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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

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Though new to the hospice arena, Callaway has previously served in both the home health and acute care spaces and has seen how care collaborations across the continuum can improve the quality of end-of-life care among aging populations. “I VIA Health Partners was established in 1978 as Hospice at Charlotte.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Ruth: One of the other findings was that there was across all nursing homes, a belief that black families did not want to engage in advanced care planning. Summary Transcript Summary.