NASW Celebrates National Hospice/Palliative Care Month 2014

Nov 6, 2014

November 6, 2014

Join NASW in celebrating National Hospice/Palliative Care Month this November by highlighting how hospice and palliative care programs make possible more meaningful moments of life.

Download outreach materials from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and incorporate new NHPCO data on hospice use, delivery, and quality in your messaging. Use NASW resources, listed below, to illustrate how social workers help individuals and families to find meaning and to maximize quality of life amid serious or life-limiting illness.

NASW resources:

Resources developed or offered in collaboration with NASW:

Other related resources:

Chris Herman, MSW, LICSW

NASW Senior Practice Associate

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