Discontinued operations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Selected financial information related to the discontinued operations follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended   June 30,			Six Months Ended   June 30,
	2014				2014
Net Sales
Hospice	$	49,551			$	97,908
Retail	528				10,698
Net sales - total discontinued	50,079				108,606
Income (loss) from operations, pretax
Hospice	1,900				3,114
Retail	(1,176		)		(1,650		)
Income from operations - total discontinued, pretax	724				1,464
Income tax (benefit) expense
Hospice	904				1,680
Retail	(709		)		(881		)
Income tax expense - total discontinued	195				799
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations
Hospice	996				1,434
Retail	(467		)		(769		)
Income (loss) from operations - total discontinued, after tax	529				665
Impairment loss
Hospice	39,804				39,804
Retail	—				—
Impairment loss on discontinued operations - total	39,804				$	39,804
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
Hospice	(38,808		)		(38,370		)
Retail	(467		)		(769		)
Loss from discontinued operations - total	$	(39,275	)		$	(39,139	)