We Honor Veterans:Overview and Community Partner Overview and Community Partner

Commitment Commitment

We Honor Veterans:Overview and Community Partner Overview and Community Partner

Commitment Commitment

What is We Honor Veterans (WHV)?

• National awareness and action campaign

• Developed by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

• In collaboration with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

• Encourage partnerships between hospices, state hospice organizations and VA facilities, with expansion to Community Partners

Our shared goal: • Providing the best possible care for Veterans

in the best possible manner and setting.

While…..

• Honoring Veterans’ preferences

Why WHV?• Approximately 680,000 Veterans die in the

US every year: 25% of all deaths!

• A vast majority of Veterans are not enrolled in VA and may not be aware of end-of-life services and benefits available to them

• Community Partners can join in better serving and honoring our nation’s Veterans and be listed on the We Honor Veterans website

Website Educational Tools and Resources

• Go to: www.WeHonorVeterans.org >>Get Practical Resources>>WHV Partner Resources. Many tools and resources for staff and community education, including these presentations:

• Topics– Basic Training for Understanding the VA– Building a Veteran-centric culture– Memorials and Salutes for Veterans and Caregivers

We Honor Veterans Homepage

Community Partners Better Prepared to: • Build professional and organizational capacity to

provide quality services for Veterans

• Develop and/or strengthen partnerships

• Promote hospice and palliative care for Veterans

• Demonstrate impact of organizational programs through evaluation of Veteran-specific programs

Levels of Commitment• Recruit: Get oriented and commit• Level 1: Build professional and organizational

capacity• Level 2: Develop and/or strengthen partnerships• Level 3: Promote hospice and palliative care for

Veterans • Level 4: Demonstrate the impact of organizational

programs

Recruit: Committing to the Program

• Review We Honor Veterans Overview PowerPoint presentation

• Submit the online Community Partner Commitment form

Steps to Getting Started• Review this presentation—You just have!• Complete and submit the online Community

Partner Commitment on WHV website• Receive acknowledgement of your Partner

Commitment (allow up to 10 business days)• Check the Community Partner directory on

WHV website for your listing as a Recruit • Start working on Level One Activities!

Contact UsWe Honor Veterans

A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Email: hospice.relations@sci-us.com

www.WeHonorVeterans.org