Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Hospices Open Inpatient Units In Northeast
Published on Fri Sep 13, 2013
Hospice facilities continue to open na-tionwide. In Newton, N.J., the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is building a hospice facility that plans to open by next spring, reports The Sparta Independent newspaper.
In the Boston area, Norwell VNA and Hos-pice has opened the only non-profit hospice residence for the South Shore of Boston on Turkey Hill in Hingham, it says in The Patriot Ledger newspaper. It’s a 12-bed facility.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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Hospices Open Inpatient Units In Northeast
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