Hospice relocating to Baton Rouge General

Hospice of Baton Rouge is moving its in-patient care unit from Ollie Steele Burden Manor to Baton Rouge General Mid City. Kathryn Grigsby, CEO of Hospice, says the organization will take up eight beds on the first floor of Baton Rouge General. “Ollie Steele Burden is remodeling, and they needed the space we were in,” she says. Along with having rooms for patients, Hospice will also have a common area for families and counseling rooms at Baton Rouge General. The move should be completed over the weekend. Hospice purchased seven acres near the State Archives Building on Essen Lane nearly three years ago and had planned to open a stand-alone facility there. But Grigsby says the national recession, which affected fund-raising, has put that idea on hold. “Who knows what the future will bring,” she says. —Timothy Boone