Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry News:
Hospital, Freestanding Hospice Plan Inpatient Facilities
Published on Fri Mar 06, 2020
Hospice facilities continue to open across the nation. In Ohio: Aultman Alliance Community Hospital is readying its Alliance Compassionate Care Center hospice facility on the hospital campus, reports The Canton Repository newspaper. The facility has four beds. In Louisiana: Hospice of Acadiana plans to break ground on its 10-bed inpatient hospice house this summer, the Daily Advertiser newspaper reports. The nonprofit expects to see about 650 patients per year in the Calcutta House by Hospice of Acadiana. Fundraising for the project is ongoing.
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