Join NASW in celebrating National Hospice and Palliative Care Month this November by highlighting that hospice and palliative care programs provide care on your terms. Download outreach materials from Caring Connections, the consumer Web site of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and incorporate current NHPCO data on hospice use, delivery, and quality in your messaging.
NASW resources:
- Recent NASW practice perspective, Reexamining Advance Care Planning
- NASW Standards for Palliative & End of Life Care
- NASW–NHPCO credentials in hospice and palliative care
- Help Starts Here, NASW’s consumer Web site
- NASW practice page for bereavement and end-of-life care
Other related resources:
- Interprofessional pain competencies, developed by UC Davis and endorsed by NASW
- Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Serious Illness, Grief and Loss: recently released program of the Hospice Foundation of America (worth two NASW-approved CE credits)
- NHPCO’s Hospice Action Network and Social Work Section
- Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN)
- Social Work Palliative and End-of-Life Care listserv (Beth Israel Medical Center)
- Center to Advance Palliative Care
Chris Herman, MSW, LICSW
Senior Practice Associate
