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Former VITAS Manager Becomes VP of Operations; Hawaii E.D. Doc Turns Hospice Medical Director

Hospice News

Kaua‘i Hospice has served patients since 1983 and is the only hospice provider located on the “Garden Island” in Lihu‘e, Hawaii. In addition to hospice, the nonprofit provider also offers palliative care and grief support. Hospice utilization in Hawaii reached 45.4% This fell slightly under the national average of 50.3%

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Bonnie Raitt was inspired by the work that our peer volunteers do in this space, and it’s called Down the Hall. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison? Michele: The article was 2018, but I think Bonnie read the article more recently. Eric: How long ago was this? Alex: A few years back. Alex: Yeah.

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YoloCares Seeks to Expand Revamped Volunteer Program

Hospice News

YoloCares Volunteer Manager Andrew Moore had joined the nonprofit just months before the pandemic’s onset. At the time, the volunteer program was in a state of flux following YoloCare’s 2018 merger with Citizens Who Care (CWC). “We We needed to go back to the foundation and build it back up,” Moore told Hospice News. “We