About Harris Palliative Care and Hospice

Who We Are

Comprehensive

CareThe key to the success of Harris Hospice is the dedicated team of skilled and compassionate professionals led ownership with more than 20 years of personal hospice nursing experience.

Harris Hospice was started—and is still operated—by a former hospice nurse who wanted to “do hospice better.”

Hands-on management with years of experience gives our team a different perspective than other north Texas hospices.

Dedication to compassion, availability, reliability, and integrity is at the core of the Harris Hospice philosophy. You can rest assured that you will be able to reach a dedicated member of your team 24/7.

Our Mission

We are committed to providing our patients and their families professional services with highly qualified staff. We focus on all our patient’s needs: physical, emotional and spiritual.

Our Vision

We strive to be the leader in the hospice industry by ensuring that our patients are treated with integrity and professionalism, focusing on optimizing his or her quality of life. “Quality of life, excellence of care.”

Our Focus

Offering the highest level of comprehensive palliative hospice care and comfort, anxiety relief, symptom and pain management, compassion, guidance, and support to patients and families facing end-of-life Issues.

Core Values

• Be a reliable partner for our patient and their family.
• Provide high-quality service. We will provide comfort and compassion.
• Dedicate our time to improving our patient’s lives.

Patient Ratio

One of our biggest differentiators is our below national average patient-to-nurse ratio, which we constantly monitor.

Local and Independent

Not “big box.” Not a franchise. Our locally owned, independent agency focuses on quality care for Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Accredited Organization

Established in 2004, we’re an accredited health care organization; Medicare and Medicaid certified.

Full Interdisciplinary Team

Full staff of specially trained healthcare professionals provide physical, emotional, and spiritual support to the patient.

Hospice Nurse Owned

Started and operated by a former hospice nurse who wanted to “do hospice better.”

North Texas Coverage

Harris Hospice serves Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, Kaufman, Rockwall, and NE Tarrant Counties. We have a registered nurse available on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.