Hospice inpatient units continue to proliferate. Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care in Colorado Springs, Co. opened a Pikes Peak Hospice Unit at Penrose Hospital July 12, the hospice says in a release. "This new unit ... is one of the preeminent hospital-connected inpatient hospice units nationally," said Donald Schumacher, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, in introducing the facility. And in El Paso, Texas, Hospice El Paso has opened up its first stand-alone inpatient facility, the hospice says in a release. The Center for Compassionate Care West is also the city's first hospice inpatient unit, Hospice El Paso says. The facility is in a former nursing home, the release notes