About Us
 Ogeechee Area Hospice provides a very special kind of care. This care is needed at a time when a patient’s illness or disease has progressed to a point that aggressive treatments are no longer the focus of his or her medical care. Instead, the focus of care has shifted to controlling the symptoms and making the patient comfortable rather than trying to cure the disease. Hospice care may take place where the patient lives, whether that is in the home, nursing home or assisted living facility. For those times that symptoms become hard to manage or caregivers are exhausted, care may also take place for a short period of time in our state-of-the-art inpatient facility with its beautiful, home-like setting.
Ogeechee Area Hospice has a long-standing reputation for skilled and compassionate care of those facing a terminal illness, as well as offering comfort to their families and for offering emotional support to anyone who has lost a loved one.
Who We Are
Since 1994, Ogeechee Area Hospice has been the community based, non-profit agency providing quality care to those with life-limiting illnesses in Bulloch and the surrounding counties of rural Georgia. Ogeechee Area Hospice is committed to the highest quality of service and views the end of life as a journey for both the patient and the family. We are here to enrich the journey, encouraging patients and their families to live, work, play and laugh as much as possible for as long as possible.
Our Mission
To ensure that the full benefits of a caring and certified hospice agency are available to patients and families living in Bulloch and the surrounding counties as they face the physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and financial difficulties of a terminal illness.
Why Choose Ogeechee Area Hospice
- Excellent staff to patient ratios allow patients and their families more individualized care that focuses on their specific needs
- An all RN hospice home care nursing staff
- The patient’s physician continues to direct the patient’s care with input from the Hospice Medical Director if needed or desired.
- Ogeechee Area Hospice has the only Inpatient Hospice Facility for patients in Bulloch and several surrounding counties who need general inpatient hospice care or respite care. The state-of-the-art Inpatient Center has 12 spacious, private patient rooms with 24-hour professional nursing and family support.
- Directors and managers are highly credentialed, with expertise in their fields.
- Ogeechee Area Hospice, governed by a volunteer board of directors, is community founded, community based and community supported, thus allowing all funding to be used for the management and delivery of hospice care.
Our Leadership
Nancy Bryant RN, MSN – Executive Director
John Gerguis, MD – Medical Director
Linda Dickerson RN, BSN, CHPN – Director of Clinical Services
Charlotte Edwards, LCSW
Abbie Blackmon – Community Relations Coordinator
Mona Williamson RN, MBA- Facility Manager
Board of Directors
Dr. Jean Bartels, President – Chair, GSU School of Nursing
Richard Mellet, Vice President— Retired Director, GSU Physical
Plant
Leo Parrish, Treasurer—Parrish and Bland, CPA
Mary Reddick, Secretary—Carl Reddick Insurance Agency
Clark DeLoach—Business Owner
Daniel Snipes—Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes & Marsh
PC
Garrett Nevil—Chairman, Bulloch County Board of Commissioners
Roy Thompson—Owner, Statesboro Floor Covering
Dr. Charles Hardy—Founding Dean, Jian-Ping Hsu College of
Public Heath at GSU
Connie Beasley—Assistant Principal, Screven Co. Elementary
School
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