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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

Hospice News

The film is based on director Laura Chinn’s personal experience as her brother Max received inpatient care at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center, an actual facility operated by the Florida-based nonprofit Empath Health. The environment in the movie from a care center perspective was exactly what you would expect to see in 2004-2005. “The

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Hospice in a Hurricane: How Empath Health Responded to Back-to-Back Disasters

Hospice News

Hospice providers in the southeastern United States are reeling from the impacts of two massive hurricanes that have occurred during the past two weeks. mainland since Katrina in 2005. Sometimes we’ll go to back up and secondary contacts,” Fleece told Hospice News. The death toll as of Oct.

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Community Collaborates to Support Reopening of Allina Health’s Hospice House

Hospice News

Communities in southern Minnesota are working to help Allina Health find a sustainable path forward following the recent closure of its inpatient hospice facility. Minneapolis-based Allina Health built the Homestead Hospice House in 2005, which served both Owatonna and Steele county communities in the state before recently shuttering.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

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Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Hospice of the Chesapeake is honoring WHPC Day with an Oct.

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Crissy Carlisle Steps Down as Enhabit CFO

Hospice News

Crissy Carlisle is stepping down as CFO of the home health and hospice provider Enhabit Inc (NYSE: EHAB). CFO Crissy Carlisle Enhabit is the former home health and hospice segment of Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC). Enhabit operates 112 hospice locations and 255 home health locations across 34 states.

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Hospices Make Fortune’s List of ‘Best Workplaces in Aging Services’

Hospice News

Ethical business practices and strong leadership are keys to employee retention and satisfaction, according to hospice organizations on Fortune Magazine’s annual list of “ Best Workplaces in Aging Services.”. California-based Butte Home Health & Hospice ranked seventh in the “At-Home Care” workplace category.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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Kaishauna Guidry, a former teacher turned hospice physician, continues to leverage her background in education to help terminally ill patients find the care they need. Few businesses have to work as hard as hospices to dispel myths and misconceptions about their practices. That was in 2005. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E

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