Arkansas Hospice Foundation

07/22/2025

A profound answer to the question “What is a soul?” from the legendary Ray Charles.

07/12/2025

Coping with death can be difficult for children and teenagers. That’s why Arkansas Hospice hosts Art for the Heart workshops as a free community service with our next event scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Children’s Library in Little Rock. For more details or to sign up, please call 501-748-3342 or email sbrock@arkansashospice.org.

As a community service, Arkansas Hospice offers grief support, free of charge, to the public, including children, as well as the families of Arkansas Hospice patients. To learn more, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/grief-support.

07/07/2025

More accolades for Arkansas Hospice as Arkansas Times readers selected the organization as Best Hospice for the 30th annual Best of Arkansas Awards, and the Hot Springs The Sentinel-Record also recognized us in the 2025 Readers' Choice Awards. Thank you to these publications and their readers for this recognition, and to our hands-on care teams for providing patient support worthy of these recognitions!

Thank you to the readers of the Arkansas Times for naming Arkansas Hospice as a 2025 Best of Arkansas winner and to the readers of the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record for voting us as the winner for best hospice and best caregiver referral agency! We are Arkansans serving Arkansans – your neighbors, friends and family members – and it’s our privilege to care for your loved ones.

Thanks to your trust and support, Arkansas Hospice has expanded its services and now provides a continuum of care:

• Arkansas Hospice: The state’s largest nonprofit provider of care for patients and families during life’s final months.
• Arkansas Palliative Care: Comfort and support beyond treatment for patients at any age and at any stage of serious illness
• Arkansas Advanced Care: Primary care for seniors, where they live
• First Choice Senior Care: Non-medical home care for seniors in Central Arkansas

To see how Arkansas Hospice’s Family of Care provides expert care where you are, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/.

To learn about our new dawn of care as LifeTouch Health beginning this October, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/a-new-dawn-of-care.

06/30/2025

Inspiring words from the nation’s longest-lived president who received hospice care at his Georgia home, on his terms, for more than a year and a half. Jimmy Carter died this past Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

While Carter lived longer than typical hospice patients, studies show that those who receive hospice care earlier often live longer and report an improved quality of life because their care is focused on comfort. To learn more about this important topic, please revisit media coverage featuring Arkansas Hospice’s Family of Care at https://katv.com/news/local/carters-extended-hospice-care-sparks-dialogue-on-end-of-life-options and https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/jan/10/dispelling-myths.

To see how Arkansas Hospice’s Family of Care provides expert care, where you are, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/ or call 877-713-2348.

06/26/2025

06/23/2025

As we begin a new week, here are thoughts on the power of positive thinking – and living life to the fullest – courtesy of country music legend Loretta Lynn.

06/19/2025

Research shows that minority groups, particularly African Americans, are skeptical of hospice care and are at risk of not dying well – meaning that their final days might be filled with pain, fear, and regret, rather than making the most of that time with loved ones. As we mark Juneteenth, Arkansas Hospice’s Family of Care remains committed to providing the highest quality care, so all our fellow Arkansans can live their lives to the fullest. To learn more, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/hospice/diversity-equity-and-inclusion. To see how the Arkansas Hospice Family of Care provides expert care, where you are, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/.

06/18/2025

Thank you to the readers of AY Magazine for naming Arkansas Hospice as the best provider of hospice care in the state! To see how Arkansas Hospice’s Family of Care provides expert care, where you are, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/ or call 877-713-2348.

To learn about our new dawn of care as LifeTouch Health beginning this October, please visit https://www.arkansashospice.org/a-new-dawn-of-care.

06/13/2025

Want to know the secret to a great community festival? You've got to bring in something for everyone! That's where the Party at the Plaza "Care Fair" comes in...

This year's festival saw our biggest and most diverse group of Care Fair vendors to date, with everything from creative activities for kids and families, healthcare resources from the Arkansas Hospice family of care and our friends and partners throughout the community, unique handmade artisan items and plenty of opportunties to interact with friends and neighbors. Take a look for some of the fun from this year's Care Fair!

A special thanks to Arkansas Hospice Foundation Development Associate Holly Tindall, who headed up this major element of the festival, and to our care fair vendors and partners:

Museum of Discovery
Thea Foundation
North Little Rock Mayor's Youth Council
Morley Family Magic
About Faces Caricatures
Happily Ever After Princesses
Sheena's Creations
Chic Kraftique
Homewell Care Services
American Red Cross Arkansas
Right at Home
Southern Caregivers
ArchWell Health
A Place At Home
Pampered Silver
Arkansas Hospice
Arkansas Palliative Care
Arkansas Advanced Care
First Choice Senior Care
Arkansas Hospice Volunteers & Therapy Dogs
Arkansas Hospice Bereavement Department - Art for the Heart
TriSayrah Tops Creative
Make it Work Arkansas
Humana
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Arkansas
The Manor Senior Living Communities
AARP Arkansas
Addison's Grace Luxury Candle Co.
Timber Ridge NeuroRestorative
Carelink
Arkansas Asset Protection Group
Sage Health
Concierge RN Services
Absolute Care Management

06/13/2025

As we celebrate National Nursing Assistant Week, please join us in thanking our Arkansas Hospice CNAs — plus their colleagues at our partner facilities — for their continued dedication to our patients and families. Their compassion and commitment truly makes a difference.

06/05/2025

If anyone needs us, we'll just be over here re-living our biggest Party at the Plaza to date! Thanks to the support of our sponsors, event committee, staff volunteers and the community we hit an all-time record for event fundraising and attendance with an estimated 5,000 people joining us to enjoy the music and fun of this family-friendly festival, and nearly $250,000 raised to support the patients and families we serve. Click the link below to see some of the highlights from this year's festival!

https://vimeo.com/1086250968/611086b86d

AND, there's still time to help us break $250,000 for 2025! If you enjoyed this year's event, consider visiting www.partyattheplaza.org to donate now!

Photography and Videography by: Warren & Lauren McCullough and Scott Christian

This is "Party at the Plaza 2024 Wrap Up" by Family of Care on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/26/2025

Better words could not be said on this Memorial Day weekend.