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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 02 > Inpatient hospice facilities become more common

Inpatient hospice facilities become more common

By Jeff Long / The Bulletin
October 2, 2008

CHICAGO — Weakened by heart failure and in need of round-the-clock care, Josephine Klancher balked at entering a nursing home.

Klancher and her family found comfort at a Joliet, Ill., inpatient hospice, an alternative to nursing homes and hospitals that is gaining popularity across the....

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