Reaching Out Reports and Resources

From September 2008 to September 2011, NHPCO executed a contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to explore ways to improve access for homeless Veterans and Veterans in rural areas to quality end-of-life care. The initiative, entitled “Reaching Out: Quality Hospice and Palliative Care for Rural and Homeless Veterans,” aimed to gain insight about the end-of-life care needs of these specific populations and then to implement community-based programs to address those needs.

NHPCO Reports

• Reaching Out Executive Summary 2009
• Reaching Out Executive Summary 2010
• Reaching Out Executive Summary 2011
• National Campaign Audience Research Report 2010
• National Campaign Audience Research Report 2011
• We Honor Veterans State Survey

Grantees 2011

• Final Reports
• Grantee Developed Resources
  • Guardian Hospice
    • Entering Veterans in VA Transitional Housing and GPD Housing
    • Obtaining Non-Hospice Covered Medications with No Refills
    • Transitioning Veterans Enrolled in Hospice Across Venues of Care
    • Sample Prescription Request for Non-Hospice Covered Medications
    • Medicare and VA Coverage of Hospice Services
  • Hope Hospice
    • Wisconsin Hospice-Veteran Partnership Toolkit
  • Mercy Hospice
    • Developed Resources

Grantees 2010

• Final Reports
• Reaching Out Model Programs
• Grantee-developed Educational Materials
  • Arkansas Hospice
    • Gantt Chart: Assess Readiness for Vet-to-Vet
    • Vet-to-Vet Implementation Survey
    • New Employee and Volunteer Training Script
    • Vet-to-Vet End of Life Services [PPT]
    • Vet-to-Vet End of Life PPT Script
    • Veteran Volunteer Screening Questionnaire 
  • California Hospice & Palliative Care Association
    • Workshop Evaluation Form
    • VA Workshop Pre-Test
    • VA Workshop Post-Test
    • Reaching Out Presentation
    • Participant Evaluation Summary  
  • Delaware Hospice
    • Hospice Veteran Stories
    • Middendorf Veterans Day Story
  • Hospice of the Bluegrass
    • Veterans Resource Directory
    • Reaching Out Newsletter
    • Veterans Brochure
    • Legionnaire Ad
    • Nicholas County Article
    • Veteran Outreach Advertisement
  • Hospice of Chattanooga
    • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Project  
  • LINK of Hampton Roads
    • Community Foster Home Hospice Replication Manual