Franklin, N.H. – This year’s Home Care & Hospice Nursing Assistant of the Year, Joellen Ricard of Northfield, has been involved with the VNA in Franklin since the day she was born. Literally. Her first interaction with the agency was as a Well-Baby program patient in 1957. Franklin VNA welcomed her on staff in […]
CONCORD, NH– Kate Hanna, an attorney at Sheehan Phinney Law Firm, and Dr. Philip Lawson of Littleton Regional Healthcare were recognized recently with the Mary Ellen LaRoche Home Care Public Policy Award for their work championing revisions to New Hampshire’s Advance Directive laws. “Advocating for the bill was a team effort involving many people, but […]
“Jennifer Stewart is a go-getter with excellent clinical skills who cares deeply for her patients and has a commitment to community-based nursing,” says Julie Reynolds, Alliance Board President. Stewart was chosen for the annual Maryellen LaRoche Nursing Scholarship. Jennifer Stewart, of Pemi Baker Community Health, has been a licensed practical nurse for seven years […]
Dr. Amelia Cullinan, Director of the Outpatient Palliative Care Service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been honored with Ira Byock & Yvonne Corbeil Award by the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire. This annual Award recognizes a provider who has improved […]
CONCORD, N.H. – When the COVID19 vaccine was rolled out in New Hampshire many homebound seniors were are unable to go to event sites. Thanks to a pilot project designed by two employees at the Granite VNA, homebound Granite Staters gained access to the vaccine. Lori Nash, Director of Compliance, Privacy & Security and Schelley […]
The Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire has five exciting opportunities to recognize the best and the brightest among our members. By recognizing excellence among our agencies, staff, students and advocates the Alliance is able to publicly acknowledge and thank those who make a difference throughout New Hampshire as well as […]
Deadline Extended! Nominations Due Friday, June 4th! The Alliance is pleased to announce a Call for Nominations for the Ninth Annual Ira Byock and Yvonne Corbeil Award for Innovation and Collaboration in Delivering the Best Care Possible. Registration Form: Byock Corbeil nomination form 2021 final Please send us your nominations for an individual, team or […]
The Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire has five exciting opportunities to recognize the best and the brightest among our members. By recognizing excellence among our agencies, staff, students and advocates the Alliance is able to publicly acknowledge and thank those who make a difference throughout New Hampshire as well as […]
The 2020 Excellence in Nursing Awards is now open and will remain open until January 10, 2020. I want to personally encourage each of them to nominate nurses from their organization for these prestigious awards. We are hoping to get more nominations from outside the acute care setting. Here is a link to the nomination […]
EngAGING NH and the NH State Committee on Aging are pleased to announce that we are soliciting nominations for the annual Joseph D. Vaughan awards. This is a joint effort to recognize individuals or couples over the age of 60 who demonstrate outstanding leadership or meritorious achievement as volunteers on behalf of New Hampshire’s older […]
Violet Rounds, Chief Financial Officer of Concord Regional VNA, was recently awarded the Home Care Service Award by the Home Care Association of New Hampshire (HCANH) at its annual meeting in Meredith, NH. The award recognized her decades of outstanding work promoting quality home care in New Hampshire. “Violet’s deep knowledge about government programs and […]
LNAs are often at the front line of the health care experience. The LNA of the Year Award offers us all an opportunity to recognize and reward those individuals who have committed themselves to a career as a Licensed Nursing Assistant, offer excellence in patient care, are suburb at communicating with patients, families and staff, […]
Our own Sandra Poleatewich, RN, and chief operating officer at Interim Healthcare in Manchester Association, Home Care Association of New Hampshire CEO Gina Balkus, and Karen Michel, the executive director at Rockingham County sport the lower left corner in box number 9 in the August 19 issue of the New Hampshire Business Review. Poleatewich was […]
The Home Care Association of New Hampshire has four exciting opportunities to recognize the best and the brightest among our members. By recognizing excellence among our agencies, staff, students and advocates the Home Care Association of New Hampshire strives to publicly acknowledge and thank those who make a difference throughout Home Care, as well as to […]
Priscilla Norton knows first-hand what a valuable asset the right caregiver can be when caring for a loved one with Parkinson’s disease. Luckily for Priscilla, she found that perfect caregiver when Cornerstone VNA in Rochester sent Marie Stickles, who was recently named Home Care Association of New Hampshire LNA of the year. A few years […]
Two of New Hampshire’s Home Care & Hospice volunteers were among those recognized for excellence in volunteering by Governor Hassan on May 4th. In a packed Executive Council Chamber Peter Cassell of Central New Hampshire VNA and Lorraine Meyer of Cornerstone VNA were both Awarded the Joseph D. Vaughan Award for Outstanding Leadership and Meritorious Achievement as a Volunteer. […]
The Foundation for Healthy Communities is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for the 2014 Clint Jones NH Nursing Award! This award recognizes a registered nurse, new to the profession of nursing, who exemplifies the practice of high quality nursing care and demonstrates an exceptional commitment to the nursing profession. Selection criteria include […]
It’s time to begin the process for the 2015 Clint Jones NH Nursing Award, which we hope to present to a deserving recipient during National Nurse’s Week, which runs from May 6-12. This annual award honors the late Clint Jones, who managed the NH Nursing Workforce Partnership through the Foundation, and more information on the […]
New Hampshire has Outstanding Women in Business More people recognize the admirable role women play in business even though women are still underrepresented in top leadership positions. The tide is turning, however. Countless studies have recognized the positive difference women business leaders make in the companies they work for including increased revenues, increased innovation, and […]
Are you the next Corporate Fund Nonprofit Management Award recipient? The Corporate Fund, an initiative of New Hampshire corporations in partnership with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2014 Nonprofit Management Award. Management in the nonprofit sector is among the most demanding and most important work in our communities. The […]
