Gentiva leaning into staff development, advanced illness management business

Gentiva leaning into staff development, advanced illness management business 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 9/23/24 
Gentiva in 2024 and 2025 is laser-focused on staff retention and building out its palliative care platform Empatia. ... Gentiva, among other initiatives, is investing in staff education to help develop clearer career paths, stave off burnout and boost retention, according to Chief Clinical Officer Jacqueline Lopez-Devine. “Education is very, very important to the concept of staff retention — taking newer staff that walk into the industry. We have thoughtful training programs that teach them even the concept of work-life balance, professional balance,” Lopez-Devine told Hospice News. “It’s really important that, as organizations, we teach our team members those concepts of joy in work, taking care of self and professional boundaries. That’s what’s going to make us different in some of these other health care industries that maybe don’t take the time.” ... Gentiva is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR). The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. CDR in 2022 purchased a 60% stake from the insurance mammoth Humana, Inc., for $2.8 billion. The firm later rebranded the hospice provider as Gentiva.