1 / 5Caris Healthcare in Athens, Tennessee provides hospice care to patients and families in the surrounding region, with reviewers consistently praising the compassion and responsiveness of individual nurses, aides, chaplains, and social workers. Families describe staff going well beyond standard duties, including help with household tasks and rapid overnight response for medication needs.
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Caris Healthcare Athens provides hospice care in Athens, Tennessee, serving patients and families across the surrounding region including Cleveland, Decatur, Copper Hill, Spring City, and Dayton. The organization partners with local hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, and assisted living communities to deliver end-of-life care wherever patients reside.
The hospice care team includes nurses, social workers, chaplains, aides, and volunteer coordinators who support both patients and their families throughout the care process. Caris Healthcare offers pain and symptom management services that can be provided concurrently with disease-modifying treatment, recognizing that families may pursue multiple approaches during end-of-life care.
The team provides specialized support for pediatric hospice care, understanding the particular emotional and medical complexities families face when making end-of-life decisions for children. The organization commits to delivering compassionate care to the entire family unit during this sensitive time.
Caris Healthcare Athens has earned level 4 certification in veteran-specific care, reflecting the team's rigorous commitment to serving veterans and their families. This certification demonstrates their close relationship with the local VA Medical Center and service organizations, along with ongoing outreach to the veteran community.
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Help Me Choose4.8overall · 21 ratings combined
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Shelley Pace
Mar 2026
Absolutely the best team! They took care of one of our close friends recommended by another friend from the beginning of the care, with Amy Lackey to the nurse Bonnie being available & on top of everything, they made this horrible situation so much easier. God gave us who was needed to provide care for our young beautiful friend. They went above and beyond what they needed to do for her. No words can express how grateful we are for this team.
Margaret Shaw
Mar 2026
I sat beside along with my best friend Kylie Davis lastnight , it was apparent late in the night we would need certain medicines and Kylie made the call and medicines were called in immediately. Upon the passing of our loved on, Macy arrived very promptly, gave her condolences to the family. She then began the process of making our loved one presentable and cleaned up. Once that was done we then went through the unused medication protocol. Macy was very kind and gentle throughout her process. Very grateful for the kindness she showed.
Kylie Hammond
Mar 2026
Our family choose Caris to bring my Grandmother home to pass peacefully at home and not in ICU. This team was amazing from Amy calling me and telling me they got us covered to Macy coming out to our home and getting her set up and comfortable to Pagie sitting with our family waiting on the funeral home and the on call for being available even late in the night to answer our questions. Me and my family are so blessed to have all these wonderful woman giving their love and support to our family during this difficult time. Highly recommend this team! Thank you again for all you did.
Mike Sneed
Dec 2025
My wife is on hospice with Caris and she is so happy with them. We both have been disabled for a while and things got behind for us because I couldn’t keep up with some of our house maintenance and things needed to be thrower out. They organized a weekend for us and had a dumpster delivered to our house and then Samantha, Amy and Jillian came out on that Saturday. Samantha brought her husband and Jillian brought hers and Amy brought a cat (jk) to help my wife and I. They worked so hard and did so much that day. All of the garbage was taken care of and Samantha’s husband fixed the door on my storage building to make it open and close again. And Jillian’s husband fixed the broken pipe under my house. They made our house look good again. Caris makes us feel like family and it is so good to have them come in and talk not make us feel like it could be the last day but will make you look forward and excited to see the next day. Thank you guys. Y’all are amazing.
Misty Hyde
Dec 2025
I highly recommend Caris for your Hospice care. They truly make you feel like family and were so helpful with understanding end of life care. All of the nurses and cna's went out of their way to make sure my mom had very special attention with lots of love in her last days. All of the staff were top notch but Samantha and Paige definitely had the special touch with my little momma. I will be forever grateful to all of them. They truly became my family. I really appreciated the chaplain and social worker, as well! They not only helped my mom, but me as well!
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