• The Impact of Hospice Programs on US Hospitals
• Life expectancy in the United States from 1980 to 1998 rose at a rate of 0.15 per year for an increase of 2.7 years to a record high of 76.6 years (Fries, 2003). These factors indicate that the United States population is living longer and is increasingly facing the ultimate challenge of death and ...

• Who we are
• The National Association for Home Care & Hospice represents the lion's share of the nation's 25,000 home care and hospice organizations that provide care to some 12 million people in the U.S. each year. Much of this care is non-medical and involves helping people with personal and supportive care n ...

• Take Action
• Virtually every American knows or loves someone who is ill, in declining health or living with a chronic medical condition who wants to stay in their own home while they receive treatment. For all of us, the desire to remain where we are comfortable, especially during our most vulnerable moments, i ...

• They say it best
• Home care provides patients with the ultimate gift of compassion at a time when their world has been turned upside down. There are many ways to describe the emotional benefits of healing in your own home, but the people who really say it best are those who have experienced home care first-hand. Hea ...

• Home Care Statistics
• Nearly 12 million Americans now rely on home health care. Medicare covers only 3.5 million of them. 78 million Baby Boomers are nearing retirement age. Scientific studies indicate they will experience higher rates of chronic illness. Twelve percent of Americans with chronic illnesses are responsibl ...

• Loved Ones Shouldn't Be Restricted to Visiting Hours
• Nine out of ten people say they prefer home care over institutional care. It is the most efficient and compassionate way to care for patients with chronic conditions and those who do not require full-blown hospitalization or nursing-home care. High Quality and Comprehensive Home care is consumer-fo ...