Long-time business leader and Palatka resident, Dan Martinez recently established a $300,000 Endowment to create the Dan & Katie Martinez Endowment for Palliative Care in Putnam County. Dan and Katie Martinez The endowment, which consists of a $300,000 charitable donation from Martinez and a $250,000 donation from an anonymous donor, totaling $550,000, is [...]
Volunteer Carol Sheridan was nominated by Haven for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's "Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice" awards for deeply impacting the lives of patients, families and the communities she serves. Haven volunteer Carol Sheridan, who supports the Haven organization in a myriad of ways, was nominated for a national [...]
Avow, Haven, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care, and Treasure Coast Hospice announced today the creation of Synthase Collaborative, a not-for-profit corporation that will enable the mission-driven hospice and palliative care providers to enhance access to quality post-acute care and services throughout communities in Florida. As the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) moves [...]
In 2021, Haven Hospice’s combined five Attic Resale Stores had the best year in store history making more than $3 million in gross sales. The stores, located in Gainesville, Chiefland, Lake City, Orange Park and St. Augustine, experienced a “see-saw year,” according to Haven Manager of Retail Business Stormy Palmer-Porter. Palmer-Porter said that even though [...]
Haven Hospice held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new DeLand office, located in the Oakbrook Professional Center. Haven’s Community Advisory Board members, as well we the DeLand community, showed support by attending the December ribbon-cutting. Organizations present included Concierge Care, Comfort Keepers, Visiting Angels, Brookdale Senior Living Facility, Savannah Court, Brooks Home Health, Woodland Towers, [...]
The Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce named Haven large nonprofit of the year in its 2021 business awards. Finalists were chosen after a panel of impartial judges from throughout the community carefully reviewed and scored each application in the category. According to the chamber of commerce, there was a record number of applications submitted this [...]
Haven Hospice staff reunited a hospice patient with his family virtually after years without contact. According to Haven social worker Katie Alpahando, patient Robbie Matthewson was depressed, even before he entered hospice care. She said he was alone and scared and that everyone at Haven worked really hard to gain his trust. In getting to [...]
Community leaders from across North Central Florida today announced the formation of the Haven Hospice Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to supporting the work and mission of Haven Hospice, the area’s oldest and only locally governed hospice and palliative care provider. Chairing the nine-member Haven Hospice Foundation Board of Directors is Daniel Martinez of [...]
Haven and North Florida Regional Medical Center have partnered to offer physicians a Fellowship Training Program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. The one-year program in the Department of Family Medicine has been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Up to two physicians are accepted into the program per [...]
Shirley Codada, MD, FAAHPM, 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 and supportive medicine—as well as academic experience in medicine and oncologic sciences—Dr. Codada brings years of relevant experience to Haven. As [...]