The Haven Hospice Foundation joins the Palatka community in mourning the passing of longtime supporter and business leader Danny Martinez. Mr. Martinez served the Palatka community with distinction for decades. “As a member of the Haven Hospice Community Advisory Board and as chairman of the Haven Hospice Foundation Board, Mr. Martinez showed a true heart [...]
The Haven Hospice Foundation held its annual ViVA! event at Valley View in Alachua, Florida. The event, themed ViVA! 2023: ViVA Las Vegas, raised funds to support Haven’s dementia program. Valley View was transformed into a Las Vegas atmosphere as guests arrived in their bright rhinestone attire. Attendees sang with a Cher impersonator and tried [...]
Haven social worker Hannah Hall originally thought she did not want to work in the hospice field. After earning her master’s degree in 2012, she went straight into working with foster children and families. However, when Haven contacted the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch in Palatka with a request to host Camp Safe Haven, things started to [...]
A patient at the Tri-Counties Hospice Care Center in Chiefland wished to go home at the end of life. Having known this for a while, the patient’s family promised they would make it happen and started working. The patient had property in Dixie County. Her family wanted to build a house for her but knew [...]
Kannaly pictured at Haven Hospice with firefighters from the Palatka Fire Department. A group of firefighters from the Palatka Fire Department honored Haven patient Sean Kannaly, Sr. at the Roberts Hospice Care Center in Palatka. Kannaly lived as a true public servant, saving countless lives during, and after, his more than 30-year career [...]
LuAnn Zude (left) with her sister Janet Nelson (right). Haven Hospice volunteer LuAnn Zude has been making quilts for Haven since September 2022. A five-year volunteer, LuAnn has served Haven in many capacities, including providing respite for families, sitting with patients through Haven’s No One Dies Along (NODA) program, serving veterans through the [...]
Hampton Groover, MD, has been named Chief Medical Officer of Haven, North Central Florida’s legacy mission-driven provider of hospice and palliative care. With a career that includes working in hospice and palliative care—as well as extensive academic experience—Dr. Groover brings years of relevant experience to Haven. As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Groover serves as a [...]
Great Place to Work Institute and its senior care partner Activated Insights have honored Haven Hospice with certification as a Great Place to Work. The certification process involved surveying all full-time and part-time employees across Haven’s 18-county service area and evaluating more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job. These included employee pride in the organization’s community [...]
Haven Hospice Director of Access Claudia Beureuse won the Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Association's Catalyst Award. She is pictured (left) with Haven President Pauline Taylor and Haven Vice President of Operations Chris Russell and (right) accepting the award. Haven Director of Access Claudia Beureuse was recently selected as a winner for the [...]
Haven Hospice achieved recognition by earning four rings in the 2023 Quality Connections program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Quality Connections is the only national program designed to support hospice and palliative care providers’ delivery of high-quality, person-centered care. Quality Connections is structured around four fundamental pillars, which are represented by [...]