Betty J. Brennan, RN BSN
Secretary
Betty J Brennan has spent more than forty years in healthcare, the last thirty of which focused on the development and management of innovative services in home health care and hospice. She is the former owner and operator of several home care agencies throughout southern California. Betty was founder, president, and CEO of Beacon Hospice, a Boston based company that over thirteen years, she nurtured from a single site serving terminally ill homebound patients to twenty-five sites located in five New England states serving an average daily census of 1,400 patients. She merged Beacon with Amedisys Corporation in 2011.
Betty, a creative service innovator, has contributed to the advancement of the quality of end-of-life care with proprietary services for terminal sufferers of cancer, cardiac disease, and dementia. In 2006 she was the recipient of the prestigious Earnst & Young award of Entrepreneur of the Year in New England for her creativity, leadership, business development, and management skills in health care services. She was also high-lighted by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization for the development of best practices in the care of dementia patients at the end of life.
Since leaving Beacon, Betty has continued to be actively engaged in the health care field. She currently is the Executive Chair of the board of Bristol Hospice, a national provider of hospice and palliative care. Bristol Hospice, LLC, has become a leader in “best practices” as it differentiates itself in growth and quality care. Additionally, Betty founded Astrum Care in 2014, which is a consulting and education company specifically addressing the care of persons living with dementia. She also served on the board of trustees of the National Hospice Foundation, Washington, DC; was the Board Chair of the Connecticut Alzheimer’s Association. Betty has also participated in a number of non-profit health care entities including Caring Kind, Purple Flag, an accrediting agency for dementia, and COO of CT. Hospice, where she brought about changes to maintain their presence as a hospice and licensed hospital.
Betty resides in Stamford, Connecticut with her husband, where she is also involved in community projects.
