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Alive Hospice

Hospice care: learning what you need to know when the time comes in NEXT AGE episode 4

By Katherine Ruppelt

July 15, 2025

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There is no more tender time than the months, weeks and days before a loved one’s passing. More likely than not, hospice care is going to be involved. Still, many people don’t fully understand what hospice looks like. So today we’re breaking down what you need to know so you’ll be a little more prepared […]

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Alive Hospice, Heart and Soul Hospice, hospice, NEXT AGE

This Tennessee camp creates space for grief — and joy — for children who have lost a loved one

By Alexis Marshall

August 23, 2024

A camper races a counselor down the zip line at Camp Forget-Me-Not.
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Each year, Alive Hospice holds Camp Forget-Me-Not to support children through their grief. It offers an environment where kids can have fun, make new friends, and share freely about their loss with other kids.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Alive Hospice, audio postcard, children, grief, hospice, summer camp

Movers & Thinkers: A Hospice Doctor On Bearing Witness At The End Of Life

By Emily Siner

December 11, 2017

As a palliative care doctor at Alive Hospice, Sasha Bowers has been there at the very end of life for a lot of people. This exposure to the dying has given her a perspective on death that most people don’t have, and she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our podcast Movers & Thinkers about […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Alive Hospice, Arts

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