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 [...]
Haven Hospice named Portia L. Taylor and Curtis F. Jefferson as the honorary chairs of its annual VIVA! 2023 event. The couple, distinguished members of the Gainesville and Alachua County community, are long-time supporters of Haven Hospice. Portia served as past secretary and board member for Haven and was involved in the successful capital campaign [...]
The Haven Hospice Foundation added two members to its Board of Directors. Gainesville lawyer Robert O. Stripling, Jr., and Gainesville physician Tom Young, M.D. joined this month. The board now has twelve members. Robert O. Stripling, Jr. Stripling has extensive law experience. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and completed [...]
An anonymous Palatka resident donated $100,000 to the Haven Hospice Foundation to establish an endowment that will benefit the educational needs of Haven Hospice staff at the Roberts Hospice Care Center in Palatka. The new endowment will function as a scholarship, paying for educational opportunities for employees. Haven associates have already expressed interest in utilizing [...]
Jodie Goodman has been named Director of Business Development at Haven, North Central Florida’s legacy mission-driven provider of hospice and palliative care. With a background in hospice, home health, social work and mental health, Goodman brings 20 years of healthcare experience to Haven. As Director of Business Development, Goodman will implement plans to achieve admissions [...]
Marty Franklin has been named Vice President and Chief Financial 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, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living, skilled nursing, pharmacy benefit management, durable medical equipment, outpatient and diagnostic centers, and specialty [...]
Haven is proud to continue to provide compassionate care to patients and their families in our 18-county service area, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about Haven in this edition of our In Touch magazine!
Chris Russell, Haven’s Hospice Director for the East Region, was awarded the Patriot Award by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency. The individual award is given to employers who are supportive of service members. An employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve can nominate his or [...]
Sharon A. Jones, FAHP, CFRE, one of the nation’s leading health care philanthropy professionals, has been named this year’s winner of the prestigious Harold J. (Si) Seymour Award by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). “Sharon Jones has demonstrated true commitment to the health care philanthropy profession,” said Alice Ayres, President and CEO of AHP. [...]