AHHC is recognized as a Hospice-Veteran Partnership (HVP) with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
We Honor Veterans (WHV) Program

 

The Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina (AHHC) is recognized as a Hospice-Veteran Partnership (HVP) with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) We Honor Veterans (WHV) Program. HVPs are coalitions of hospices, Veteran Affairs representatives and other community organizations serving Veterans. The purpose of an HVP is to improve end-of-life care for Veterans and we think that your organization might be interested in:

- Increasing awareness and knowledge about Veterans’ end-of-life care needs and options
- Strengthening relationships between hospices, VA programs and community organizations
- Improving Veterans’ access to hospice and palliative care across all sites and levels of care

The Hospice-Veteran Partnership is part of a national network of HVPs established through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). For more information about Hospice-Veteran Partnerships please visit this NHPCO We Honor Veterans Webpage. 

We invite all those who are interested to sign up for our AHHC HVP email distribution list to receive future HVP announcements and updates, including future AHHC HVP webinars/calls and educational events. 


Your AHHC Contact for the Hospice-Veteran Partnership:
Shannon Pointer, MSN, RN, CHPN
Vice President of Hospice & Palliative Care
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina
 
Please email [email protected] to be added to our distribution list.


AHHC HOSPICE VETERAN PARTNERSHIP (HVP) CALLS
AHHC hosts regular Hospice Veteran Partnership (HVP) calls. To join these calls please email [email protected] and let her know you would like to participate.

 

Summer 2021 Hospice Virtual Veterans' Intensive
AHHC of NC hosted a Summer 2021 Hospice Virtual Veterans' Intensive on August 12, 2021 from 8:30am-4:00pm. This intensive was presented by W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center - Salisbury, NC staff. We also had representatives from the Charles George VA Medical Center – Asheville, NC, Durham VA Health Care System, and Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System on the webinar. The intensive included the following topics: 

  • VA Benefits & Connections: Decedent Affairs/National Cemetery/Hospice
  • PTSD at End of Life
  • Moral Injury and Suicide Prevention
  • Veteran Panel Discussion

To view this webinar recording, please email [email protected]. 

 


AHHC Selected for The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) We Honor Veterans Trauma Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative 


AHHC was chosen to receive a grant for the We Honor Veterans Trauma Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative. To view NHPCO’s Press Release announcing the grant and awardees, please visit this NHPCO webpage.

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) We Honor Veterans program has released the Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative final report. To view the press release, please visit this NHPCO webpage.

To access the Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative final report, please visit this We Honor Veteran’s Trauma-Informed Care webpage.
 
EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS
AHHC, as an initiative leader for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) We Honor Veterans Program in Collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative, hosted educational webinars offered by W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center - Salisbury, NC staff:  

Introductory Call About the Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative
June 5, 2020

VA Telemental Health Services for Veterans on Hospice/ VA PTSD Consultation Program 
June 26, 2020 

Moral Injury and Suicide Prevention 
July 17, 2020 

VA Benefits/Vietnam Veteran Era Panel Discussion
July 24, 2020 

To view these webinar recordings, please email [email protected].