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Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries and Lutheran Home Care & Hospice integrate their home care operations With similar missions focused on serving and caring for people in need, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries and Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania have integrated their home care operations. The integration of three Diakon Home Care programs—Diakon Hospice Saint John, Diakon Home Health, and Diakon Help at Home—with Lutheran Home Care & Hospice was effective July 1. Diakon Hospice Saint John and Help at Home staff have joined the Lutheran Home Care & Hospice team to provide hospice, home health, inhome support and home health telemonitoring to individuals and families from northern Maryland through northeastern Pennsylvania. All three Diakon Home Care offices in Allentown, Wyomissing, and Hazleton remain in operation. “LSS is pleased that we will be able to offer clients in the expanded service area the same level of exceptional service currently provided by our team.” said Robert L. Rundle, LSS CEO. “LSS and Diakon share similar missions focused on serving and caring for people in need. It makes this a natural partnership and gives us more opportunity to support persons in achieving an optimal quality of life while enjoying the comforts of their own home.” “This venture allows us to pool resources and gain operational and cost efficiencies while fulfilling Diakon’s mission to love the neighbor through acts of service,” said Mark T. Pile, Diakon CEO. “Lutheran Home Care & Hospice is committed to delivering health care and related services to help individuals recover from an illness or injury, live life to the fullest and continue to live in their homes,” said Terry Shade, LSS Vice President for Community Health Services who serves Lutheran Home Care & Hospice as its Executive Director and CEO. “Through this new arrangement with Diakon we will be able to help even more people achieve greater independence and improved quality of life.” “It is important that we have a seamless continuum of services available for all of our clients,” Rundle and Pile agreed. “We will continue LHCH’s and Diakon’s traditions of providing quality homebased services to those in need, including the community at large as well as the residents of our senior living communities.” Staff is available every day to answer questions about care. Please call 1-800840-9081 to learn more or to arrange for services.