Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SLAGER RICHARD R
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VISTACARE, INC. [VSTA] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman, President & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O VISTACARE, INC., 4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD., SUITE 5000		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/29/2008
(Street)

SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85251		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock               78,850 (1) (2) D  
Class A Common Stock 02/29/2008 02/29/2008 U   31,350 (1) (2) (3) D $ 8.6 47,500 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 3.75             06/07/2002 06/07/2011 Class A Common Stock 480,000   330,668 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 12.5             01/30/2003 11/11/2012 Class A Common Stock 320,000   272,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SLAGER RICHARD R
C/O VISTACARE, INC.
4800 N. SCOTTSDALE RD., SUITE 5000
SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85251		   X     Chairman, President & CEO  

Signatures

 Stephen Lewis, Attorney-in-Fact   02/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 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.
(2) Includes reduction of beneficial ownership by 25,974 shares pursuant to a Divorce Decree Settlement Agreement dated August 30, 2007.
(3) For tender of shares: Pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 15, 2008 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Odyssey HealthCare Holding Company ("Parent"), a Delaware corporation, OHC Investment, Inc. ("Purchaser"), 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 "Shares") at a price of $8.60 per Share (the "Offer Price"). 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 three business days after the commencement of the tend

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