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The state’s hospice association, the Nebraska Hospice and Palliative
Care Partnership (NHPCP), honored end-of-life professionals at its
annual banquet last week.
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Dr. David Casarett knows all too well the difficult choices families must face before and after the death of a loved one. He has walked this difficult journey with families in a professional and personal way and will bring his insight and expertise to Lincoln on March 31.
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Each year, the Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Partnership
recognizes Nebraska’s finest in hospice at the awards banquet of the
Annual “Living a Good Life…at the End of Life” Conference. This year’s
winners have been selected and will be recognized at the March 31
banquet at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln.
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Heath G. Boddy has been selected to serve as executive director of the
Nebraska Health Care Association (NHCA), effective March 8. As
executive director of NHCA, Boddy will also lead the Nebraska Hospice
and Palliative Care Partnership (NHPCP) through a management contract.
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The state’s hospice association, the Nebraska Hospice and
Palliative Care Partnership, is seeking nominations
for its annual awards program. The awards will be presented at the
Association’s annual banquet. Held in conjunction with the Association’s Annual
“Living a Good Life…at the End of Life” Conference, the banquet is scheduled
for March 31, 2010, at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln.
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Cindy Hansen, RN, of Grand Island and Aloha Schmid, RN, CHPN, of York were recently recognized by the Nebraska Hospice-Veteran Partnership (HVP) for their work with veterans at the end of life.
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The state’s hospice association, the Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Partnership (NHPCP), announces continuous growth in hospice admissions since 2001. The association’s members, who represent the majority of hospice providers in Nebraska, report 6,206 Nebraskans received hospice care in 2008 – up approximately 70 percent from 2001.
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Is pain keeping you or someone you know from seeking a job?
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A new study sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and published in the September 2007 issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management examines which diseases are bringing people into hospice care and goes on to identify hospice utilization by geographic region.
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Families who felt their dying loved ones were referred "too late" to hospice care reported more unmet needs and lower satisfaction with the quality of care provided at the end of life.
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