Monica Ellison, RN, MBA
Executive Director
Monica was a hospice nurse in Shreveport before coming home to Texarkana in 2010. She knows both states' rules by heart.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, aides, chaplains and social workers who come to the house in either state, and who answer the phone at 3 a.m.
Our team
The people at your door
Dr. Kenneth Tran
Hospice Medical Director
Board certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. He makes house calls on both sides of State Line.
Darnell Hayes, RN
Director of Nursing
Twenty years of nursing, twelve in hospice. Darnell leads our nurses and still covers call one weekend a month.
Rev. Gerald Pierce
Chaplain
Pastored in New Boston for twenty-five years. He visits families of every faith and none.
Amber Collins, LMSW
Medical Social Worker
Amber untangles Medicaid, VA and advance-directive questions in two states, and leads our grief groups.
Luis Navarro, RN
On-Call Nurse
Luis covers nights and weekends. Families know his voice on the phone and his truck in the driveway at 3 a.m.
Sample family reviews
In families' own words
Mama lived in Arkansas, her doctor was in Texas, and nobody else could figure out the paperwork. Four States had it sorted in one afternoon.
Luis came at three in the morning and stayed until Daddy was comfortable. Then he made me eat something.
Our volunteer, Mr. Earl, came every Wednesday to watch the Razorbacks reruns with my husband. Bill looked forward to it all week.
Dr. Tran sat on our porch and explained exactly what to expect. Nobody had been that honest with us before.
They held a pinning ceremony for Granddaddy in his recliner. He was a Marine and he sat up straight for it.
Amber helped me fill out every form and then checked on me for a year afterward. I'm not sure I'd have managed without her.
My kids went to the grief camp the spring after their grandmother died. It was the first time they talked about her without crying.
Call tonight. We're up.
A hospice nurse answers every hour of every day. Ask anything; nothing is decided until you say so.