ADVISORY/Interview Contacts At Pathways Home Health, Hospice and Continuous Care.

Lifestyle Editors/Health/Medical Writers

ADVISORY...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004

Pathways has many human interest stories to be told. In addition, as the Bay Area's leading provider of in-home care and hospice services, the following members of the Pathways executive team are available for interviews and background comments about industry trends; issues and topics concerning home health and hospice care; and topics as noted below.

    END-OF-LIFE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
    Drug Therapies, Pain and Symptom Management
    Palliative Care for Children -- Pathways Kids Program
     - Pat Wolfe, RN, Director, Pathways Hospice
     - Susan Londerville, MD, Pathways Medical Director
     - Vicky Ferraressi, PharmD, Pathways Pharmacist

    AIDS CRISIS in AFRICA -- A Generation of Orphans
        Pathways Global Caring Project in Africa
         - Pat Wolfe, RN, Director, Pathways Hospice

    IMPACT OF BUDGET CUTS ON END-OF-LIFE CARE
        The State of California's budget crisis poses major challenges
        to not-for-profits and may result in elimination of the
        Medi-Cal Hospice Benefit.
         - Sandra Coolidge, Director of Community Services, Pathways
           Home Health, Hospice & Continuous Care

    PHILANTHROPY TODAY
        - Tom Teasley, Director, Pathways Hospice Foundation

    WORKERS COMPENSATION CRISIS
        Serious impact of rising costs of worker's compensation on
        community services
         - Donna Logan, Director of Human Resources, Pathways Home
           Health, Hospice & Continuous Care

    NURSING SHORTAGE
        Current labor shortage, challenges and creative solutions
         - Linda Gookin, RN, COO, Pathways Home Health and Hospice