Haven Hospice was named “Best Hospice” in the Gainesville Sun’s Community’s Choice Awards for the tenth year in a row. The Community’s Choice Awards celebrate the best businesses and organizations in the area. Winners are voted upon by the local community.
Barrett Edwin Carver’s life may have been short—but it was full of blessings. Diagnosed with a brain tumor at just six months old, Barrett experienced a life filled with sickness. Yet his mom, Amber Reddish, remembers him as “incredibly resilient” and “very articulate for his age.” He was cared for at home in Trenton, Florida, [...]
Francis “Frank” Hamill has “had a full, wonderful life,” according to his wife Shirley. The Haven team is proud to be able to care for him now at his home in Gainesville. In honor of National Purple Heart Day (August 7), we were able to sit down and learn more about Hamill's life, including the [...]
Haven helped celebrate Violet and Richard Timmons’ 70th wedding anniversary this month. The couple, both Haven patients, grew up in the same neighborhood and were childhood sweethearts. Haven celebrated two married patients’ 70th wedding anniversary. Richard and Violet Timmons are pictured seated in the photo above, along with Haven Chaplain Steve Severs, volunteer Judy [...]
Haven team members won three of nine awards given statewide for excellence in the delivery of hospice and palliative care. Winners Jennie Lyons, Sarah Murnahan and Nooriel Nolan were presented with their awards at the Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Association (FHPCA) awards at the 2024 FHPCA 39th Forum in Orlando, Florida. Haven team [...]
Patient Brandon Wagner came on to Haven’s services in March due to terminal colon cancer. Wagner lived every day to the fullest since his stage four diagnosis in 2019, spending every moment he could with his spouse Cristin and his three children Alan, Abbie and Mandy. He had one more goal, though: to make sure [...]
There was a patient at the Custead Hospice Care Center in Orange Park who was an avid astronomer. The patient had followed the April eclipse over the past year; his family said it was a passion of his. According to Haven Associate Medical Director Dr. Massey, his health was declining in the days leading up [...]
Haven Hospice held Camp Safe Haven at the Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center in Micanopy on April 27. Camp Safe Haven supports children and their caregivers who have experienced loss through fun and therapeutic activities led by Haven team members and volunteers. Campers and their caregivers participated in art therapy, a drumming circle, a musical [...]
Deborah “Debbie” Dorsey, 59, was kind and positive, even when faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis. After one painful round of chemotherapy, Debbie decided she’d rather spend her remaining time as comfortably as possible under Haven’s care. Debbie Dorsey (right) and her mom Jeanne. Haven supported both Debbie and her family in their time [...]
Thanks to the generosity of the Haven Women of Philanthropy – Gainesville and the vision of Gainesville Patient Care Manager Tootsie Young, Santa Fe College student artists have recently completed a mural at the E.T. York Hospice Care Center in Gainesville that will be enjoyed for years to come. Professor of art fundamentals India [...]