In My Own Voice: Pre-death Restlessness

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and HPP will be joining organizations across the nation to raise awareness for hospice and demonstrate its importance. In our Hospice Perspectives Series, people share their stories of hospice care. While these stories do feature death, they also feature profound hope, compassion,…
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‘At Last I Found You:’ The Powerful Effect of Namaste Care

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and HPP will be joining organizations across the nation to raise awareness for hospice and demonstrate its importance. In our Hospice Perspectives Series, people share their stories of hospice care. While these stories do feature death, they also feature profound hope, compassion,…
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What is Hospice?

Many misconceptions surround hospice care. Here are just a few examples of what hospice is, and how it is distinctive among modern medical disciplines.
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Developing LGBT-Friendly Communities

The losses associated with moving into a long-term care setting are compounded for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) population. Older LGBT persons have faced a lifetime of discrimination, many live alone without family support, and most have a distrust of the medical community. These individuals are fearful of the…
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Employment Interviewing Federal Guidelines INFOGRAPHIC

Read the book! Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management The 12 Essential Skills Second Edition By Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D. Copyright © 2017 by Health Professions Press, Inc. Learn and master the 12 critical interpersonal, financial, and organizational healthcare management…
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5 Steps to Achieve Staff Stability

Read the book! A Long-Term Care Leader’s Guide to High Performance Doing Better Together By Cathie Brady, M.S., David Farrell, M.S.W., L.N.H.A., and Barbara Frank, M.P.A. Copyright © 2018 by Health Professions Press, Inc.  Implement leadership practices and systems for continuous quality improvement in…
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