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People and Places Member News and Notes One-of-a-Kind Hospice Unit Opens for Ohio Veterans Through a public-private partnership, the Ohio Department of Veterans Services and Stein Hospice have opened a new 22-bed hospice unit at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, OH. The Georgetown home is the first Veterans Home in the country to offer hospice services in a designated, inhouse unit. The Ohio Department of Veterans Services selected Stein Hospice as its partner based on the hospice’s well-established service to Veterans at the state’s other Veterans Home in Sandusky. Rather than a designated area, Sandusky hospice patients are located throughout the home and are cared for by the on-site Stein staff, who are available around the clock. Stein is one of a dozen hospices nationwide to reach the first level of “We Honor Veterans,” a national campaign unveiled in September by NHPCO and the VA that focuses on quality care for our nation’s Veterans. To learn more, visit the We Honor Veterans website. Be sure to also see the NewsLine feature about the new site. Pepsi Grant Funds Covenant Hospice Community Workshops Covenant Hospice (Pensacola, FL) received a $25,000 grant from Pepsi to sponsor a series of 36 workshops in six coastal communities of Florida. The “Strength and Resilience Community Workshops” focus on refreshing ways to cope with loss, and support each other through times of changes, stress and grief. The grant funding came from the Pepsi Refresh Project, “Do Good for the Gulf,” conducted in August 2010 to support communities affected by the oil spill. Sylvester and Waller Join Samaritan Care’s Senior Leadership Team Samaritan Care Hospice of Florida (Orlando, FL) has appointed Eva Sylvester and Robin Waller to its senior leadership team as part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to ensure high-quality service delivery. Eva Sylvester, who was appointed executive director, has more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, including two decades in hospice, homecare, and palliative care. Robin Waller, RN, CHPN, who assumed the newly created position of director of patient services, has nearly 25 years of healthcare experience, including 10 years in hospice and palliative care. 36 NewsLine http://www.wehonorveterans.com https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nhpco/newsline_201012/#/12

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Newsline - March 2011
NHPCO’s New Staffing Guidelines
A Message From Don
Recruiting Problems? HMR (display ad)
Hospice in the Continuum: PACE at Midland Care
Capitol Hill Day 2011
Short Takes
Feedback from NHPCO’s Education Needs Assessment
2011 Reaching Out Grant Recipients
National Healthcare Decisions Day Website
JPSM Call for Papers
CE/CME Training Through NHPCO Webinars
Social Work Resource Recommendations
New Volunteer Outreach Materials Now Online
Volunteer Recognition Gift Ideas (display ad)
The Voice of NCHPP
A Nurse and Chaplain Connect
NCHPP QAPI Section Monthly Chats
Replicate Excellence: MVI (display ad)
Education Opportunities through NFDA (display ad)
Members in the News
Hospice Executive Scholarship Program (display ad)
Upcoming Educational Offerings

Newsline - March 2011