in a motorcycle “club” with a bunch of rowdy buddies and his wife. Amber Daugherty, CNA Preceptor […]
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Blue at the Zoo
At Caris, we know that understanding the Three Most Important Things for each patient is the key to providing a comforting and meaningful end of life experience. Our Lenoir City office recently helped honor a young woman’s love of adventure and passion for animals by providing a safe visit to the local zoo. This young woman, Dorothy […]
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Savoring Our Precious Moments
Each quarter, we ask our teams to share the story they are most proud of in regards to honoring a patient’s Three Most Important Things. We pride ourselves in getting to know each patient and family well so that we may provide meaningful care. It is important to understand each patient’s goals so that we […]
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Sharing Brotherly Love
Each quarter, our teams send in stories of how they honored their patients’ Three Most Important Things, and each quarter our senior leadership team chooses one which they deem “the best” of the quarter. This is a coveted honor and brings immense pride to the team. Our Cedar Bluff office took home that honor in […]
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Fulfilling a Wish
Our goal at Caris is to always to be able to honor our patients by respecting their dignity and last wishes. We do this by learning and honoring the three most important things to them. We recently had the privilege of helping a patient achieve one of her most three important things before she dies. […]
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One Last Wish Honored
Several large organizations grant wishes for those in the last days of their life. The Make-A-Wish Foundation adopted the tag line, “One Moment Changes Everything.” The Dream Foundation says they are “Giving Life to Final Dreams.” At Caris, we ask our patients “What three most important things do we need to know about you to […]
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A Life Well-Lived
Caris Healthcare admitted a 103-year-old woman with a terminal diagnosis of cerebral degeneration who had been a resident at a nursing center for approximately ten years. The patient’s daughter was in her early 80s and an only child, with several health concerns of her own. Her mother had been in her life so long that, […]
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