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National Healthcare Decisions Day
Posted in advance directives
Every year on April 16, we observe National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) — a nationwide initiative dedicated to inspiring, educating, and empowering individuals and families to engage in advance care planning. At its core, NHDD is about one simple, powerful idea: your voice matters — and your healthcare choices should reflect your values. What Is Advance Care Planning? Advance care planning is the process of thinking through and documenting your healthcare wishes in the event …Read More »
Continue Reading »Understanding Home Health Services: Personalized Care Wherever You Call Home
Posted in Home Care
In the latest episode of Your Wellness Solution, Barbara Lafrance, president and CEO of Home Health and Hospice Care (HHHC), explains what is provided through home health services and who can use these services. As our understanding of health and wellness grows, it’s clear that healing doesn’t always happen in a hospital. Sometimes, the best medicine is found in the comfort of your own home. Learn how you or a family member can benefit from home …Read More »
Continue Reading »Palliative and Advanced Care Week – What is Palliative Care?
Posted in Palliative Care
What is Palliative Care? Palliative care provides comfort and support to people at any stage of a serious illness—not just at end-of-life. It’s all about easing pain, reducing stress, and improving quality of life for both patients and their families. This type of care works alongside curative treatments like chemotherapy, dialysis, or surgery, addressing the symptoms and challenges of conditions such as heart failure, COPD, cancer, dementia, and more. Goals of Palliative Care: Palliative care …Read More »
Continue Reading »Navigating Hospice Care: A Podcast with Barbara Lafrance, CEO and President of Home Health & Hospice Care
Posted in Hospice
July 9, 2024 What is hospice care? Who qualifies and when? Join Home Health & Hospice Care CEO Barbara Lafrance as she debunks common myths and discusses the resources available in our community. “Hospice is about living to your fullest, the way that you want to live, for the time you have left.” Transcript Scott Webb (Host): Hospice care is often thought of as end-of-life care, and for many it is, but unlike most other …Read More »
Continue Reading »Barbara Lafrance, RN, MSN, FACHE, Receives the 2024 Ira Byock and Yvonne Corbeil Award
Posted in In the News
The Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire announced Barbara Lafrance, President & CEO of Home Health & Hospice Care (HHHC), as the recipient of the 2024 Ira Byock and Yvonne Corbeil Award for Innovation and Collaboration in Palliative or Hospice Care at their annual meeting yesterday in Concord. This annual award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of hospice or palliative care that enhance access, quality, and efficiency in end-of-life care …Read More »
Continue Reading »Home Health & Hospice Care Seeks Diversity of Volunteers
Posted in Volunteer
Volunteers Help to Improve Quality of Life for Hospice Patients and Families MERRIMACK, NH: Home Health & Hospice Care (HHHC) is looking for people to volunteer their time to provide visits to hospice patients and families. HHHC serves people who are approaching end of life in 25 communities in the greater Nashua/Manchester corridor. Volunteer support helps patients and their families feel less alone during a difficult time. A volunteer can make friendly visits, assist with …Read More »
Continue Reading »August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day
Posted in Bereavement
National Grief Awareness Day is recognized every year on August 30th. The day is an opportunity to raise awareness about grief and to create sacred space to honor loss. It is a reminder for us to recognize the emotional, physical, spiritual and social impact of loss for individuals, families, and communities, but to also recognize our own personal losses and explore ways to give voice to those experiences as well. Here are some ideas to assist with observance …Read More »
Continue Reading »Home Hospice Helps People Navigate End of Life
Posted in General
The announcement recently that President Jimmy Carter had chosen to receive Hospice Care in his home was seen by millions in our country. Although many of us have had experience with a loved one in hospice, lots of families have not and simply don’t know what that means and what to expect. Our non-profit agency, Home Health & Hospice Care has been providing hospice care in homes all across NH for many years and thought …Read More »
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New Hampshire Healthcare Heroes has named two of our nurses runners-up for the Southern NH region. Congratulations to Alexis Leblanc, LNA at the Community Hospice House, and Christine Kinghorn, RN for the Home Care division! Alexis and Christine both exemplify, on a daily basis, all the qualities that embody what a healthcare hero is. Congrats again! We are so proud of you!
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