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Notes from NHPCO Outreach Materials for November Hospice. Helps. Everyone. This is the theme for November's National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. NHPCO has created some outreach materials that providers can use to promote this important month of awareness in the community. Materials include an ad in different sizes, a poster, digital graphics and more. We encourage providers to be as creative as possible in using these materials that are linked in the Outreach Tools section of the website, www.nhpco.org/outreach. National Hospice and Palliative Care Month November 2015 November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a time to raise awareness of the high-quality care that helps patients and family caregivers live as fully as possible bringing compassion, hope, and dignity when they are needed most. It's about more than care for the dying. Hospice and palliative care can make more meaningful moments possible, even when a person is facing a serious or even terminal illness. Learn more at www.momentsoflife.org Diversity Resources Available In addition to tools to help raise awareness of hospice and palliative care month, we have new resources to help members reach out to diverse communities, they can be found on a new web page for providers. NHPCO's Diversity Initiative seeks to increase access to hospice and palliative care services within diverse communities, especially African American, Latino and other communities of color. Visit www.nhpco.org/diversity to read about our Diversity Initiative, access materials, learn about upcoming educational programs, discover networking opportunities, and more. 38 NHPCO NewsLine | Fall 2015 For those interested in some focused training on diversity outreach, NHPCO is offering a special, one-day preconference seminar, Best Practices for Improving Access and Outreach to Communities of Color in End-ofLife Care, as part of NHPCO's Clinical Team Conference in October. New Pediatric Facts and Figures Report A new report released by NHPCO provides insight into the care needs of young people who might benefit from pediatric palliative/ hospice care. These are children with chronic, complex and/or life-limiting conditions. Due to the complexity of care involved, children with life-threatening conditions and complex chronic conditions are likely to benefit from PP/HC services. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that the number of children with special health care needs is increasing. Overall, 15.1 percent of U.S. children ages 0 - 17 (11.2 million children) are in this category. The 11-page report, Facts and Figures: Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care in America, can help professionals to better understand both the current challenges and the unmet needs of children and their families across the country. Additional resources on pediatric palliative and hospice care, including our free pediatric e-journal, are available at www.nhpco.org/pediatrics. Also, learn more and attend a special, pediatric palliative care two-day training that's a featured preconference seminar at NHPCO's 2015 Clinical Team Conference and Pediatric Intensive. http://www.nhpco.org/Preconference http://www.momentsoflife.org http://www.nhpco.org/outreach http://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/quality/Pediatric_Facts-Figures.pdf http://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/quality/Pediatric_Facts-Figures.pdf http://www.nhpco.org/pediatrics http://www.nhpco.org/diversity http://www.nhpco.org/Preconference http://www.nhpco.org/Preconference

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine Fall 2015

Issue Table of Contents
NHPCO Palliative Care Membership (display ad)
A Message From Don
Should our Hospice Provide Palliative Care?
Simione Healthy Business Solutions (display ad)
ACHC Accreditation in your Field (display ad)
NHPCO's Palliative Care Membership & Resources
Pay for What? Becoming Relatedness Ready
Spiritual Care Interventions
FY2016 Hospice Wage Index Final Rule
2015 Circle of Life Award Honorees
Hospice Advocates Share Their Stories on Capitol Hill
Council of States Honors Retiring Leaders
CTC 2015 Plenary Speakers
Clinical Team Conference (display ad)
Outreach Materials for November & Diversity Outreach
New Pediatric Facts & Figures Report
CSU Institute's CTC seminar (display ad)
Hallmark Focuses on Hospice
Elara (display ad)
CSU Institute for Palliative Care (display ad)
NHPCO Marketplace (display ad)
Member News
In Memory: Dennis Rezendes
News From National Hospice Foundation
Night at the Taj Majal (display ad)
News From Global Partners in Care
Management and Leadership Conference 2016 (display ad)
More from Moments of Life
Moments of Life DVD (display ad)
Links to Helpful Resources

NHPCO NewsLine Fall 2015