Dozens of CarePartners patients in Asheville transferred to other facilities after HCA temporarily shuts down rehab, hospice center

Dozens of CarePartners patients in Asheville transferred to other facilities after HCA temporarily shuts down rehab, hospice center 
Asheville Watchdog; by Andrew R. Jones; 10/14/24 
Hundreds of employees uncertain about their jobs after facility is closed to ease pressure on Mission Hospital. Mission Health’s CarePartners Health Services is temporarily closed following the pressures Hurricane Helene put on Asheville’s health care system, disrupting rehabilitative care for more than 50 patients and forcing more than 250 employees to take temporary jobs elsewhere in the system, according to employees and internal emails obtained by Asheville Watchdog.  ... The closing affected nearly 50 inpatient rehab patients, several long-term acute care patients, and eight hospice patients, all of whom were sent to home caregivers, skilled nursing facilities, other inpatient rehab programs, and UNC Health Caldwell in Lenoir, more than an hour’s drive to the east, according to one employee.