Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter - March 2001
Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2
March 2001
=====================================
In this Issue
=====================================
1. Message from David Abrams, President
2. Focus On: Physician Education
3. What's New @ HFA
4. Special Thanks from HFA
5. Site Coordinator's Corner
-----------------------------------------------------
1. Message from David Abrams, President
-----------------------------------------------------
We are sending this newsletter to you because of your past support of, and involvement with, Hospice Foundation of America (HFA). HFA is dedicated to educating both consumers and professionals about the hospice philosophy and end-of-life care, and creating > dialogue between all members of the healthcare community.
This newsletter is sent to more than 2,600 subscribers on the 2nd Wednesday of every month to keep you informed of what is happening in the fields of hospice, grief and bereavement, and caregiving, as well as what's new at HFA. We encourage you to forward this e-newsletter to an interested colleague or friend. If at any time you wish to unsubscribe, please > go to the link at the bottom of this message.
-----------------------------------------------------
2. Focus On: Physician Education
-----------------------------------------------------
For most families facing terminal illness or end-of-life issues, a physician will play a primary role in guiding the decision-making process. Hospice Foundation of America developed a series of articles that were published in six major daily newspapers as part of a public education series focusing on issues of physician education and communication. Read articles such as "Can We Humanize Our Medical System", "There are Limits to Medical Technology", and "Will Your Doctor Do What You Want?"
Please feel free to contact HFA for permission to reprint these articles.
-----------------------------------------------------
3. What's New @ HFA
-----------------------------------------------------
As part of its commitment to professional education, HFA has undertaken The Hospice Medicaid Education Project, a one-year demonstration project funded by the 2000 session of the Florida Legislature and administered for the Florida Department of Health. The goal of the project is to expand the utilization of hospice among Medicaid patients with a life-limiting illness in order to enhance the last weeks of their lives. The project is conducted in partnership with Florida Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., and the Health Council of South Florida, and is part of the Florida Partnership for End of Life Care of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community-State Partnerships in End of Life Care. Learn more about HMEP.
-----------------------------------------------------
4. Special Thanks from HFA
-----------------------------------------------------
HFA's 8th annual live-via-satellite teleconference, Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses, will be broadcast on April 18. HFA would like to thank this year's sponsors.
The Foundation for End of Life Care is dedicated to improving care at the end of life through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and public outreach, as well as through promoting the hospice philosophy of care.
Last Acts is a national coalition to improve care and caring near the end of life, whose goals are to bring > death-related issues out in the open and help individuals and organizations pursue better ways to care for the dying. Tune in to the HBO broadcast of "Wit" with Emma Thompson, directed by Mike Nichols, on March 24.
Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, whose mission is to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement through initiatives in research, scholarship, the humanities, and the arts, and to foster innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional education, and public policy.
The teleconference, moderated by Cokie Roberts of ABC News, will be seen in more than 2000 communities across the country. Learn more about the program.
If you are an individual interested in attending a site in your area, click on the teleconference link above and go to the "Locate a Site" prompt to find a full state-by-state listing of sites.
-----------------------------------------------------
5. Site Coordinator's Corner
-----------------------------------------------------
If you are a Registered Site Coordinator for this year's teleconference, watch this space for reminders and updates.
-----------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement: In no case will we share e-mail addresses. Read the full
text of HFA's Privacy Policy.
-----------------------------------------------------
This newsletter is published by Hospice Foundation of America
Jack D. Gordon, Chairman
David Abrams, President
http://www.hospicefoundation.org
© Hospice Foundation of America 2001
To join our email newsletter, go to HFA's E-Newsletter sign-up page.
Go to the E-Newsletter Archives.
