About Us
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Gentle Transitions Hospice
Patient Care is our #1 Priority
Gentle Transitons Hospice is a Local, Nurse, and family-owned hospice agency serving Central Texas and DFW. We provide quality end-of-life care for patients and their families in their desired location.
Gentle Transitions Hospice understands that Hospice care is more than tending to the physical end of life; it is a way of caring for the patient, their family, and entire support group. Through our training and mentoring program of oncoming staff, we will empower our caregivers and end of life professionals with the ability to advance quality of life and to accept the gift of providing a compassionate, dignified, and quality end-of-life for each patient.
At Gentle Transitions Hospice, we are dedicated to compassionate, respectful, and personalized care. Our values of empathy, integrity, and excellence ensure every patient receives dignity and comfort. We honor each unique journey, making every moment meaningful.
Our goal is to help patients and families live fully and completely, to the best of their ability, one day at a time for the remainder of their lives.
Our Mission
Our Goal
Our Values
Our Leadership
Meet Our Amazing Leaders​
Gentle Transitions Hospice is a locally and family owned business. The owners are mother and son, Gwenn Dalton and Evan Hessel. Gwenn has been a Hospice Registered Nurse, Director of Nursing, and Administrator in Central Texas for 25+ years and has a true passion for End-of-life Care. Evan has worked in hospice marketing and administration for the past 15 years, though he will always tell you that he grew up in hospice, with a deep respect for it. Gwenn and Evan dreamt that one day they might have their own "Old-fashioned" hospice. What they meant by that is, after both having worked for large hospice companies and corporate entities, they wanted to return to a time when patient care was the #1 priority, as opposed to only being concerned with the bottom line. Gwenn recalls when she first started hospice nursing, saying, "The hours were long and the work was hard, but at the end of the day our patients and staff always felt greatly appreciated." And this is the exact environment that will be encouraged at Gentle Transitions Hospice. We want to treat our staff with love and care, so they pass on that same blessing to every single one of our patients and their families. At Gentle Transitions Hospice everyone is family!
Gwenn Dalton, RN
Co-Owner
Evan Hessel
Co-Owner
The terminally ill deserve the best possible comfort care, and both patient and families deserve the best possible supportive care to relieve the physical, emotional, and social burden of pain and suffering.
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We Service:
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60-mile radius of Waco-Temple-Killeen,Texas.​
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60-mile radius of Dallas, Texas
We Provide:
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Skilled Nursing Care
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Physician Oversight
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Social Workers
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Chaplains
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Certified Nursing Assistants
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Volunteers For Our Hospice Patients