Hospice of the Chesapeake based in Pasadena, Maryland, is in the process of acquiring nonprofit Calvert Hospice in Prince Frederick. “Small independent hospices such as ours struggle to operate in the rapidly changing hospice care industry,” Calvert Executive Director Sarah Simmons says in a statement. “It has been evident for some time that, as for many hospices of our size, the best possible future for our organization is to join with another likeminded non-profit hospice.”