MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care®, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, has launched its bilingual website, espanol.VITAS.com, giving Spanish-speaking patients and their families the ability to learn about VITAS’ services, hospice care, quality of life and other end-of-life issues.
Like VITAS.com, the company’s English website, espanol.VITAS.com provides general information on the company and its services, offers an online referral page, an employment page, volunteer opportunities and more.
“At VITAS we care for over 70,000 patients near the end of life annually, and 15 percent of those patients are Hispanic,” says Tim O’Toole, VITAS chief executive officer. “We anticipate that espanol.VITAS.com will become a valuable resource to the Hispanic community.”
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care®, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, VITAS (pronounced VEE-tahs) operates 45 hospice programs in 16 states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin). VITAS employs 9,883 professionals who care for terminally ill patients daily, primarily in the patients’ homes, but also in the company’s 31 inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care facilities for the elderly. At the conclusion of the second quarter of 2010, VITAS reported an average daily census of 12,584. Visit www.vitas.com.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Chemed Corporation (NYSE:CHE) operates two wholly owned subsidiaries: VITAS Healthcare and Roto-Rooter.
CONTACT:
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care®
Kal Mistry, Chief Administrative Officer/Senior Vice President, 305-350-5990
or
Megan Carella, APR, Public Relations Editor, 352-560-3415
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INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Seniors Technology Hardware Health Hospitals Other Health Consumer Nursing
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