Alive Institute
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The Alive Institute Conducts Minority Focus Groups to Improve Access to Care
National studies continue to find that minority groups are not taking equal advantage of the Medicare hospice benefit. Read More
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Nurturing the Future of End-of-Life 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. Read More
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The Time Has Come
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. Read More
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Does Alive have the solution to a national problem?
Alive is well known here in Middle Tennessee; we were the first hospice provider in the Southeast, as you may recall. But our star is on the rise because of some of the innovative things we’re doing within the realm of training and education, and we’re attracting attention on the national stage. Read More
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Advocacy Focus Groups are yielding valuable insights
It is no secret that minorities in America are underrepresented in hospice care. Studies have been conducted around the nation to help explain why, but Alive wanted to learn the attitudes and opinions of our local communities. Starting in 2016, we began a series of Advocacy Focus Groups. Read More
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How the Alive Institute is Working to Change the World Around Us
Alive has been a pioneering organization from the very beginning. Our founders, Dr. and Mrs. David Barton and the late Dr. John Flexner, brought an entire branch of medicine to Tennessee - hospice care - that did not exist here before 1975. Read More