This handbook is designed to provide you with general information regarding the certification process for home care and hospice executives and the written examination, as well as provide an overview of the content areas on which you will be examined. To meet the needs of its members and the consumer population, the association is committed to promoting quality leadership of home care and hospice organizations. Quality leadership by the home care or hospice executive is necessary to develop an effective framework to support the organization's mission and purpose.
Professional certification is a natural outgrowth of the quality movement.
Credentialing home care and hospice executives is also important during this time of increased public scrutiny and rapid growth in the number of home care providers. Certification of home care and hospice executives provides the home care community with a mechanism to establish credentials, acknowledge experience and career involvement, and define a body of knowledge for individuals in leadership positions in home care and hospice organizations. Certification represents achievement of a standard of knowledge for the operation of a home care or hospice organization. It signifies that the individual has attained a defined level of education, experience, and knowledge. Certified individuals may use the initials CHCE behind their names.