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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

Hospice News

Founded in 1984, CommuniCare Health Services is a family-owned company that provides post-acute services including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care. The company was established in 2009. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in West Virginia reached 43.6%

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. With this new agreement, Care Synergy will be taking over those management functions. “We In post-acute care, we see people further down in their health trajectory. Medicare is thinking about it.

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

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Many years ago for the first study; I believe it was in 2009, 2010; I met with Susan Mitchell at the Institute for Aging Research, and told her that I wanted to study the use of feeding tubes for people with advanced dementia. And I wrote a paper a couple years ago, entitled Forced to Choose: When Medicare Policy Disrupts End of Life Care.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. The Oregon advisory group began producing a website to inform health care providers about palliative care, with a particular focus on long term care organizations.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

Hospice News

The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. This is another level of care that we can provide,” Sade Bello told local news. This elevates care that we’re able to provide in the community to our patients.”