HVP Current Activity

Honor Flight Network Information

Honor Flight recognizes American veterans for your sacrifices and achievements by flying you to Washington, DC to see YOUR memorial at no cost. Top priority is given to WW II and terminally ill veterans from an wars. In the future, Honor Flight will be expanded to include Korean and Vietnam veterans. In order for Honor Flight to achieve this goal, guardians fly with the veterans on every flight providing assistance and helping veterans have a safe, memorable and rewarding experience. Click on the following links for more information, or contact Carole Quackenbush at (513) 742-6310 or Robin McCarthy at rmccarthy@hospiceofdayton.org.

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Upcoming 2013 HVP Meetings

SAVE THE DATES! Mark your calendars for these upcoming HVP meetings

June 11th - Hospice of Medina County
August 8th - Ohio Veterans Home of Sandusky with Stein Hospice
October 8th - Hospice of Northwest Ohio
December 12th - Hospice of Dayton

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Educational Efforts

The Hospice Veteran Partnership of Ohio Speakers Bureau holds training events throughout the year.  Registration for the 2013 Speakers Bureau workshops will be coming soon.

To review the materials from the 2011 events, click on the links below. (The files will need "unzipped").

Speaker Bureau Materials Available:

Click here for the HVP Community Outreach Form.  Click here for the HVP Speaker Evaluation.

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Events in the Community

Contact Bobbi Dolan to submit information for listing in this section.

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Articles of Interest

Veterans Event Draws Crowd
Article sent in by Julie Yeager, Director of Veteran Services at Stein Hospice in Sandusky, Ohio.

New Life Hospice had its 22nd Annual Steak Fry on Aug 12 with over 500 people in attendance. The theme was "Proud to be an American". During the opening remarks, we had a veteran pinning ceremony and asked those veterans in attendance to come forward. About 20 veterans came forward and we did the pinnings as we explained to the crowd about HVP of Ohio. Here are some images from that event:

HVP Pinning 2 HVP Pinning 2 HVP Pinning 1

Hospice Celebrates Lorain Veteran's Life and Service
Click here to read the full Morning Journal article.

Veterans Pinning, HVP Presentation

Click on the links below to read any of the articles about this event on June 3, 2011.

Vet Home Adds Jobs
A new 22-bed hospice unit opening today at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown will give more Ohio Veterans access to quality, end-of-life care. The Georgetown home is the first Veterans Home in the country offering hospice services in a designated, in-house unit.

Wesleyan Village Ceremony Honors Veterans
Article sent in by Deanna Tansey RN, BSN, CHPN, Quality Assurance/Education Coordinator at New Life Hospice

WWII veteran honored through hospice program
Article sent in by Kathy Head, Volunteer Coordinator, Summa's Palliative Care & Hospice Services at St. Thomas Hospital. 

A Salute to School
Article sent in by Kathy Smith, Hospice of Dayton.

Remembrance Walk, Hospice of Dayton 
November 7 was the Remembrance Walk sponsored by Hospice of Dayton. This annual walk honors and recognizes the memories of people whom we have had the privilege to serve at end of life. 

Hospice of Dayton's first HVP "pinnings" were this day, remembering the Veterans who had been with HOD during their last days. Family members who were walking in their memory received the HVP pin, as did many family members who were veterans walking that day receive their HVP pin. As this Saturday was so close to Veterans Day the next Wednesday,  HOD blended that special day of recognition with the Walk. The "pinnings" were offered by two of Hospice of Dayton Account Managers, Rob Liput, who is active military in the US Army Reserves, and Don Trusty, retired Air Force.

Vet Pinning

Seventy-five veterans were pinned that beautiful Fall day. The flags of all Branches were flying, and will be present with future Veteran patient "pinnings" when branch of military service is identified.

Since November 7, Hospice of Dayton has pinned 58 patients who have been admitted for hospice services, as well as recognized 11 staff who are veterans. The stories are overwhelming. The latest being last week, when a patient was newly admitted to the Hospice of Dayton CC as an inpatient. A social worker was in the hallway (and had been educated on the HVP, and the veteran pinnings), speaking with a family member who was very tearful, offering comfort and support. 

While talking, she discovered the newly admitted patient was a veteran. His family was coming in that evening from Colorado. The social worker submitted a Volunteer request to plan a pinning. A Veteran Volunteer had just completed a pinning request in the IPU and stayed that evening until family arrived and pinned this Veteran who was declining rapidly. It was the entire team of Hospice of Dayton who made this a very special time for this patient, family, and staff. 

The Veteran Pinnings have touched so many families, patients, and staff in a very special way, as Hospice of Dayton now includes the Military History Assessment, and the veteran "pinning" into the Plan of Care for each patient who is a veteran, and family.

Vietnam veteran who battled post-traumatic stress is now in his final fight
Article sent in by Susan Figula, RN, CHPN, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Hospice of the Western Reserve.

Vietnam generation begins to fade as death rate rises for war's veterans
Article sent in by Susan Figula, RN, CHPN, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Hospice of the Western Reserve.

Vets Home Adds Jobs: New Hospice Unit Opens
Article sent in by Julie Yeager, Director of Community Relations/Veteran & Volunteer Services, Stein Hospice

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