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When hospice patients need care beyond what can be managed at home, the VITAS Inpatient Hospice Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital provides the inpatient level of care to stabilize symptoms. In a homelike setting, our responsive and compassionate interdisciplinary team offers the patient individualized, round-the-clock care.


The team manages pain and other symptoms of the life-limiting illness while enhancing the quality of life for the patient and family. When a medical crisis brings a VITAS patient to our inpatient hospice unit, our goal is to support both the patient and the patient’s loved ones through a difficult time.

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With services across the spectrum of personal care, home health and hospice care, AccentCare is dedicated to providing highest-quality, compassionate care with an exceptional patient and family experience.

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4worldlovers: Marie Laffin, RN has been serving as the Clinical Director of Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, a faith-based home health agency rooted in a philosophy of care centered on the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life, since 2008. Marie received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Quinnipiac University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Providence College. The past 35 years of her nursing career have been in the home health field, where she has held the positions of primary care nurse, quality improvement manager, and clinical supervisor. Prior to working in home health care, she worked at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven.

Brenda Navarro graduated from Colombia College. She has been a nurse since 2003 and has worked in home care since 2006. She is fluent in both English and Spanish, which enables her to communicate effectively, support patients, and ensure they have good access to health care. She values being able to make home health accessible to all in need of care.

Typical work hours are Monday through Friday daytime and some weekend rotation, typically one per month. Job Type: Full-time

Susanne is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to working for Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, Susanne was a nurse with the Meriden Health Department. When asked why she chose home care, she replied, “I have a history of home care work and missed hands-on nursing.”

Barbara Raby, RPH, became part of the Franciscan Hospice Team in 2008 serving as the pharmacist. She earned her degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and has worked for local pharmacies for over 35 years. She truly believes in the spiritual support that Franciscan Hospice has to offer through its great, caring staff. “I would recommend Franciscan Home Care and Hospice to everyone!”

Sister Catherine Mary Clarke started working at Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care in 2006. She received a B.S. degree in Natural Science and worked as a naturalist at the National Seashore. Sister Catherine Mary obtained her Masters of Social Work from UCONN, which first led her to Gaylord and then to Rome, Italy, co-founding the Coordinator of Hospice Team position at Sacred Heart Clinic. Sister Catherine Mary lives the Franciscan mission to serve all people from our Catholic perspective of the dignity of every human life. “All deserve the care and preparation that helps bring them to their deepest peace.”

Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, has served as the administrator of Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care since 1987. She serves in this ministry as a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist. Prior to starting and building this faith-based agency, Sister was the administrator of the Curtis Home Saint Elizabeth Center, which she helped build, in Meriden. Sister is the Pro-Life Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Hartford at the Franciscan Life Center. She was a past president of the Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care and presents on aging, end-of-life issues, human suffering, and the culture of life at various conferences around the United States.

Sister Suzanne graduated from Loyola University in Chicago and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Hartford and a Master’s Degree in Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary.

Since 1990, Sister Mary has served as the finance manager for Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care as well as the Franciscan Life Center, and since 2010, Franciscan Ever There Care. Prior, Sister worked as a caseworker for Catholic Family Services; a bank manager for American National Bank; and business manager at The Mary Wade Home.

Sister Mary has a BS degree from Loyola University, a Master’s in Education Counseling and a MBA from the University of Hartford.

Gretchen has a 30 year history as the director of community education for Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care. She has a BA in psychology from Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, and a MA in Corporate and Political Communications from Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.