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Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

Hospice News

The center offers seniors access to primary care, therapies, skilled care, social and emotional support and day care at the Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic; in-home care and support and transportation to and from Empath LIFE or other approved specialists. We exercise; we do all kinds of fun things.”

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

The first one is with caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients that are in hospice care. That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes.

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