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 […]

Many people do not know that volunteers play a critical role in caring for our hospice patients. While our nurses provide the medical support, our chaplains provide the spiritual support, and our social workers provide the emotional support, our volunteers offer companionship and connection. As we celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 20-26), we took some […]

In 2024, when Caris’ executive team began developing their 2025 budget initiatives, one program stood out as universally supported: Wellbeing Coaching. “We have recognized the escalating stress and burnout that healthcare workers face, especially in hospice care. Our heart is to provide the tools our Patient Care Managers and nurses need to care for themselves […]

Tami Coshatt, RN sounds almost apologetic as she explains that she is the office go-to nurse when a pediatric hospice patient is admitted. “I spoil them,” she explains. The patient we visit that morning has two Boston terriers which are his pride and joy. Tami keeps treats in her car for all of her patients […]

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 […]