Caris Healthcare in Cookeville, Tennessee provides hospice care in partnership with Cookeville Regional Hospital, local physicians, nursing homes, and assisted living communities. The organization serves families throughout the region including Cookeville, McMinnville, Livingston, Smithville, and Celina, offering care to patients and their families in their own homes.
The hospice team consists of nurses, social workers, chaplains, aides, and volunteer coordinators who support both patients and families throughout the care journey. The organization provides world-class hospice support with an emphasis on grace and compassion, including pain and symptom management support that can be provided concurrently with disease-modifying treatment.
Caris Healthcare recognizes that pediatric hospice care requires particular sensitivity and promises to provide the utmost level of compassion and support to the whole family when caring for children. The team has received recognition for its highest level of commitment, which includes extensive trainings, community outreach, volunteer engagement, and data collection.
The organization offers HUGs (Healing and Understanding through Grief Support), a peer-led grief support group open to anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one due to chronic or terminal illness. These sessions are designed to help participants explore their emotions, find encouragement, and learn healthy coping tools in a safe and supportive setting.
