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Current Highlights
HealthCare Chaplaincy Call for Proposals
HealthCare Chaplaincy has released a Call for Proposals (CFP) for a pioneering grantmaking initiative aimed at growing the field of chaplaincy research in palliative care. The project welcomes applications from interdisciplinary research teams comprised of health, behavioral or social scientists, and board-certified chaplains who are affiliated with educational or health care institutions, research organizations, or other types of nonprofit organizations located in the United States or Canada. Consortia of such institutions or organizations are also welcome to apply. The deadline for submitting applications is March 15, 2012. Click here to learn more.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Subspecialty Exam
The American Board of Medical Specialties has scheduled this final exam opportunity, October 4, 2012, within the grandfathering period for hospice and palliative medicine, meaning physicians may qualify to sit for the certification exam on the basis of experience as opposed to a fellowship program. The American Board of Internal Medicine will administer the exam on behalf of all 10 co-sponsoring boards. Future exams will be offered in even years beginning in 2014. For more information, click here.
Palliative Care Center on the Web
WebMD has launched a Palliative Care Center with online resources and discussion areas for patients and families. Links to national news stories on the subject of palliative care, information on advance directives, and how to find palliative care services are featured. Click here. | |
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Readings & Research
Death in the Nursing Home: An Examination of Grief and Well-being in Nursing Assistants
Research in Gerontological Nursing
Nursing assistants are the key providers of care in nursing homes. This study has documented the vital need to support nursing assistants in the grief they experience in their intimate and often long-term relationships with residents. This study applied a strong battery of outcome measures capturing both distress of grief as well as growth from grief, and it can serve as a model for other professional groups and other settings of care.
Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in High-Income Countries
The Lancet Oncology
The burden of cancer is growing, and the disease is becoming a major economic expenditure for all developed countries. In 2008, the worldwide cost of cancer due to premature death and disability (not including direct medical costs) was estimated to be US $895 billion. This is not simply due to an increase in absolute numbers, but also the rate of increase of expenditure on cancer. What are the drivers and solutions to the so-called cancer-cost curve in developed countries? How are we going to afford to deliver high quality and equitable care? Here, expert opinion from health care professionals, policy makers, and cancer survivors has been gathered to address the barriers and solutions to delivering affordable cancer care.
Pallimed - A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog
Pallimed Blog
Blog entries on this site range from topics on "The Alignment of HPM and Oncology", "Palliative Care Influence on Chemotherapy Use in Metastatic NSCLC", "Palliative Drug Shortages", and "A Better Kind of Care." Visitors can post comment and share content via many social media venues. | |
Educational Opportunities
Team Sustainability from the Pediatric Palliative Care Perspective
Audio Conference January 25, 2012 1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
As the field of pediatric palliative care evolves, important issues related to team development and strategies for sustainability have emerged. This audio conference will explore the unique challenges and vulnerabilities faced by pediatric palliative care teams. In addition, growth strategies that have been successfully adapted by two mature programs will be reviewed. Learn more and register.
2012 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly
March 7-10 2012 Denver, CO
The Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) is designed for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers interested in acquiring, maintaining, or expanding the skills needed to function effectively in the field of hospice and palliative care. Learn more.
It's About How We LEAD
The 27th Management and Leadership Conference
March 29-31, 2012 National Harbor, MD
Leadership to ensure the future success of hospice and palliative care programs is critical to the end-of-life care field today, so much so, that participants will explore leadership - and its myriad facets - at this annual conference presented by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Learn more.
Grieving Children: How You Can Help
May 9, 2012, 1-2 pm Eastern
In this program, clinicians will be offered proven approaches and techniques that can support and comfort the sometimes invisible population of grieving children. Participants will have a chance to hear discussions of time-tested literature as well as newer research, and at the same time hear from clinicians who have a wealth of experience in counseling grieving children and their families. Panelists are Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv; David Crenshaw, PhD; and Phil Carpenter, MDiv, from Hospice Foundation of America. Learn more.
Spirituality and Health Summer Institute
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
July 9-13, 2012 Washington, DC
The 2012 Spirituality and Health Summer Institute will focus on practical ways to integrate spirituality and compassion into healthcare. Join us for a week of presentations, workshops by leaders in spiritual care, professionalism and compassion. Participate in discussions on the evidence for spiritual care, and for compassionate presence, the tools to use to bring spirituality to the forefront of clinical care, the role of all members if the interdisciplinary team. Learn more. | |
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Coalition Member Organizations
Ascension Health
St. Louis, MO
Avera Health
Sioux Falls, SD
Benedictine Health System
Duluth, MN
Bon Secours Health System
Marriottsville, MDCarmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
Germantown, NY The Catholic Health Association of the United States St. Louis, MO Catholic Health Initiatives Denver, CO Catholic Health Partners Cincinnati, OH CHRISTUS Health Irving, TX Covenant Health Systems Tewksbury, MA Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Baton Rouge, LA Hospital Sisters Health System Springfield, IL Mercy Chesterfield, MO OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL PeaceHealth Bellevue, WA Provena Health Mokena, IL Providence Health & Services Renton, WA Resurrection Health Care Chicago, IL Sisters of Charity Health System Cleveland, OH Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Lenexa, KS SSM Health Care St. Louis, MO St. Joseph Health System Orange, CA Trinity Health Novi, MI |
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Supportive Care Coalition
c/o Providence Health & Services
18530 NW Cornell Rd., Suite 101
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
503-216-5377
Tina Picchi, MA, BCC, Executive Director Kelsi Charlesworth, MS, Program Manager Peggy Berwick, BA, Administrative Assistant |
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