National Home Care Month 2018

Take the #HomeCareConnect Pledge for National Home Care & Hospice Month

We know you are passionate about the work you do. November, during National Home Care and Hospice Month, is the time to harness that passion and direct it into a force for public awareness.

Please take HCA’s #HomeCareConnect pledge today and commit to any and all of the weekly activities below. Your pledge will be a reminder of the ways you will help spread the word about home care and hospice throughout November among the public, your community and, especially, lawmakers.

HCA will be sending you weekly reminders to help propel you into action and provide further guidance on each of the action items that you pledge to take.

Also, please document your efforts (photographs, blogging, video, etc.) and post to Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #HomeCareConnect.

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* 1. How can we connect with you?

Name

Organization

City/Town

State

ZIP Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Week 1 Action Items: November 1-9

I will notify my staff about National Home Care Month and HCA's #HomeCareConnect campaign, why it is important, and ask them to participate with me on all of the action items in my pledge.

I will "like" HCA's Facebook page and invite others to do so (including all of my staff).

I will use HCA's Facebook frame for my profile picture and encourage others to do so (including all of my staff).

I will host a staff appreciation event for my front-line team.

I will write and send a letter to the editor of my local newspaper.

I will contact my local TV news or radio news station to pitch a news segment about home care.

Veterans Day is next week. I will identify a patient who is a veteran and share their story with HCA (and a picture) for circulation to lawmakers.

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* 3. Week 2 Action Items: November 12-16

I will meet with my newly elected or reelected state and federal officials.

I will invite my elected officials to go on a home care visit.

I will share with HCA a picture and a story about a veteran cared by my organization.

I will post about home care month on my elected officials' Facebook pages and encourage them to post about home care.

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* 4. Week 3 Action Items: November 19-23

I will send a letter thanking my elected officials for meeting and/or going on a home care visit.

I will visit or contact my local office for the aging to share information about my organization.

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* 5. Week 4: November 26-30

I will plan and host a community event to introduce the public to our services.

I will plan a National Home Care Month award celebration to recognize my most committed staff.