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People on the Move – HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE

Category: Hospice

HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS Hospice of the Chesapeake announced today that the following business and community leaders were appointed in February to the Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation Board of Directors. Tim McDonough, owner of TM Designs, an interior design company based in McLean, VA. McDonough was the lead designer for the Maryland Green Designer Show Home in Gambrills and serves on the Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Gala Committee and is co-chairman of the nonprofit’s [...]

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Study: Beneficiaries Increasingly Moved to Hospice

Some 42.2% of Medicare beneficiaries died in hospice care in 2009 compared with 21.6% in 2000, according to a retrospective cohort study. However, that finding is clouded by the fact that just over a[...]

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People on the Move – CareOptions

Care Options one of the most experienced and respected care management company in the Washington metropolitan area is pleased to announce that Linda Kunkel will transition from her position as[...]

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Hospices Turn Away Patients Without Caregivers At Home

NPR reports that Twelve percent of hospices nationwide refuse to accept patients who don't have a caregiver at home to look after them, according to a recent survey of nearly 600 hospice providers[...]

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2012 Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services and Home Care Costs

According to the newly released 2012 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services and Home Care Costs, conducted for the tenth year by the MetLife Mature Market[...]

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A Legacy Built with Care–Elizabeth Cooney Care Network

A Legacy Built with Care–Elizabeth Cooney Care Network
Betty Jane Tate met her future husband in an unlikely place: a kindergarten class¬room. Young Betty Jane and Creston Tate became fast friends, but neither the young playmates nor their peers could[...]

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Grant to Study Consumer Preferences Around Decisions for Hospice Care

Altarum Institute’s Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care (CCCHC) has been award a one-year $328,000 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study consumer preferences[...]

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People on the Move – Dawn Seek – Family & Nursing Care

Maryland National Capital Homecare Association Honors Family & Nursing Care’s Vice President of Operations at Annual Meeting Family & Nursing Care’s Vice President of Operations, Dawn[...]

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Team Players – SenCura Home Care

Team Players – SenCura Home Care
"He has a better social life than I do, actually," said Elena Pehrkon of her 92-year-old father, Philip Sharpe. Elena then recited a list of her father’s activities, including frequent visits to[...]

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