NewsLine - June 2012 - (Page 37)

SPRING 2012 • CONTENTS • National Center for Care at the End of Life Hosts Room Dedication Ceremony; page 1 • Long-time Hospice Supporters, Susan and Dennis Gilardi Lend Their Support to the Capital Campaign; page 1 • 8th Annual NHF Gala Raises Funds for Programs to Expand Hospice Care; page 3 • The National Center for Care at the End of Life will be Home to the New Mary J. Labyak Institute for Innovation; page 5 • NHF Thanks Hospice Pharmacia for its Continued Support; page 5 • NHPCO Joins with MedicAlert Foundation for New Opportunity for Securing and Communicating Healthcare Wishes; page 6 • Two Pairs of Siblings Tackle Marathons as Run to Remember Participants; page 7 National Center for Care at the End of Life Hosts Room Dedication Ceremony Guests Enjoy Tour of Center and Visit Their Named Spaces In conjunction with NHPCO’s Management and Leadership Conference this March, The National Center for Care at the End of Life hosted a Room Dedication Ceremony to celebrate the spaces within the center that have been named as part of a campaign commitment by an individual, provider or business. Kathy Dodd, Kate Cummings, and Jeannee Parker Martin the opportunity to create the National Center for Care at the End of Life in The National Center is the home of four 2008 and began a capital campaign to affiliated organizations with one vision: encourage investments in its future. a world where individuals and families Forty spaces within the National Center facing serious illness, death and grief will experience the best that humankind have been named to date, and the can offer. Those four organizations: The Room-Dedication Ceremony was an opportunity for contributors to National Hospice and Palliative Care experience the space and see the area Organization (NHPCO), The National they selected to name in honor of Hospice Foundation (NHF), FHSSA (originally known as the Foundation for someone important to them as an individual or organization. Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa), and continued on pg. 2 the Hospice Action Network (HAN), had Long-time Hospice Supporters, Susan and Dennis Gilardi Lend Their Support to the Capital Campaign When Dennis Gilardi’s uncle was cared for by Hospice by the Bay 35 years ago, he had no way of knowing that it was the start of a lifetime of involvement in the hospice movement. A year after his uncle’s passing, Dennis joined the board of directors of that hospice program. Susan and Dennis Gilardi continued on pg. 2 A newsletter of the National Hospice Foundation. 1

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NewsLine - June 2012

A Plan to Support ADRs
A Message From Don
Task Force Focuses on Rural Issues
Join the Rural eGroup
Rural and Frontier Area Toolkit (display ad)
Palliative Services at Methodist Healthcare
Experience the ACHC Difference (display ad)
The Voice of NCHPP
Empowering Hospice Aides
My.NHPCO—a Great Resource for Hospice Nurses
HPCANYS Receives Trailblazer Award
New EOL Study on Intensity of Cancer Care
Run to Remember Proceeds Now Support African Hospices
EROM Now POM
Simione: Solving Your Hospice Challenges (display ad)
Staying Savvy and Saving Money
Regulatory Tip of the Month
MLC Plenaries Now Webcasts
Resource Links to Bookmark
Videos Worth Watching
News From NHF

NewsLine - June 2012