Recent data may give hospice providers deeper insight around the driving forces of nursing shortages. Hospices may see a mass exodus of registered nurses in coming years, particularly younger, newer and less experienced nurses experiencing pandemic-related burnout, according to an analysis from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Nearly 900,000 of the […]
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Palliative care and hospice providers are enhancing their staff education programs in an effort to better ensure they have a sustainable workforce. In many companies, a changing of the guard is underway. More millennials are enter the health care workforce as more baby boomers retire. As the labor pool changes, employers will also need to […]
Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. In his new role, Ferguson will assess and prioritize M&A […]
Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December 2021 as vice president of hospice. Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice […]