Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Hospice, Hospital Partner On Facility
Published on Fri May 24, 2019
CAMC Memorial Hospital and Hospice- Care will team up in Charleston, West Virginia, to open a 12-bed inpatient hospice facility in the hospital, reports WSAZ TV. HospiceCare has two other inpatient facilities, including one at another hospital, the TV station notes. The average stay for a HospiceCare patient in the hospice facility is five days, while it’s 65 days for those served at home, WSAZ says.
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