Barbara Pearce’s latest challenge — bringing Connecticut Hospice back to financial health

newhavenBiz interview with Barbara Pierce
PHOTO | ANDREW VENDETTI Barbara Pearce confronted her unplanned mid-career challenge with characteristic focus and clarity: ‘Time was of the essence,’ she explains.

Pearce says the public may not realize the 52-bed facility at 100 Double Beach Road is also an acute-care hospital that treats critically ill patients who are later discharged.

“It’s not a depressing place,” Pearce says. “A good death is as important as a good life.”

She recalls the words of one patient who, after some time at the facility, remarked, “I came here to die, and I learned how to live.”

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