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 […]

For patients battling life-limiting conditions, there may come a time when the curative treatments are no longer showing progress, and a physician advises the family to consider hospice. This conversation is most likely to be initiated when the physician believes the patient may have 6 months to live.  Hospice is a type of healthcare which […]

New Years’ Day symbolizes new beginnings for most people. The past is left to the past and the promise of better days lies ahead. We flip the page on our calendar and literally start over from day one. Those who lost a loved one in 2020 use a more simple calendar: Before and After. On […]

The Caris Healthcare Leadership team concluded our annual Employee Leadership Development Institute meetings by joining the Central and West Regions in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Central and West Leadership Development Institute followed the same agenda as the other regions, but one of the highlights of the evening was  “Amazing Grace” played on bagpipes as leadership team […]

Caris leadership joined the East Region team for our Regional Leadership Development Institute in Knoxville, Tennessee. During the day long meetings, we discussed the nature of function versus purpose, what makes everyone at Caris leaders, and received valuable training on service recovery and quality reporting. At night, we celebrated all of our employees, but in […]

By Brad Rector Senior Vice President of Operations The Caris Healthcare leadership team traveled to Columbia, South Carolina to join the South Carolina team for the Regional Leadership Development Institute. We spent the day learning together and reminding one another of our purpose. For many who work in hospice, waking up each day to go […]

“Why do we call it a Leadership Development Institute,” asks Paul Saylor, Caris Healthcare President and COO, at the South Carolina gathering in Columbia. “At Caris, we truly believe every one of our employees is a leader. The majority of the Caris team works hands-on at the patient’s bedside in nursing centers, hospitals, assisted living […]

Caris Healthcare hospice providers are among the nation’s top performers in the new Hospice Compare quality measures published for the first time on August 16 by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Everyone at Caris Healthcare, and our 28 hospice programs, is proud of these scores, particularly the hundreds of nurses, certified nursing […]

Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Since 2000, deaths from dementia rose by 89% (alz.org). Dementia is one of the most feared diseases. As a healthcare community, what do we do to combat these fears and ease this anxiety? Caris Healthcare invited Annette Mendola PHD, Director of Clinical Ethics […]