Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Association

Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Association is a statewide partnership to improve the quality of life for all Nebraskans who have chronic conditions or are near the end of life and to support the various communities who care for them. It is our vision that no Nebraskan lives in pain or dies badly. Nebraskans with chronic or end-of-life conditions, regardless of age, live their last months to their fullest, with their wishes expressed and respected, their pain and suffering alleviated, their fears and questions heard and addressed, their relational, spiritual, cultural, and financial needs met, and their loved ones around them and supported up to and following their death. NHPCA has helped hospice admissions in Nebraska grow by more than 80 percent in the last nine years, has helped the advance directives completion rate in Nebraska grow by 23 percent since 2003, and has helped put Nebraska on the map as a national leader in statewide end-of-life improvement efforts.