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Continuing education and other resources for hospice and bereavement professionals

Utilize our expert-led continuing education courses to help you and your staff achieve personal, professional, and organizational excellence. Explore our vast library of publications, outreach activities, and research opportunities to enhance your practice and bring you closer to the communities you serve. Or invest in your professional development by becoming an HFA member.

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Live and on-demand courses, Living with Grief® programs, and Five Wishes ACP courses improve the care you provide.

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HFA’s print materials help you advance as a professional and enhance your community outreach.

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Join like-minded professionals and receive free access to live and on-demand CE courses and much more.

Don’t miss our next live program

Luke’s Wings

November 5, 2026 at Noon – 12:30pm ET

Luke’s Wings’ Veterans in Hospice Transportation Assistance Program (H.T.A.P.) provides free flights for the loved ones of Veterans in hospice care. Through H.T.A.P., Luke’s Wings is honored to provide a final salute to these extraordinary men and women and ensure their loved ones have the opportunity to be physically present when it matters most.

Join Ms. Yaede who will discuss this impactful program as well as their No Service Member Spends The Holidays Alone campaign, which helps ensure service members, Veterans, and their families can be together during the holiday season.

This is a 30-minute informational session. Continuing education not available.

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Earn continuing education (CE) hours with live programs on timely topics presented by leaders in the field. Six months of on-demand viewing access is included with registration.

Active members receive free registration access.

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Learn from the experts at your convenience and at your own pace with these online courses. Continuing education (CE) hours and on-demand viewing is included in course fees.



HFA’s signature professional development series and books are perfect for staff development. The 2026 installment is Best Practices in Hospice Care for Advanced Dementia. HFA’s new, comprehensive book, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: A Guide for Hospice Clinicians, is now available.

Click here to learn about the exceptional care programs that are profiled in the 2025 course, Improving Dying.

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HFA, in partnership with TGBeyond, offers the award-winning documentary A Butterfly Has Been Released and an accompanying professional education program, From Caregiver to Patient: Hospice Nurse Allyson’s Final 39 Days. 

Whether you rent the film for personal viewing, are earning CE credits, or starting community conversations, Allyson’s story will change how you see both death and life.



This comprehensive suite of training courses focuses on advance care planning with humanity and compassion. Courses are designed for those who facilitate advance care planning conversations and for those who deliver community education presentations.

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Our popular Journeys newsletters provide expert bereavement support.

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These companion books cover a wide range of topics. Available in print.

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Proven approaches to advance care planning and grief education.

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Informational programs about hospice and grief for your staff, volunteers, and families.

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