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YoloCares Seeks to Expand Revamped Volunteer Program

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California-based hospice provider YoloCares revitalized its volunteer services during the pandemic. This means hospices will again have to ensure that volunteers provide at least 5% of care hours. YoloCares Volunteer Manager Andrew Moore had joined the nonprofit just months before the pandemic’s onset.

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

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She returns to the company after nearly three years at the helm of San Diego-based The Elizabeth Hospice as its chief strategy officer. Bliss has more than 18 years of hospice leadership experience, along with 12 years of managing hospice and home health operations across multi-site locations.

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

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Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison?

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