Jan 7, 2011

Prior to joining The Washington Home & Community Hospices, Mr. Cox held progressively senior positions in healthcare and residential services, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer of the merged Armed Forces Retirement Home network. Mr. Cox, who also served in leadership positions with Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc., and Philadelphia Presbytery Homes, currently serves as Board Chair of Cultural Tourism DC and as a member of the Board of Advisors, Institute on Global Aging, of The Catholic University.

 
"Mr. Cox is an accomplished healthcare leader who brings to The Washington Home & Community Hospices the expertise to ensure the continued delivery of quality care to the residents and patients we serve in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia," said Barbara Rossotti, Chair of the Board of Directors. She continued, "We are fortunate to have as our CEO an executive with a track record of sound financial management, who is also imaginative and responsive to new ideas for delivering necessary healthcare services."

 About The Washington Home & Community Hospices

 The Washington Home & Community Hospices provides long-term, Alzheimer's, rehabilitation and hospice care in its facility at 3720 Upton Street, NW, and also provides hospice care to residents in their homes, assisted living facilities and hospitals in the District, Maryland and Virginia. The organization's Inpatient Hospice Unit in the Upton Street location, which is the only inpatient hospice facility in the District of Columbia, provides acute symptom and pain management to help patients return to their homes.

 Founded as the Washington Home for The Incurables, the organization changed its name in 2001 to reflect more contemporary healthcare perspectives and its expanding hospice services. Last year, The Washington Home & Community Hospices provided services to 2,507 residents and patients, including: 204 individuals who received residential, Alzheimer's disease and dementia care; 525 patients who received rehabilitation services after surgeries, traumas and illnesses; and 1,778 terminally ill patients who received hospice at-home care. Additionally, more than 1,200 family members received bereavement support. For more information visit www.thewashingtonhome.org or www.communityhospices.org,

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