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FFA adviser spends final days fighting cancer at homelike care facility.

"I am grateful for this place, and that my father felt so loved and cared for in the last days of his life.”

Many people give of their time to help those in their time of need, and benefit personally from it.

“She always made sure we had everything we need. We wanted to do the same for her.”

Just as we are all unique in how we live, we are also unique in how we die

Ken Sorlie was a salt of the earth, hardworking and humble Midwesterner, and more than anything, he wanted to live out his life in dignity and comfort, surrounded by his family. Because of Ava’s House by Sanford, a state-of-the-art hospice facility that opened last October in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sorlie was able to reach […]

"The stories they told and wrote were brave, were honest, were heartbreaking and were real, so incredibly real."

Sanford Health will host a community open house Saturday, Oct. 7, for Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one of only four locations in the nation to offer inpatient pediatric hospice services. The state-of-the-art facility at 1320 W. 17th St., which will also serve adults, will be open to the community from 10 a.m. […]

Ava’s House by Sanford will be a peaceful setting for families to be together, to say the words that haven’t been said, heal hurts, love and laugh. It will be a place to live life to its fullest until the last breath. Todd and Linda Broin understand the vital need for a hospice facility like […]