Company Profile
Arkansas Hospice
Company Overview
Arkansas Hospice is comprised of people who have a passion for providing comfort to individuals when they are the most vulnerable. Patients enrolled in our care and their families will be attended to by a team comprised of:
Certified nursing assistants
Registered nurses
Chaplains
Social workers
Doctors
Pharmacists
Volunteers
Veterans and pediatric dedicated teams
Grief support specialists
Administrative support
And more
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for those facing serious illness and loss by surrounding them with love and embracing them with the best in physical, emotional and spiritual care.
Our vision is to be the leader in hospice and palliative care through education, innovation and transformation of the patient, family and community experience.
Our Values
We value L.I.F.E.:
Love and compassion for those we serve.
Integrity and respect in all our interactions and relationships.
Faithfulness and stewardship of our time, talents and resources.
Excellence and uncompromising quality in the care and service we provide.
As the state’s largest, non-profit hospice organization, Arkansas Hospice has the strength, expertise and resources to provide the finest care available.
Company History
From its humble beginnings to the present, Arkansas Hospice has – through a sense of hard work, care and compassion – built a strong, trusted reputation throughout Arkansas.
Our roots go back to a day in 1983 when a young man named Michael Aureli wrapped his mother – who suffered from ovarian cancer – in a blanket and carried her to an emergency room, only to hear, “There is nothing more we can do for you.” Years later, Michael and his colleague Dee Brazil-Dale would go on to become the founders of Arkansas Hospice.
With the help of other concerned citizens, Michael and Dee formed a grass-roots movement focused on building a strong, nonprofit organization that would help Arkansans with life-limiting illnesses live their final days in dignity and comfort.
Those efforts resulted in Arkansas Hospice being incorporated in the state of Arkansas as a private, not-for-profit organization on January 17, 1992. It is classified federally as a 501(c)3 charitable organization.
Arkansas Hospice made history again in February 2000 when it opened the first hospice inpatient center in Arkansas in a leased wing of the Eugene Towbin Healthcare Center at Fort Roots in North Little Rock.
As for Michael Aureli, he served as the president and chief executive officer of Arkansas Hospice from May 1995 to June 2011, when he passed away at the age of 61 as a patient of the program he helped create. Dee Brazil-Dale retired as executive director of the Arkansas Hospice Foundation and vice president of development for Arkansas Hospice in 2006.
The organization is currently led by Judith S. Wooten, who was named president and CEO of Arkansas Hospice on July 28, 2011.
Since its start, Arkansas Hospice has grown from one location in North Little Rock to 10 offices and three inpatient centers that touch more than 40 counties. With its corporate office at 14 Parkstone Circle in North Little Rock, Arkansas Hospice is now the largest, non-profit hospice organization in the state.
Benefits
Full-and Part-Time Employee Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Cancer plan
401(k) retirement plan with matching Accident plan
Paid time off (PTO) program Critical life events plan
Tuition and certification reimbursement Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D Free parking at all locations
Short term and Long term disability Mileage reimbursement for company travel
Un-reimbursed medical and dependent care Cell phone reimbursement for certain positions