The Nationwide Affiliation for House Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Nationwide Hospice and Palliative Care Group (NHPCO) have introduced the launch of a brand new nationwide group with the disclosing of a reputation, brand and web site.

The 2 organizations had already merged – and appointed a brand new chief – however had not but introduced a brand new title or model.

The Nationwide Alliance for Care at House (the Alliance) strives to supply assets, schooling, and data to assist members increase their organizations. As well as, the Alliance will function the collective voice of the membership group, advocating for insurance policies that promote the supply of high-quality take care of sufferers and their households.

The Nationwide Alliance for Care at House brand pays homage to the previous whereas representing the long run. It combines visible components that symbolize NAHC and NHPCO, the legacy organizations that merged to type this new alliance. The emblem idea was developed primarily based on enter from a working group of members, who’ve had a big affect on the Alliance’s model.

The Alliance

The Alliance additionally launched its integration web site right this moment at AllianceForCareAtHome.org. The brand new website not solely gives details about the group, but additionally serves as a single sign-on hub for members.

The brand new web site contains an up to date Discover a Supplier instrument to assist shoppers find dwelling well being, dwelling care, hospice, and palliative care suppliers. Within the coming weeks, Alliance members can have entry to a complete of 29 on-line communities, facilitating the skilled change of concepts and greatest practices. A brand new web site will launch in 2025 on the present URL, consolidating key options from each the legacy NAHC and NHPCO websites. As the brand new website is developed, the Alliance integration website will function a gateway to entry assets from the 2 legacy websites.

“Suppliers who provide numerous types of care at dwelling have at all times seemed to our nationwide associations to assist create a shared imaginative and prescient for the long run,” Kenneth Albert, chair of the Alliance’s transition council, mentioned in a press release. “It took creativeness, dedication and braveness to have the tough conversations of merging two organizations, every with greater than 40 years of historical past, to create this Alliance because the main authority on remodeling care at dwelling. We’ll implement that mission beneath a brand new title that welcomes suppliers throughout the continuum of care to affix: the Nationwide Alliance for Care at House. The emblem represents folks coming collectively, hand in hand. That’s precisely what we’ll do on this new Alliance: work collectively to ascertain what the way forward for care at dwelling can and will seem like, after which make that imaginative and prescient a actuality.”

In March 2023, NAHC and NHPCO introduced that they have been exploring alternatives to collaborate. This initiated a member session and enter course of that led to an settlement to mix the 2 organizations into a brand new alliance, with integration work starting July 1, 2024.

On August 26, the Alliance introduced that Dr. Steve Landers would develop into its first CEO. The Alliance will proceed to combine NAHC and NHPCO operations into one group by way of 2024 and 2025.