The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Purpose: The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is an organization in the United States representing more than 30,000 home care and hospice organizations. The organization is also responsible for advocating for more than two million healthcare personnel who are employed by home care and hospice organization to provide healthcare services to 12 million Americans annually who are suffering from chronic illnesses and other illnesses. In addition, NAHC is an effective provider of information, which is critical in helping its members to develop methodologies of maintaining the highest quality of care and demonstrating a high level of commitment to providing excellent services in every respect.
Mission: NAHC operates with the objective of servicing as the unified voice in advocating for the rights and interests of healthcare personnel in the process of devolving quality and relevant care to patients in home care and hospice facilities.
Vision: NAHC desires to bring healthcare back to where it belongs by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare personnel in the delivery of relevant and quality care in all their deliberations with the patients in home care and hospice facilities.
Benefits of membership
NAHC advocates for the training and empowering of healthcare personnel in home care to ensure that their knowledge and skills are updated and relevant to the dynamics of patient needs.
NAHC has a national platform upon which it provides personnel in home care department with networking opportunities, which are critical for expanding their knowledge and skills in different areas of home care
NAHC provides healthcare personnel with the latest information on the existing needs of the target patients and the methodologies of addressing these needs using professional approaches.
Networking through NAHC
It is important for nurses in home care to network because such an opportunity is critical in improving their knowledge and skills on the best methodologies of providing relevant and sufficient care to their patients. Through networking, it will be possible for home care personnel to interact with their peers to ensure that they are informed of the challenges and the milestones that different personnel have been able to cover in the process of providing care to the chronically ill and aged patients in home care facilities. Networking also provides opportunities for meeting and interacting with mentors in the field of home care. NAHC provides networking opportunities for its members by organizing conferences that attract personnel drawn from different areas. In addition, NAHC organizes the Forum of State Associations, which provides opportunities for homecare nurses to interact with personnel within their states hence improving the possibility of acquiring more knowledge and skills by sharing experiences.
NAHC keeping members informed
NAHC keeps its members informed of the development and changes in their professions through different networking platform such as conferences and symposiums that it organizes annually at the national and state levels. NAHC report is also a crucial platform that the organization uses to provide its members with the latest information about different development in their profession. Through the report, it becomes relatively easier to disseminate information on the national platform. The members are required to subscribe to receive daily e-newsletters, which provide the members with the latest information on different aspects related to their profession. Information provided through the media platforms include legislation regulations that have been introduced or those that exist. They also provide information on litigation and other issues that affect home care and hospice institution. The objective is to keep its members informed of the existing requirements and the methodologies that they can use to ensure that their operations are aligned with the need to promote and enhance patient safety and recovery whenever they are accessing healthcare services.
Opportunities for continuing education and professional development
NAHC provides opportunities for professional development through the conferences, workshops, and symposiums that it organizes for its members. Through these platforms, members are provided with opportunities for meeting and interacting with their peers and mentors in home care. In addition, events such as exhibition provide platforms for displaying the milestones that have been achieved in the field of home care. Such plats are critical for ensuring that home care and hospice personnel are actively involved in initiatives aimed at improving the quality and relevance of the services that they deliver to the patients. In addition, it also ensures that in the process of researching they recognize loopholes and shortcomings that may limit the possibility of success.
NAHC promotes continued education among its members through the Home Care University (HCU). This e-learning resource center is open for all home care and hospice personnel. The course offerings include interactive learning experiences and video lectures in advanced clinical skills, leadership strategy, therapies, work development, and operations management. The education platform is effective because it provides members with 25% off when accessing courses and educational material online once they register. NAHC ensures that qualified and experienced personnel instruct the courses.
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