Silverstone Hospice’s Pathway to 700% Growth During a Pandemic

Since his company launched in 2020, founder and CEO Alfonso Montiel had days when he feared Texas-based Silverstone Hospice would not survive. Nearly three years later, Silverstone has grown 700%, with no signs of slowing down.  Silverstone came on the scene after Montiel’s purchase and rebranding of Comfort Care Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. […]

Staff Poaching on Rise Amid Hospice Labor Shortage

As hospices continue to duke it out in the labor market, more providers are contending with competitors poaching their employees. A number of hospice leaders have told Hospice News that poaching is becoming a greater source of tension in the industry’s recruitment and retention ground war. This often comes with promises of higher wages, more […]

Non-Clinical Staff Shortages Cause Hospices ‘Sleepless Nights’

Hospice providers are nearly desperate to recruit nurses, but their labor woes do not end there. A shortage of non-clinical staff is an additional sore spot. Providers are anticipating demand for non-clinical staff to rise as they compete for resources in an increasingly fierce labor market. Providers have seen no lights at the end of […]

Staffing Summit Panel: A Discussion with SilverStone Hospice

This article is brought to you by SilverStone Hospice. The article is based on an interview that took place during a virtual panel discussion with Alfonso Montiel of SilverStone Hospice at the Hospice News Staffing Summit. The panel took place virtually on March 23, 2022. This is an excerpt from the session, which has been […]

Gaps in Hospice, Palliative Care Clinical Training Impede Provider Recruitment

A lack of nursing and medical education in hospice and palliative care creates an additional obstacle for providers trying to push back against industry-wide labor shortages. Not only are hospices competing with other health care sectors for new hires, but the vast majority of clinicians entering the workforce are unprepared to provide those services. Most […]

Silverstone Hospice Finds Winning Recruitment, Retention Strategy

Hospices have applied a variety of tactics to curb workforce shortages during the last two years, finding some success as well as lessons learned. Alfonso Montiel, CEO of Texas-based Silverstone Hospice, spoke with Hospice News during its recent Staffing Summit to discuss how they responded to labor challenges that worsened when COVID-19 struck. None of […]

Hospice M&A Riding High on Demographic Tailwinds, but Staff Shortages Threaten Growth

The hospice mergers and acquisitions market has been burgeoning for the last several years and continues to accelerate. Hospice leads the health care sector in terms of investor interest and valuations, but providers may hit some walls if workforce shortages worsen. Among the driving forces behind this continued acceleration include demographic tailwinds, rising demand and […]

Hospices Innovate to Build Workforce Amid Staff Shortages

As workforce shortages worsen throughout the hospice space, providers are pulling out all the stops to enhance recruitment and retention. Hospices have faced this problem for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has led to higher turnover rates, exacerbating the shortage. Key strategies involve working directly with nursing schools to recruit new graduates who will learn […]

Silverstone Hospice Leverages Volunteerism to Grow Workforce

Silverstone Hospice has a growing presence in its home state of Texas. The company emerged last year with the acquisition of Comfort Care in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. Since its inception, Silverstone has been built on a foundation of volunteerism. A number of staff, including CEO Alfonso Montiel, first came to the hospice industry through […]

Hospices Engage Volunteers, Certification Programs to Boost Recruitment and Retention 

With workforce shortages expected to continue plaguing the hospice industry, providers have stepped up staffing support and are focused on developing career growth opportunities. Some providers are engaging volunteers as well as certification programs in their recruitment and retention strategies. The hospice and palliative care workforce has been shrinking in recent years, with staff burnout, […]