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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080229132524
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-08-014736
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080229
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080229

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VISTACARE, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000787030
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES [8082]
		IRS NUMBER:				061521534
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 5000
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
		BUSINESS PHONE:		480-648-8749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 5000
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VISTACARE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860108

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SLAGER RICHARD R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001020903

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50118
		FILM NUMBER:		08654209

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4800 NORTH SCOTTSDALE RD
		STREET 2:		STE 5000
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
		BUSINESS PHONE:		480-648-8749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VISTACARE, INC.
		STREET 2:		4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD., SUITE 5000
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
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<DESCRIPTION>SLAGER - CHANGE OF CONTROL 2008
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000787030</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VISTACARE, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VSTA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>SLAGER RICHARD R</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD., SUITE 5000</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SCOTTSDALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85251</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman, President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.75</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2002-06-07</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-11-11</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Total includes shares acquired through Issuer's ESSP as follows: 448.28 shares acquired on 12/31/06, and 468.64 shares acquired on 6/30/07, and 642 shares acquired on 12/31/07. The total shares acquired through the Issuer's ESSP for this time period is 1,558.92 or 1,559 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes reduction of beneficial ownership by 25,974 shares pursuant to a Divorce Decree Settlement Agreement dated August 30, 2007.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">For tender of shares:  Pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 15, 2008 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among Odyssey HealthCare Holding Company (&quot;Parent&quot;), a Delaware corporation, OHC Investment, Inc. (&quot;Purchaser&quot;), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and the Issuer, Purchaser, on January 30, 2008, commenced a cash tender offer to purchase all of the Issuer's outstanding shares of class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;Shares&quot;) at a price of $8.60 per Share (the &quot;Offer Price&quot;).  Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and as a condition of Parent's and Purchaser's willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Person entered into a stockholder agreement with Parent and Purchaser, whereby, among other things, the Reporting Person agreed to tender all shares in the Issuer beneficially owned by the Reporting Person within thr
ee business days after the commencement of the tend</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stephen Lewis, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-02-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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