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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Calendar
Events for November 17, 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.
ECRI Institute Conference on Health Systems and Addiction
National thought leaders will bring evidence and insights on the scientific understanding of addiction, innovations in the prevention of misuse of legal substances, and initiatives to treat and manage addiction.
Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Conference
The theme is a new lens on aging.
Webcasts on rural health
On National Rural Health Day, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health will host a series of webinars. Each thirty-minute web session will cover relevant topics specific to rural issues, including one that addresses how rural Americans will be impacted by policy changes to the Affordable Care Act as a result of a new administration. Other sessions will cover the expanding role of non-physicians in rural communities, as well as how patient data collection impacts population health management.
International Council on Active Aging annual meeting
Focus is on older-adult quality of life.solutions in active aging — including program development and delivery, partnerships, leaderships, marketing and management.
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