Two Kansas City area not-for-profits committed to hospice care have signed a letter of intent to combine resources and to assure continued access to high quality hospice care in the Northland. If approved by all governing Boards, the merger will be effective July 1, 2015.
While each organization reviews legal, operational and financial information, both agencies will operate independently to provide uninterrupted care for patients and families affected by terminal illness.
In describing the merger, Jody Abbott, board chair of NorthCare Hospice and North Kansas City Hospital senior vice president and chief operating officer said, “We have found an incredible partner who shares our belief that delivering excellent end-of-life care on a non-profit basis is the right thing to do. With combined staff, service areas and unique programs, we can continue to provide high quality care for patients and their loved ones at a critical and profound period in their lives.”
Discussions of a possible merger were prompted as both organizations looked to the future to address an increasingly complex financial and regulatory environment.
NorthCare Hospice plans to retain its name and operate as a division of KC Hospice in the Northland. The inpatient NorthCare Hospice House will remain on the North Kansas City Hospital campus.
“North Kansas City Hospital is committed to a long-term partnership with NorthCare Hospice and KC Hospice through the donation of space for the inpatient NorthCare Hospice House, administrative offices in the Meritas Health building on Vivion Road, and in other ways that foster success. We want to ensure that quality hospice care is available in the Northland to all who need it, regardless of financial circumstances.” said Peggy Schmitt, president and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital.
“This is such an exciting moment in the 35-year history of Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care and I couldn’t imagine a better celebration than pairing with NorthCare Hospice. Both organizations have a deep and long term commitment to the patients, families and communities we serve,” said Elaine McIntosh, president and CEO of Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care. “While we both offer the full continuum of services such as home, nursing facility and inpatient care, our strengths complement each other perfectly.”
NorthCare Hospice is a not-for-profit organization offering a full continuum of hospice services such as home, nursing facility and inpatient care. With specialized programs in cardiac, ALS and Advanced Lung Disease, NorthCare Hospice has been serving Northland residents for 20 years. NorthCare Hospice primary service areas include Clay, Platte and surrounding counties. More than 130 staff and 130 volunteers serve more than 1,000 families each year.
Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care is a not-for-profit organization offering a range of services for people of all ages and at any stage of serious illness. Specialized programs include pediatrics, palliative home health, Solace House Grief Support, and specialized therapies. The organization has been providing comfort and care to the seriously ill and their families in the greater Kansas City area since 1980. Every year, approximately 250 staff and 400 volunteers serve more than 2,500 families across nine counties in the greater Kansas City area.
Actor JK Simmons has said that Terminator: Genesis is a “very smart” update on the original movies, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Terminator: Genesis will be the first of three Terminator films to be released and will star Schwarzenegger alongside co-stars including Matt Smith and Emilia Clarke. Simmons (pictured above) will also appear in the film and told Empire that fans can expect a “reimagining” rather than a traditional sequel.
“I was leery of it when it first came my way, when my agent sent me the idea for it,” said Simmons. “It’s a small part, which they insist gets much bigger in the sequels. But I was very pleasantly surprised by the script itself.”
“The script, I think, is very smart, and it’s going to be a wonderful part for Arnold to do. Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney are already shooting – we did a table read a few weeks ago – and all of them are going to be great.”
He continues: “This, I think, is a reimagining. They don’t want to call it a sequel or a reboot. It’s the world that James Cameron created with Arnold. All the leading characters are characters who have existed in that world – the character I play is new to it.”
Tovey, who was regarded alongside Cabaret Voltaire and Human League as one of the finest exponents of the early ’80s electronic dance movement in the UK, died at his home on April 3.
A statement has been issued, that reads: “It is with great regret that Mute announces the news that Frank Tovey aka Fad Gadget died on Wednesday 3rd April 2002 at his home in London of heart failure. Frank had suffered from heart problems since his childhood.”
Daniel Miller, head of Mute said: “Frank was the first artist I ever worked with on Mute, he made some very special and influential records and was an exceptional live performer. Frank played a big part in helping to lay the foundations of what the label was to become in the ensuing years, I will miss him greatly.”
Tovey’s career was still active at the time of his passing. In more recent years he had been releasing records under his own name for Mute, and was working on new material.
He was also still touring, securing the support slot on labelmates Depeche Mode‘s recent European tour.
An unique insight into SID and NANCY’s infamous CHELSEA HOTEL room is go on view at a new exhibition opening in September.
Posters from the couple’s room in which the [url=]Sex Pistol allegedly stabbed Nancy to death will form part of ‘Punk: A True And Dirty Tale’ taking place in London’s The Hospital between September 24 and January 23.
The show chronicles the most significant points in punk’s history such as fashion items from ‘Sex’ and ‘Seditionaries’ – the shop owned by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, handwritten lyrics from ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ and rare examples of work by the [url=]The Sex Pistols’ graphic designer Jamie Reid.
The gallery’s cinema will also be screening a punk inspired film series scheduled to run throughout the duration of the exhibition.
The Hospital is located at Covent Garden’s Endell Street and tickets are priced at £6.00 and £4.00 for concessions. For advanced tickets call 0870 386 7372
Speaking last May, when asked about a reunion Roth said: “I see it absolutely as an inevitability. To me, it’s not rocket surgery. It’s very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the dam, like what’s-her-name says to what’s–her-name at the end of the movie ’Chicago’– ‘So what? It’s showbiz!’ So I definitely see it happening.”
However, Hagar refused to collaborate with Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen after the tour’s completion.