end of life
Hospice Education
The Hidden Teamwork of End-of-Life Care
On a sweltering day at the end of June, Mark Smith, Caris Representative of our Chattanooga office walked into NHC Healthcare Chattanooga, smiling and greeting each person he saw. Everyone knew him on a first name basis, and a few pulled him aside to talk about patients who needed additional support. The Caris Healthcare relationship […]
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Hospice Education
Providing Care at Thirteen
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 […]
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Three Most Important Things, Uncategorized
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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