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3/28/2005 - Alacare Hospice Office Opens in Anniston
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richard Nieves or Nancy Kucik Alacare Home Health & Hospice 4752 Highway 280 East Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205.981.8000 or 800.852.4724 Fax : 205.981.8743 E-mail: Richard.Nieves@alacare.com New Hospice Service in Anniston Anniston, AL—There is a new option in the Anniston area for people faced with finding end-of-life care. The new Alacare Hospice Office in Anniston has passed the required survey by the State of Alabama and is now officially licensed and operational. The office is located in Everett Plaza at 309 Quintard Avenue in Anniston. The goal of hospice is to allow terminally ill individuals to live their final days in as natural and comfortable a setting as possible. Regardless of medical diagnosis, anyone whose survival prognosis is six months or less is eligible for hospice care under Medicare and most private insurance plans. “We are happy to be able to open our doors to patients in the Anniston area,” says Gary Corbin, RN, BS, CEN, CCRN, Alacare’s Hospice Clinical Director—Central Region. “We have brought together a caring and experienced team to serve the end-of-life needs in this community.” For more information, contact the Alacare Hospice Office in Anniston at (256) 238-0717 or (866) 252-1835. About Alacare Alacare Home Health & Hospice is Alabama's oldest and largest privately owned, Medicare-certified home health agency. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alacare is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment—the patient's own home. Since 1970, Alacare has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Medicare’s new Home Health Care data reflect that Alacare’s patient-care outcomes in 11 essential areas are among the best when compared to both National and Alabama averages. Interested persons can obtain this data online at http://cms.hhs.gov/quality/hhqi/ or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE. Services provided include: diabetes education, enterostomal therapy, homecare aides, home medical equipment, hospice/palliative care, infusion therapy, medical nutrition therapy, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing, and speech language pathology. Alacare’s service area now includes the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, and Winston. For more information, visit the Company's corporate Web site: www.alacare.com.
