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The following letter was written by John Elliott and is shared with permission… I want to tell you a story about what happened to me when I lost my Dad earlier this year. It changed my life forever – and it has the potential to change your life, too, in wonderful ways you couldn’t possibly imagine… My dad was Donald Michael Elliott, a Navy veteran, loving husband and proud father of seven children. He worked hard in the family business of automobile sales and eventually co-owned a dealership in Bedford, OH with my grandfather. Dad and Mom escaped the Ohio winters in Naples, FL. That’s where they were when Dad got really sick and was hospitalized … and where the doctors told us that if he was discharged, he’d die. My family, of course, was shocked and upset. Someone mentioned hospice care at Avow and moving Dad from the hospital to Avow’s [...]

Illness, death, grief and loss touch us all – but when they do, most of us need loving care and professional guidance to get through them. For people in southwest Florida, Avow is that source of expert care. We serve those who are: •  living with a serious or terminal illness •  caring for someone who is sick •  grieving any loss: a job, home, family member, friend, coworker, fellow student or a pet We also teach our community and professional caregivers about issues related to chronic and terminal illnesses, caregiving, coping with loss and living well at life’s end. Avow was founded by area residents in 1983 as a not-for-profit hospice. Today, Avow is one of the area’s premier health care providers with programs of support for everyone in southwest Florida from newborns to our most senior citizens. This web site provides a brief overview of the programs we [...]

National Nurses Week kicked off this week. The nation honors the nursing profession annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.  Did you know Avow has over 130 nurses and hospice aides on our team who work with patients of all ages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Our registered nurses, LPNs and hospice aides care for patients in their homes, in facilities, hospitals, at our Georgson Hospice House, wherever patients reside.  Most of our nurses and hospice aides have earned or are in the process of obtaining special certification in hospice and palliative care for their discipline.  It takes a special person to work with terminally ill patients and their families… Avow nurses, hospice aides and their interdisciplinary team colleagues consider doing this work a calling and feel privileged to help guide families through the end-of-life journey.