Huntsville Living Fall 2020 | Page 16

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Providing a helping hand Compassus Huntsville provides personalized support for area seniors With humble beginnings as a volunteer-run service, Compassus is now a sweeping nationwide company with over 159 locations, however, it strives to maintain its exceptional reputation with a local level of care providing hospice, palliative and home health care services. “What that means is we help with end of life care. Everybody gets a little scared with that term, but it’s really about symptom management. We all STORY BY MICHELLE WULFSON know our journey ends at some point, and so our goal is to help make that as smooth as possible,” Compassus area market executive Angela Cross said. Wrapping up its first year serving the area, the Huntsville branch of Compassus brings the company’s high standard of care to families within a 60 mile radius, reaching as far as Houston, Bryan-College Station and nearby communities. 16 | HUNTSVILLE LIVING | FALL 2020