shelleysherriff
Nov 26, 2019

Ira Byock article about a recent hospice closing

https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/19/hopewell-house-hospice-closed/?fbclid=IwAR17p7ZU-rfF_ZKRKTONXOXqh__J5G_bgchIwao0V3AqigszIixyEfSReYU

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Ann
Nov 26, 2019


It is good to read Ira Byock this morning.

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Stan
Nov 27, 2019

I remember presenting Coma Communication at a hospice about 30 years ago. I asked the

Executive Director what her vision was for the hospice. She said, "To be the biggest and most profitable hospice in the Midwest!" Regulations and profit motive seem to be gaining on hospice in the States. In Canada, it's shortage of funds. Depresso.

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