FHPCA was honored to present the 2025 Awards of Excellence at the Annual Forum. These recognitions are granted to individuals, teams, or organizations that demonstrate outstanding service, innovation, leadership, and compassion in Florida’s hospices and palliative care. These awards help to highlight best practices, honor exceptional contributions, and encourage continued excellence in end-of-life care. Continue reading
2025 Awards of Excellence Winners
Please join us May 29-30 for the 40th Annual Forum – Hospice Works: Sunshine State of Mind at the beautiful Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Hotel for networking and education. Get ready for innovative content and incredible speakers. Visit…
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Today’s onboarding isn’t just about paperwork and policies — it’s about creating momentum, building connection, and accelerating performance. This dynamic, practical webinar will explore how to transform onboarding from a passive checklist into a powerful engagement and performance driver. You will discover how to shape the new-hire experience with intention, connection, and accountability — right from the first interaction. Whether onboarding in-person or remotely, you'll walk away with a fresh mindset to turn your onboarding into a high-impact experience that fuels retention, culture, and performance.
This webinar will review all aspects of the hospice volunteer coordinator’s role and requirements. It will present volunteer tracking and reporting requirements, volunteer recruitment, training, education, and maintenance of volunteer personnel files. It will also review relevant best practices, including participation in IDG and using volunteers with patients and within the agency. FAQs related to volunteers and the volunteer coordinator role will also be addressed.
In order to make responsiveness to patients, clients, families, and coworkers expected and routine, you have to rely on choices your staff members make in each moment of communication. And because you can’t be everywhere at once, you need tools that provide accountability and support to help others act on their best intentions. The program will include:
-Three factors that influence discretionary effort and how to use them to inspire colleagues
-Best practices of leaders who inspire and energize people about compassionate, reassuring, and personal care
-How to overcome the obstacles to consistent rounding with staff
-Onboarding techniques to take new colleagues across the first two years when they are at high risk of jumping ship
People are multidimensional. Understanding how various individuals see and interact with the world can significantly help with providing higher levels of care. With this understanding you can skillfully work with, and alongside, those perceived to be “challenging” instead of experiencing them as “difficult.” This webinar will focus on working with various specific personalities by providing information and skills to assist all team members.
