Baptist to open hospice in Collierville

Business news story for The Commercial Appeal

Sept. 26, 2010

The Baptist Trinity Hospice House and the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief will open next month on the grounds of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville. The residential hospice will have 24 individual rooms and be the first of its kind in the Mid-South area.

“It will provide care to individuals who, for whatever reason, cannot be in their own home and receive hospice care,” said Jenny Nevels, director of development for Baptist Memorial Healthcare Foundation. “It could be care-giving issues, it could be elderly people trying to look after one another … we’ll help to meet those needs.”

The Our House is Your House capital campaign to raise $12 million was launched by the foundation in 2008 to provide residential hospice, and to date has raised more than $12.3 million.

“We went out in the community and told the story, and it was really something, I think, that spoke to people,” Nevels said. “Many individuals have had similar circumstances with a loved one who perhaps had a terminal diagnosis and there are care-giving issues, so it was very well received. There’s been a huge need for it for such a long time.” … (read more)