Founded by Charles D. Beard, Jr., the Beard family is proud that Alacare Home Health & Hospice is Alabama’s oldest and largest family-owned, Medicare-certified home health agency. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alacare is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment—the patient’s own home. Since 1970, Alacare has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Services provided include diabetes education, home care aides, hospice/palliative care, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing, and speech/language pathology. For more information, visit the company’s corporate Web site: www.alacare.com.