Jennifer Hughes looks back on her childhood fondly. She grew up in Honaker, Virginia where she walked everywhere- to church, school, and even her first job. But it had not been easy. Her father died in the coal mine when she was nine years old, and her mother was diagnosed with cancer when she was […]

Natalie Hernandez, Administrator and Gina Carnahan, Social Worker for our Johnson City office during a recent memorial for grieving families. At the age of 2, Gina Carnahan began asking her mother to read the obituaries from the newspaper so that she could pray for the people being memorialized. While she intended to major in forensic […]

[Lawrenceburg, TN] – Caris Healthcare, a leading provider of hospice care services, is delighted to announce the opening of its latest location in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. This expansion reflects Caris Healthcare’s ongoing commitment to delivering compassionate end-of-life care and support to individuals and families in communities across the region. With the inauguration of this location, Caris […]

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 […]

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. […]

In celebration of National Hospice and Palliative Care month, we would like to share a bit of history behind the current care we provide.   The word “hospice” derives from the Latin word hospes which means both guest and host. The first instances of caring for the sick and dying were documented in Malta as women […]

When a patient is admitted into our care, one of the first things we talk about with them is their Three Most Important Things. Everyone’s Three Most Important Things are different. We have heard everything from Slim Jims and Dr. Pepper to peacocks, Clemson football, and reconnecting with family.  At the end of each visit, […]

Our chaplains provide vital support to both patients and their loved ones during their time with us. As we approach Spiritual Care Week, we took a moment to ask our chaplain team what this work meant to them. Bill Myers of our Nashville office shared, “Being a Hospice Chaplain, to me, is a calling more […]

By Diana Puckett, Family Services Coordinator As you know we have been impacted by an unprecedented weather event. While the western part of Carter County where I live was mostly affected by interruptions of services and loss of utilities, the eastern side of my hometown was not so fortunate, as well as surrounding areas where […]

Caris Healthcare is proud to share that five of their offices have earned the “Superior Provider” Caregiver Satisfaction Award by Strategy Healthcare Programs (SHP). This designation is for providers that rank in the top 20% nationally.  Big Stone Gap and Bristol offices in Virginia and Cookeville, Crossville, and Murfreesboro offices in Tennessee are proud to […]