National Home Care and Hospice Month
This month is the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) annual celebration of home care workers and and its efforts to raise awareness of the important role of home care in peoples’ lives.
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Events for November 15, 2016
Ongoing
Hospice / Palliative Care Month
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization promotes awareness and importance of end-of-life care.
Family Caregivers Month
This year’s theme is “Take Care to Give Care” promoting the need for caregivers to take care of themselves first.
Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
The focus is on honoring a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s. Programs and events happening throughout the country.
American Heart Association’s annual scientific conference
The American Heart Association’s annual scientific conference is five days of science and cardiovascular clinical practice covering all aspects of basic, clinical, population and translational content.
Medicare: What would it take to add a dental benefit?
This webcast will feature Beth Truett, president and chief executive officer of Oral Health America, a national advocacy organization that is focused upon improving the oral health of older Americans. Truett will talk about a growing push to add a dental benefit to Medicare and the findings of new research by her group on the oral health of multigenerational “grandfamilies.”
Note: This webcast is for AHCJ members, so you will need to have your login and password to participate.
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