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January 2008
Welcome to Connections. The current edition of Connections and archives of previous editions are located at www.caringinfo.org under the 'community' tab. Please forward this e-newsletter to your staff, coalition members and other organizational partners using the 'forward a friend' prompt at the bottom.
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Gear up for National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, 2008!... Looking for outreach tools? Need a way to grab the media's attention? The National Healthcare Decisions Day initiative, a collaborative effort of national, state and community organizations, provides a tremendous opportunity to educate your community about advance care planning and your services. Using the free resources provided on the National Healthcare Decisions Day Web site, you can plan activities and events to spread the word about advance care planning in your community. Get involved today by signing up to be a campaign partner! For more information, visit www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org or email nhdd@nhpco.org.
Record Number of Veterans Receive Hospice... The Department of Veterans Affairs is providing hospice and palliative care to a growing number of veterans throughout the country, reported the VA in a press release issued on January 8. The average daily number of veterans receiving hospice care in their homes, paid for by VA, increased by 30 percent in 2007. In addition, the number of veterans treated in VA's inpatient hospice beds rose to nearly 9,000 veterans last year, an increase of 21 percent. One of the valuable resources produced by the National Hospice Veteran Partnership and NHPCO is the HVP/VA 101 Toolkit, an online collection of documents and PowerPoint slide sets compiled to provide background information and resources. VA contracts with community-based hospice programs to enhance VA's ability to provide services. If you wish to learn more about working with VA; additional information is available at www.nhpco.org/veterans.
Promote Pediatric Care: Join Partnering for Children...Partnering for Children is a national awareness campaign to help get the word out about compassionate, family- centered healthcare for children with life-threatening conditions. The campaign is reaching out to parents, healthcare professionals, the media and funders about the benefits of palliative care and hospice for children. Partnering for Children is a collaborative effort between the Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the National Hospice Foundation – and you. There are campaign partners in 20 states to date and we need your help to improve healthcare for children and their families in all 50 states. If you're not already a campaign partner, please join today! To learn more about the campaign, access free outreach information and to order an inspirational bracelet, please visit the Partnering for Children Web site: www.partneringforchildren.org.
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Caring Connections Offers Free DVD: Reclaiming the End of Life...Reclaiming the End of Life is a non-profit, non-partisan initiative designed to influence policy changes to improve the care given to the elderly, the seriously ill and family caregivers. Caring Connections currently has a limited number of DVDs, highlighting the goals and approach of the Reclaiming the End of Life initiative. This 12-minute DVD is a helpful resource for use at meetings, conferences and outreach events. The DVDs are available on a first come, first serve basis. To order, call the NHPCO HelpLine at 800/658-8898. To learn more about Reclaiming the End of Life, visit their Web site: www.ReclaimingTheEnd.org.
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Register now for NHPCO's 23rd Management and Leadership Conference...Advocacy in Action: Mobilizing People and Organizations to Lead Change is the topic of this year's MLC., April 10-12, 2008 in Washington, DC. Caring Connections is hosting a free half-day Preconference Seminar on marketing – watch your mail and email for the conference brochure for complete details or visit NHPCO's website.
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National HealthCare Decisions Day-Oklahoma Event...On April 16th, 2008, there will be a full-day event sponsored by the Oklahoma Palliative Care Resource Center at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, the Oklahoma Attorney General's Task Force to Improve End-of-Life Care and the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association. The conference will explore topics dealing with ethics and legal issues regarding Oklahoma advance directives, caregiving and spiritual and emotional support for families. For more information, including how to register for the event in Oklahoma City or how to register your facility for the live video conference of the event, visit http://okpalliative.nursing.ouhsc.edu or email Annette Prince at Annette-Prince@ouhsc.edu.
If you have community engagement resources that you would like to include in "Connections," please contact Helen Ennis at Hennis@nhpco.org.
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