OXFORD – Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango and the New York State Veterans Home at Oxford recently finalized a long-awaited partnership which now allows residents of the home and their families to receive hospice care from the nurses and volunteers of the organization. Prior to this partnership the home would have to send away people in seeking hospice care as strict regulations require a contract between a nursing home and hospice care provider in order for that type of care to be administered.

Kurt Apthorpe, Administrator at the NYS Veterans Home at Oxford, expressed how “excited and pleased the Veterans Home is that we can partner with such a meaningful group of people with the hospice program to be able to help us serve our veterans and residents.”

Kendall Johnson Executive Director of Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango said, “For us it's really exciting because we want every resident of Chenango County to be able to access hospice services regardless of where they live, but we have to have a contract with the nursing home to provide services. Sometimes nursing homes are resistant to doing that, so this is really exciting for us.”