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Welcome, Dana!

Welcome, Dana!

Dana lost her mother to leukemia a month before Dana graduated from nursing school. Shortly after embarking on her career, Dana read an article about a hospice forming in Central Texas, which prompted her to move to Austin. Hospice Austin was not yet admitting...
The MOST Time of Year

The MOST Time of Year

Hi Friends, Instead of this being the most wonderful time of the year, perhaps it’s really just the MOST time of the year, as a favorite podcaster of mine likes to say.  No month insists on cheerfulness more than this one.  It’s as if everything has been turned up a...
Joey Jimenez – A Season for Caring

Joey Jimenez – A Season for Caring

When Joe Jimenez was dying after suffering a heart attack and stroke in 2016, his 21-year-old son, Joey, promised his father that he would remain at home to look after his mother and younger brother. It was a responsibility he took seriously. “To Joey, family has...
What’s Your WHY – Brent Annear

What’s Your WHY – Brent Annear

I am honored to serve on the Hospice Austin Operating Board of Directors for many reasons. First, Hospice Austin has Camp Brave Heart. I was drawn to volunteer at the bereavement camp for children who lost a loved one. Having lost my mom when I was a teenager, I can...
It’s All About the Service

It’s All About the Service

When Sister Nanette Gentile, who served on Hospice Austin’s Operating Board of Directors, told Herb Dyer about an opening on the board in 2011 and said he should consider serving, he turned her down. As Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Seton Medical...