Healthcare Observances

 

Mark your calendars for upcoming healthcare observances. These dates provide great times to recognize and thank the staff, volunteers, and community partners who make a difference every day.

Know an observance we should add? Please email us.



 

Date   Event
November
2025

National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Family Caregivers Month
Home Care and Hospice Month
1  National Family Caregiver's Day
3-7  Palliative and Advanced Care Week
9-15 National Nurse Practitioner Week
10-14  Hospice Week
20 National Rural Health Day
17-21  Home Health Week
24-28  Private Duty Home Care Week

 
December
2025

1  World AIDS Day
7-13 National Handwashing Awareness Week

 

 

 
2026
January
2026		 12 National Pharmacist Day
February
2026		 American Heart Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
4    World Cancer Day
6    National Wear Red Day
20  National Caregivers Day
23-March 2  National Funeral Planning Awareness Week
March
2026

National Social Work Month
8-14  Patient Safety Awareness Week
25-31  National Physician Week
29 National Vietnam War Veterans Day 
30  National Doctors’ Day

 
April
2026		 National Volunteer Month

7  World Health Day
7-13  National Public Health Week
16 National Health Decisions Day
20-26 National Volunteer Week
28- May 2  Patient Experience Week
May
2026

National Nurses Month
National Mental Health Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
4-10 National Hospital Week
6-12  National Nurses Week
10-16 National Skilled Nursing Care Week
12  International Nurses Day

 
June
2026		 Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Pride Month
11-17  National Nursing Assistants Week
27 National PTSD Awareness Day
July
2026

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

 

August
2026

 National Immunization Awareness Month
10-16 OSHA's Safe and Sound Week
September
2026

Health Aging Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
Pain Awareness Month
National Suicide Prevention Month
10  World Suicide Prevention Day
13-19  National Assisted Living Week
29  World Heart Day

 
October
2026		 Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month
American Pharmacists Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
4-10 Mental Illness Awareness Week
5-11 National Health Care Supply Chain Week
10  World Mental Health Day
10  World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD)
18-24 Spiritual Care Week
19-25  National Pharmacy Week