Description:
VITAS Healthcare, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. With headquarters in Miami, VITAS operates 50 hospice programs in 17 states and the District of Columbia, including: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. VITAS employs 11,431 professionals who care for terminally ill patients daily, primarily in the patients’ homes, but also in the company’s 35 inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care facilities for the elderly.