Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers (Indianapolis) selected Autumn Ginn of Community Home Health & Hospice as Flanner Buchanan 2023 Caregiver of the Year, and Karen Morris of IU Health Hospice as Flanner Buchanan 2023 Hospice Volunteer of the Year. Maureen Lindley, Flanner Buchanan’s vice president of marketing, presented awards to both at a recognition event held March 5 at Flanner Buchanan’s Prairie Waters Event Center.

The mission of Community Home Health & Hospice is to bring peace of mind to patients and their families by providing compassionate, dignified, collaborative and patient-focused home healthcare and hospice. IU Health Hospice recognizes that the dying process is part of the normal process of living and focuses on enhancing the quality of remaining life. Both serve central Indiana.

As part of the award nominating process, people submitted the following comments about Ginn and Morris:

• Said the Community Home Health & Hospice team: “Autumn is honest, trustworthy, compassionate, faithful and the first person to offer to help in any way possible. She truly is the definition of caregiver of the year.”

• Said the IU Health Hospice team: “The superpower of being a volunteer is being present. Karen shows up for her patients, their families and this team. She offers support where needed and continues to make this team better.” flannerbuchanan.com