Welcome to
The Front Porch.
Where stories begin and care continues.
A front porch is known as a home’s extension to the outside world. It’s where strangers become friends and our most personal and genuine conversations take place.
LHC Group started with one simple decision – a decision to join our patients on “their front porch” and accept the responsibility of providing care in the comfort of their homes. For more than two decades, LHC Group has worked to build a better community through quality care and genuine connection. It’s time to tell our stories.
Honoring and Supporting Those Who Serve: How LHC Group Agencies Care for Veterans and Build a Community of Compassion
Caring for America’s Veterans is a vitally important part of living up to our foundational mission statement: It’s all about helping more people. Our goal is to provide the Veteran community with...
Three Hospice Myths: Debunking misconceptions about hospice and palliative care careers
Hospice and palliative care is a fulfilling and rewarding career. Unfortunately, there are many commonly held misconceptions surrounding this sector of healthcare that too often misinform...
Serving Senior Citizens – Exploring a specialized career opportunity in the home healthcare industry
There are many career choices available here at LHC Group. As Senior Citizens Day approaches, we want to highlight one of our unique career pathways – senior living clinicians. At LHC Group (LHCG), we are passionate about providing exceptional care for seniors, and it’s our senior living clinicians who make that possible.
How a fall happens: The causes, risks, and life-changing impacts on health and happiness
To understand why falls happen, we need to take it step by step. Here, we will examine some of the most common causes, risks, and results of falls at home.
Nurses and Hospital Weeks: Learning more about the people who drive our mission
When it’s all about helping MORE people, making that purpose into a passion means we must celebrate and recognize the people who live it every day. At LHC Group, we are mindful of this obligation....
Occupational Therapy Month – An experienced therapist’s perspective on finding a home
April is National “Occupational Therapy Month.” This month is set aside to recognize the vital contributions occupational therapists (OTs) make to our success as a healthcare provider and, most...
Five things you need to know about starting your career at LHC Group
We asked our Talent Acquisition (TA) team for their thoughts on the most important things job seekers should know when embarking on their careers at LHC Group. Our team proudly shared their feedback.
Taking Action – When Passion Meets Motivation and Mission
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright That quote inspires meaningful action in LHC Group’s...
Dr. James Eppinette – A Special Dedication for a Special Physician
In October 2022, Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care and Specialty Extended Care Hospital in Monroe, La., held a dedication ceremony for a special individual who played an important role in both...
Caring – The Essential Element of a Rewarding Career Journey
A conversation with Brecken Anderson, senior vice president (SVP) of home health operations In her role at LHC Group, Brecken Anderson oversees the administration of 100 home health agencies and...
More Than Just a Pet – Hospice Program Provides Care When Owners Can’t
They look back at her from the wall of her San Antonio office -- the faces, names, and grateful expressions of pets helped by April Medellin and her small team at Christus VNA Hospice. Each animal...
The pandemic may be waning, but important employee resources remain.
As we’re all aware, our LHC Group family – as well as the entire healthcare industry – continues the process of emerging from the height of the COVID pandemic. And during the toughest of those...
Strokes – Learn More About the Risks and Prevention
This past May was “National Stroke Awareness Month” – a time set aside to raise awareness of a leading cause of death and serious disability in the U.S. Now that the month has passed, we think it’s...
Celebrating the Benefits of Diversity at LHC Group
Here at LHC Group, our responsibility to enhance and further our efforts in regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion – or DEI, as it’s commonly called – is an ongoing effort without end. April is...
Stress Awareness Month: The importance of confronting and managing stress
In a recent Culture Club video, we discussed the importance of mental health. With all that we’ve gone through over the past few years, there is a renewed (and long overdue) focus on just how...
LHC Group’s “ClearWay” Helps Patients Better Manage Chronic Lung Disease Like COPD
In February, LHC Group launched ClearWay, our latest comprehensive clinical care program designed specifically for people living with chronic lung disease. This unique program was developed with...
Nurturing the Industry’s Next Generation of Female Leaders
At the end of 2021, LHC Group was recognized as a “Best Company for Women” by Comparably, a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring site. The list was determined based solely on...
February – When We Turn Our Attention to Matters of the Heart
Established by President Lyndon B. Johnson, February has been recognized as American Heart Month since 1964. It was a landmark moment in our nation’s understanding of and approach to dealing...
Choose Control Helps Patients Manage Their Diabetes and Live Healthier, Happier Lives
As we wrote in November 2021, LHC Group officially launched “Choose Control” – a diabetes management program that utilizes both established methods and more modern techniques specifically related to...
Helping Employees Find the Self-care They Need
About four or five years ago, I started experiencing a great deal of anxiety over when and how I was going to lose my parents. My parents are my heroes. We are very close. I cannot imagine what life...
Flu Vaccines – Myth vs. Fact
Each year, when influenza (flu) season rolls around, clinicians and providers are frequently asked about flu vaccines – their efficacy, side-effects, etc. This season, with the COVID pandemic still...
The Unexpected Guest
Welcome to a real conversation with an unexpected guest: “Hello, Grief. You were not invited. “No, I really don’t want to let you in. But there is little choice – since you are already in my head,...
Bladder health – Learn, Take Control, and Eliminate Unpleasant Symptoms
November is “Bladder Health Month” – a good time to learn more about this vital organ and how it can affect your overall health and well-being. The bladder is part of your urinary tract – a hollow...
This November, Join the Nation in Celebrating Home Health and Hospice Providers
November is National Home Care and Hospice Month – a time set aside to recognize and honor home health and hospice caregivers around nation. Every day, millions of nurses, home care aides,...
A Veteran… On Helping Veterans
In 2019, upon my retirement from the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, I joined Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care in Jennings, La., as a volunteer coordinator. My wife, Kristi, is our...
Introducing “Choose Control” – LHC Group’s New Clinical Program Focused on the Management of Diabetes
As a family nurse practitioner and the director of clinical programs here at LHC Group, I’ve treated many patients dealing with the complications and difficulties of diabetes. This disease, if not...
Home Health Physical Therapy is the Right Choice
Over the past 20-plus years, I have had the opportunity to treat numerous patients in the comfort of their own homes. Many of these patients would have a sign on the wall that stated, “Home is where...
Mississippi HomeCare of Flowood – Setting a High Standard for Patient-Centered Care
October is “Patient-Centered Care Awareness” month – a time set aside to remind us all that healthcare professionals are part of a healthcare delivery team that includes the patients and families we...
Healthy Aging Month: Five Tips for Making the Most of Your Golden Years
Aging is unavoidable. And while the calendar doesn’t stop for anyone, it doesn’t mean you have to stop doing the things you love to do, and your golden years don’t have to lose their luster. Whether...
Four Stories of Advice From LHC Group Grandparents
“There is no substitution for experience.” It’s a truism that applies to our work and profession, to our crafts and hobbies, and to life in general. We are all born with a complete lack of...