Category: press releases

‘Aging Forward’ Named a Finalist for a Foreword 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Award

Aging Forward Foreword INDIES Finalist

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com Baltimore, MD (March 20, 2024) — Health Professions Press is excited to announce that its book, Aging Forward: A New Path for Health, Technology, and Community has been named a finalist in Foreword Reviews 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Written by… Read more »

HPP Celebrates the Extraordinary Life of Dementia Care Pioneer Naomi Feil

Naomi Feil

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com Baltimore, MD (March 18, 2024) — Naomi Feil, the originator of the Validation method, died on December 24, 2023, at the age of 91. While HPP mourns the loss of a remarkable woman, we also honor her extraordinary life and celebrate the legacy… Read more »

Living Normally with Dementia: One Care Home’s Story and How to Make It Yours Wins Award in 2023 National Mature Media Awards Program

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com Living Normally with Dementia: One Care Home’s Story and How to Make It Yours Wins Award in 2023 National Mature Media Awards Program Baltimore, MD (August 8, 2023) — May Bjerre Eiby and her book Living Normally with Dementia: One Care Home’s… Read more »

In Memoriam: Virginia Marsh Bell, M.S.W. (1922–2023)

Virginia Bell and David Troxel signing their book

In Memoriam Virginia Marsh Bell, M.S.W. (Lexington, KY / 1922–2023) It is with gratitude and pride that we recognize the long and productive life of a great friend and colleague, Virginia Bell, who recently left us—but not without leaving an enduring mark on the world, both through the innumerable lives she touched directly and in… Read more »

Essential Resource On Preventing Resident-To-Resident Incidents In Long-Term Care Wins Award In 2022 National Mature Media Awards Program

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com Essential Resource On Preventing Resident-To-Resident Incidents In Long-Term Care Wins Award In 2022 National Mature Media Awards Program Baltimore, MD (September 2022) — Eilon Caspi, Ph.D., was a winner in the 31st annual National Mature Media Awards Program. The program, presented by… Read more »

Health Professions Press Books Win Awards in 2021 National Mature Media Awards Program

2021 Mature Media Awards Winners banner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager marketing@healthpropress.com 410-337-9585 x181 Baltimore, MD (October 2021) — Two Health Professions Press books received awards in the 30th annual National Mature Media Awards Program. The program, presented by the Mature Market Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for the senior market, recognizes the nation’s finest marketing, communications, educational… Read more »

Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift Wins Nautilus Book Award in Social Change and Social Justice Category

Nautilus Award Winner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager marketing@healthpropress.com 410-337-9585 x181 Baltimore, MD (August 2020) –Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift (Health Professions Press/AARP), by Jill Vitale-Aussem, is a winner of a 2019 Nautilus Book Award. The book, which confronts the biases of ageism and the ways in which they influence every… Read more »

HPP Book on Individualizing Diets in Long-Term Care Wins Award in 2019 National Mature Media Awards Program

The Inside Scoop on Informed Choice wins 2019 Mature Media Award

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com HPP Book on Individualizing Diets in Long-Term Care Wins Award in 2019 National Mature Media Awards Program Baltimore, MD (November 22, 2019) — Health Professions Press was a winner in the 28th annual National Mature Media Awards Program. The program, presented by… Read more »

Can You Have a Great Life in a Nursing Home? New Book from Leading Expert Says, “Yes!”

Book cover

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager marketing@healthpropress.com 410-337-9585 x181 Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift Can You Have a Great Life in a Nursing Home? New Book from Leading Expert Says, “Yes!” “Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift is a must-read for anyone who cares about the… Read more »

Raising Awareness of the Benefits of Hospice and Palliative Care

For Immediate Release Contact: Kaitlin Konecke, Marketing Manager Phone: 410-337-9585 x181 Email: kkonecke@healthpropress.com HPP Celebrates November’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Baltimore, MD (November 2, 2018) — Hospice is not a place but is high-quality care that enables patients and families to focus on living as fully as possible despite a life-limiting illness. Palliative care brings… Read more »