.End of Life Professional Tools

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Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care:
The Report of the Consensus Conference
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Volume 12, Number 10, Year 2009.
Abstract: A Consensus Conference sponsored by the Archstone Foundation of Long Beach, California, was held February 17–18, 2009, in Pasadena, California. The Conference was based on the belief that spiritual care is a fundamental component of quality palliative care. This document and the conference recommendations it includes builds upon prior literature, the National Consensus Project Guidelines, and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices and Conference proceedings.

Literature Review on Advance Directives Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy

Partners For Children Waiver Lauched
California has entered into a formal agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to pilot the children’s hospice and a palliative care waiver program in 13 counties over the next three years.  It is anticipated that first five counties – Alameda, Monterey, San Diego, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz – will begin providing services under the program by the end of the year. The Partners for Children waiver will allow eligible children to receive concurrent curative and palliative care. (Fundamental of Pediatric Palliative Care California's Pediatric Palliative Care Benefit Powerpoint)

Sacramento Healthcare Decisions - End of Life Decisions Series
Includes the following topics:
- The Changing Role of Medicine - Our Changing View of Death
- Quality of Life
- How to Communicate Your End-of-Life Decision
- Tools of Communication
- Building a Partnership with Your Doctor
- Living and Dying in a Caring Community

Links
Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition http://www.childrenshospice.org/
Kidney End-of-Life Coalition http://www.kidneyeol.org/index.htm

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