Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Health System Closes Hospice Facility
Published on Thu Jan 27, 2011
Tucson-based Carondelet Health Net-work will close its 11-bed Holy Family Center hospice in Tucson, reports the Arizona Daily Star. The closure is part of a company restructuring that includes a workforce reduction of nearly 5 percent and a consolidation of services. The Catholic health network will continue to operate in-home care and hospital-based palliative care, which is 90 percent of its current hospice program, a spokesman told the newspaper.
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