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We Honor Veterans Spotlight
Recognizing Veterans in Hospice Care During COVID-19
Despite restrictions on in-person events and
changing rules and regulations regarding
health care, We Honor Veterans partners
have found creative ways to continue
recognizing, honoring, and thanking the
Veterans in their care and their community.
Halcyon Hospice of Valdosta in Georgia works with Veterans in two local
assisted living facilities. The patients were still under quarantine because of
COVID-19, but the hospice team still wanted to honor them. They mounted
a flag to the window of each Veteran's room and gave them a rolled-up
poem/thank you note on American flag letterhead, tied off with red, white
and blue ribbon and a green plastic soldier figurine.
Remita Health of Tucson, Arizona has hosted Vet-to-Vet Cafes virtually
with two different Veterans' groups. Everyone joined the conversation
virtually from their homes. The Veterans were invited to sign-on with a cup
of coffee and talk about whatever they wanted to discuss.
Infinity Hospice of Las Vegas, Nevada held a virtual pinning ceremony with
one of their patients. Ten people joined in the patient's room and an
additional 50 people, including Members of Congress, joined via Zoom.
Other partners have shared similar creative ventures, including educational
presentations to the community over Zoom and Facebook, drive-through
hurricane supply distribution, and Veteran volunteers writing letters and
calling Veteran hospice patients. The We Honor Veterans team is proud to
see how partners have stepped up to ensure Veterans are receiving the
recognition and support they deserve during the pandemic.
Learn more about We Honor Veterans at www.WeHonorVeterans.org.

We Honor Veterans partners have found
creative ways to continue recognizing, honoring,
and thanking the Veterans in their care...

2020 Circle of Life
Award Honorees
NHPCO honors its
members who are top
Circle of Life Award
Honorees
NHPCO and National Hospice
Foundation salute the 2020
honorees of the Circle of Life
Award. Now in its 21st year, the
award celebrates programs
across the nation that have made
great strides in palliative and
end-of-life care. Two programs
that are expanding the reach of
palliative and hospice care have
been honored:
* Caring Circle, Spectrum Health
Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI
* Choices and Champions, Novant
Health, Winston-Salem, NC
Additionally, Citations of Honor
were awarded to these
organizations:
* Four Seasons, The Care You
Trust, Flat Rock, NC
* Weinstein Hospice & Palliative
Center, Morristown Medical
Center, Morristown, NJ
"As health care continues to
change, it's important for hospice
and palliative care providers to
adapt and grow to best serve
patients and families. The Circle
of Life Awards are great way to
recognize the programs that can
be role models for other
providers," said Lori Bishop,
NHPCO's Vice President of

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