Decades-old SLO County hospice nonprofit suddenly collapsed. What happened?

07/29/25 at 03:00 AM

Decades-old SLO County hospice nonprofit suddenly collapsed. What happened? 
The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA; by Chloe Shrager; 7/27/25 
A beloved San Luis Obispo-based home health and hospice care nonprofit suddenly closed its doors last month after nearly 80 years of service, leaving many in the community wondering what went wrong. For decades, Wilshire Health and Community Services offered clinical hospice care, home health and other vital community services to SLO County’s ill and aging. Just over a month before its permanent closure, Wilshire had a booth set up at the California Association For Health Services At Home Annual Conference and Expo in Rancho Mirage on May 19 to 22. The organization had started making plans for its annual fundraiser held at the Hearst Ranch Dairy Barn in August and was still accepting donations. Business appeared to be booming. Now, Wilshire’s offices are emptied out, its website has been taken down, its Hospice Hope Chest thrift store has shut down for good and the once-thriving organization is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. So, how did things turn south so quickly? ... 

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