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Studies: Virtual Reality Shows Promise in Palliative Care

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Georgia-based Hospice Savannah began implementing VR technology into patient care during the pandemic, launching these services in 2020 to ease pain and isolation in patients. Around 17.5% of the participants reported lower rates of pain-related sleep impairment after using virtual reality. About 82.5%

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VITAS Closes $85M Covenant Health Transaction

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(NYSE: CHE), has completed its $85 million acquisition of Covenant Health and Community Services’ hospice operations and one assisted living facility location. The transaction also marks VITAS’ entry into the assisted living space. The nonprofit provider operates a 32-bed assisted living facility in Pensacola, Florida.

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VITAS to Acquire Covenant Health and Community Services’ Hospice Business

Hospice News

VITAS Healthcare Corporation has penned an agreement to acquire Covenant Health and Community Services’ hospice operations and one of its assisted living facility locations for $85 million. The nonprofit provider operates a 32-bed assisted living facility in Pensacola, Florida. increase from the prior-year’s period.

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Elara Caring Acquires of Assisted Daily Living

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Established in 1986, Assisted Daily Living provides skilled home care, personal care and private duty services in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Rhode Island. In addition to skilled home health, Enclara’s services include hospice, palliative and personal care, and behavioral health.

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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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Iowa River Hospice provides community- and facility-based hospice to patients in the home or in hospital, assisted living or nursing facilities. He was also executive director and vice president of operations at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Maryland, now part of AccentCare through a 2020 merger.

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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Alivia Care came into existence in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2 Primary care is where it’s at.” Patients in the United States received more than 2.2

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

Hospice News

That spring, NHPCO and Goodwin Living partnered to release a revised version of an outreach guide aimed at helping hospice and palliative care providers improve awareness and access in African American communities. Goodwin provides assisted living, home health and hospice across northern Virginia, including in the Washington D.C.