Who We Are
Locally Owned by Hospice Clinicians
Acara Hospice was started in 2022 as an effort to keep hospice care owned and operated in our community. We are local, experienced, hospice clinicians. We believe small is better than big, and individualized is better than standardized. Hospice care is best provided with small town values and hospice hearts. Hospice and palliative care should be personalized care.
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Who We Serve
Click on the map to get directions to our office or look closer to see if we are able to serve your community. We serve the counties of Leon, Robertson, Milam, Lee, Burleson, Brazos, Grimes, Walkers, Madison, Montgomery, Harris, Waller, Washington, Austin, Fayette, Colorado, Fort Bend, and Wharton.
About Our Owners
Dana and Stacey Rowse serve as owners and managers of Acara Hospice. Dana is a Respiratory Therapist and Stacey is a Registered Nurse. Combined they have more than 25 years working together in hospice.
We believe in hiring team members with a shared passion for end-of-life care, managing in a way that allows all team members to have a voice to create great services, and ultimately in providing hospice care that is truly A Care Above.
We believe that hospice founders like Florence Nightingale, Dame Cicely Saunders, and Florence Wald paved the way for how to care for terminally ill patients and their families and strive to continue those efforts as hospice evolves.
Thank you for entrusting us with these precious moments.
Dana and Stacey Rowse
Our Mission and Vision
Show our heart to each patient and their family.
To help each patient, family member, and team member know that they matter and receive hospice and palliative care that is A Care Above.
Our Heart
- Begin with “YES”
- Reach out to all in need of hospice within one hour to answer questions
- Make the best of what is
- Connect with families through great communication and service.
- Educate the community on hospice and the service it provides
- Create a culture worth working for
- Invest back into the community we serve
- Start with a smile
- Collaborate and work together as one team
- Serve regardless of age or ability to pay
- Care with an emphasis on time and presence
- Celebrate the incremental