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Our Care, Stories of Alive
Did you have a childhood super hero you admired and couldn't imagine meeting in real life? For our patient Ethan, it was Spider-Man.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
Most of our patients prefer to stay in their own homes surrounded by loved ones, fond memories, and favorite things. Not surprisingly, most Americans when surveyed also report that they would like to die at home.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
Alive’s perinatal/pediatric team supports families through one of the most difficult challenges they will ever face. No matter the circumstances, they bring all their compassion and medical expertise to bear so families can focus on each other while Alive handles the rest.
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Alive News, Our Care, Support for Alive
This spring we unveiled the updated and redecorated kids space at The Residence at Alive – Nashville, complete with a visit from Gnash.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
Have you ever asked yourself how you’d like to die or what would make a “better death?” Have you asked those you love? The rapid advancement of medical technology and growth of hospitals over the last few generations created a culture that makes it a virtue to pursue treatments simply because they can be administered, with little regard for quality of life.
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Alive News, Our Care
Alive is now the sole palliative care provider for all of Tennessee Oncology’s 18 clinics in Middle Tennessee. It took over the provision of palliative care for Tennessee Oncology from Aspire in January 2019.
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Alive News, Our Care, Special Events
New Franklin Office Grand Opening February 20
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
With the support of community members like you, we are able to provide extraordinary services to our patients and their loved ones.
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Alive News, Our Care
Families with young children in hospice care have special needs. Each situation and child are unique.
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Alive News, Our Care
This December, Alive will open the doors to a new hospice homecare office and grief support center in Cool Springs.
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Alive News, Our Care, Stories of Alive
When William MacGill smiles his frank, open smile he looks like he could be Paul Newman’s older brother. At 98, the former World War II veteran is engaged and engaging.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive, Support for Alive
Alive currently provides half of the charity hospice care in our region and 21 percent of the charity care for the entire state. This year we have already experienced a 90 percent increase in demand over last year.
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Our Care
Chaplains play a very special role in the hospice interdisciplinary team, helping patients and their loved ones with spiritual and emotional concerns. At Alive Hospice we have a team of eight. Their calling is to provide spiritual comfort and healing at the end of life to all who need it.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
With the support of community members like you, we are able to provide extraordinary services to our patients and their loved ones.
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Alive News, Our Care
Ever since the The Residence at Alive Hospice – Murfreesboro opened its doors last June, the community has been asking for more. Its ten beds have been filled from day two.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive
There are approximately 43.5 million caregivers in the U.S. They provided an estimated $470 billion worth of care in 2013, nearly the same amount that the world’s largest company, Wal-Mart, made in sales that same year. The value of this unpaid care exceeded paid home care and total Medicaid spending.*
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Alive Institute, Alive News, Our Care
One of the things that makes Alive so special is that we are a nonprofit. The highest quality medical care is just the start of what we offer.
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Alive Institute, Alive News, Our Care
For decades, Americans have been afraid of dying, afraid of grieving and fleeing them both. With the best of intentions, influential medical and religious institutions aid our flight.
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Our Care, Stories of Alive, Support for Alive
Rick Scarola remembers his grandmother, Ethel Brosgarth, as the family matriarch.
She was 4-foot-10 inches tall, but larger than life. She drove until the age of 89. She was feisty, he recalled, something he always loved about her. In many ways, she was the rock of the family. When you were with her, he said, you were home.
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Alive News, Our Care
Providing loving care to people with life-threatening illnesses is an integral part of the mission at Alive. With every patient and family we serve, we know that the quality of that care is critical.
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Alive News, Our Care
Alive was approached by TriStar Summit Medical Center two years ago to explore whether we would be interested in providing an inpatient palliative care consult service to their patients.