SOUTHAVEN, Miss., July 15, 2009 – Baptist Home Care and Hospice-North Mississippi recently opened an office in Southaven to provide greater convenience for its patients and employees in DeSoto County and the surrounding area.

Baptist Home Care and Hospice therapists and nurses service 16 counties in Mississippi. The home office will remain in Batesville, and the new office is located in Southaven near the campus of Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. The new office will serve as a base of operations for colleagues traveling to service patients and attend meetings in the Southaven area.

“We are pleased to be opening an office to serve as a base for our employees working in this area,” said Wanda Miller, executive director of system home care at Baptist Trinity. “We’ve always been committed to the DeSoto County community, and opening this office is an extension of that commitment.”

Baptist Home Care and Hospice offers comprehensive home care and hospice care throughout West Tennessee and North Mississippi, ranging from in-home rehabilitation services to comprehensive end-of-life support and care. Registered nurses; certified nursing assistants; medical social workers; and physical, speech and occupational therapists are available, along with daily home monitoring services through the HomMed Health Monitoring System.

For more information about Baptist Home Care and Hospice, please call 901-767-6767 or visit northmiss.baptistonline.org/services/home_care.asp.

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