As health needs change, navigating multiple doctors, services, and decisions can feel overwhelming for patients and families. VIA Health Partners is working to simplify that experience with a care model that stays with the patient, from home-based primary care to palliative care and hospice services.

Being nominated for a DAISY Award is a tremendous honor that exemplifies the kind of care a nurse provides to her patients.  So, when Joyce Davis was nominated not once… not twice… but three separate times by two different patient families … all we could say was WOW!

Grief doesn't come with a roadmap; but sometimes, it comes with a list. In this emotionally grounded film, we follow Alex, a young woman navigating the first raw year after her mother's death from cancer. Instead of receiving traditional inheritance money or a company title, Alex is given something far more personal: a list of childhood goals and a final request to rediscover the person she once dreamed of becoming.

For many, the holidays are wrapped in joy, togetherness, and celebration. However, for those carrying grief, the season can feel like standing outside in the cold, watching a party you can't seem to join. Grief doesn't take a break for the holidays. If anything, the season can sharpen the ache, highlighting every empty seat at the table and every missing laugh. It's the quietest moments: the decorating, the shopping, the stillness after the festivities end, where loss often s

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sept. 16, 2025 — VIA Health Partners announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has approved its application for a certificate of need (CON) to develop a new hospice home care office in Cumberland County. The decision, issued July 28, authorizes VIA Health Partners to expand its hospice and palliative care services into Cumberland County, meeting a need identified in the 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan. The approved

North Carolina-headquartered VIA Health partners has expanded into the home-based primary care arena with the acquisition of Equity Health. Financial terms were undisclosed. Michelle Schmerge, president and founder of Equity Health, established the company about five years ago. Equity Health’s model involves offering a full spectrum of primary care services in the home, with the goals of reducing burden on caregivers, reducing hospitalizations and improving chronic disease m

VIA Health Partners has expanded its range of services by welcoming Equity Health, a Denver, N.C.–based provider of home-based primary care and wellness services, into its organization. The partnership strengthens VIA’s ability to deliver personalized, coordinated care, especially for patients living with serious illnesses who benefit from being treated at home.

All There Is is a heartfelt podcast that offers compassionate exploration of grief and loss. Anderson Cooper skillfully guides guests through their personal stories, shedding light on the complex emotions and challenges that come with mourning. The series provides comfort and validation for listeners experiencing grief, emphasizing that it's a natural, universal part of life. With empathy and honesty, All There Is helps us understand that while grief is deeply personal, we ar

Summer is here and maybe the beach is calling your name. Perhaps vacation doesn't sound like much of a priority right now. The water is said to be healing, but what if the ocean water and its surroundings cause more pain? The harsh reminder that the memories made now will look very different. The list of analogies comparing grief and some type of water are endless. Most have likely heard the notion of "grief waves," as our grief will rise and fall like the waves of the ocean.

When we lose a loved one, time seems to move strangely - some days dragging like a slow tide, others disappearing entirely, as if grief...

None of us escape the tragedy of loss. In the throes of our grief, it can seem like we'll never be able to function again. You just want...

As the last leaves fall and autumn gives way to winter, we're reminded of the natural cycles of change and rest. Grief often follows a...

VIA Health Partners has long believed and practiced the theory and principle that no one should have to journey through grief alone.

SHELBY, NC – Caroline Etters, a sixth-grade student at Kings Mountain Intermediate School, wanted a way to remember her grandfather, and...

Tis the Season to be Jolly, or is it? It begins with fall festivals, Halloween costumes, carving the turkey, and watching the Thanksgiving..

A new season is, yet again, upon us. The temperatures are beginning to drop, the stores are stocking all things pumpkin and apple spiced...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., – July 11, 2024 – VIA Health Partners has earned the prestigious Palliative/Hospice Heart Failure Certification from the...

Whether you are at the very beginning of your grief journey or at a stressful place further down the road, we can easily forget our most...

How often, gentle reader, have you told yourself, “I just have to accept this loss, let go, so that I can move on,” only to find that the...

SHELBY, NC – VIA Health Partners, founded as Hospice Cleveland County, announced a donation from the Delores “Dee” Hamrick Turner family...