Serving North Florida since 1979 and licensed as a not-for-profit hospice since 1980, Haven Hospice has been honored and privileged to care for more than 45,000 patients and families. The organization is home to offices in Chiefland, DeLand, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Lake City, Palatka and St. Augustine, covering 18 counties and more than 13,000 square miles. Haven Hospice pioneered freestanding hospice care centers throughout the North Florida region. Our inpatient care centers in Chiefland, Gainesville, Lake City and Palatka are conveniently located to serve patients and families throughout our service area.

VITAS® Healthcare, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, VITAS operates 44 hospice locations in 14 states and the District of Columbia. VITAS, which has evolved from its founding as a volunteer organization by a United Methodist minister and a registered nurse, today employs 11,914 professionals who care for terminally ill patients daily, primarily in the patients’ homes, but also in the company’s 32 inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care facilities for the elderly. At the conclusion of the first quarter of 2017, VITAS reported an average daily census of 16,319; VITAS served more than 80,000 patients throughout all of 2017. The name, VITAS (pronounced VEE-tahs), is derived from the Latin word for lives. It symbolizes the VITAS mission: To preserve the quality of life for those who have a limited time to live.