Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice honors Carl Owens, Local Veteran, for Military Service

Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice recently honored Carl Owens of Caulfield, Missouri, for his military service with a “We Honor Veterans” ceremony. Owens served in the 5th U.S. Army Infantry during the Korean War.

Owens was stationed in Germany and served in Austria as a deterrence of communism after the U.S. agreed to offer aide to any nation to resist communism. Owens enjoyed his military service and loved the food he tried during his travels in the service, especially schnitzel. Owens has lived in the area for 51 years. He and his wife, Joan, have been married for a total of 27 years. Owens has eight children and over 50 grandchildren.

During a special “We Honor Veterans” ceremony, Ozarks Healthcare Hospice Chaplain Eric Bowman presented Owens with a certificate of appreciation and Gary Walker, hospice volunteer, gifted a pin of recognition.

Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice provides for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families in the final stages of an incurable illness. Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice offers a full range of services, including nursing care, medications, and more. Trained volunteers play an integral role in the care that is given to both patients and the patients' families as they face end-of-life issues.

Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice is currently accepting volunteers. Hospice volunteers provide services such as companionship to patients, general office duties, light meal preparation, and more. To apply, please call 417-256-3133.

For more information about Ozarks Healthcare At Home, visit https://www.ozarkshealthcare.com/services/home-care/.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.

Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice recently honored Carl Owens of Caulfield, Missouri, for his military service with a “We Honor Veterans” ceremony. Pictured standing, left to right are: Norman Carter, Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice volunteer, Adam Dickson, Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice nurse, Carl Owens, and his son, Marcus Owens. Pictured kneeling, left to right are: Gary Walker, Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice volunteer, Eric Bowman, Ozarks Healthcare Hospice Chaplain, and Tammy McCall, Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice social worker.