“Committed to Improving Care of the Dying”
What Is The Coalition?
The Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care was founded in 1998 to develop a comprehensive approach to improving the care and support of dying patients and their families during the end of life and bereavement periods.
Since the Coalition began in 1998, there have been over 100 members including government agencies, community groups, schools of nursing, medical schools, long term care providers, home health care and hospice providers and individuals committed to realizing the Coalition’s mission. The Coalition is actively sponsored by the Connecticut Departments of Social Services and Public Health. It is funded through grants, donations and membership dues.
Mission
The mission of the Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care is to improve the care of people who are dying and their families in the state of Connecticut and to ensure that every individual has information about and access to compassionate, quality end-of-life care.
The Coalition’s primary objectives in fulfilling its mission are to:
- Identify, disseminate and promote education on end-of-life care for health care professionals, the general public and policy makers;
- Encourage the translation of research in end-of-life care into practice;
- Promote effective end-of-life care through public policy.
Final Report
In January 2010, Ruth McCorkle PhD FAAN, on behalf of the CT Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care, submitted the final report of the three grants funded by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The three projects were as follows: Assessing the Unmet Needs of Healthcare Providers Using a Web-based Survey; Professional Education Programs for Health Care Professionals and Connecticut Prison Hospice: A Model of Collaboration for Education and Training. The Education Committee of the Coalition is strategizing ways to address the unmet needs identified in the survey grant.
Survey Sucess Story selected for CCC Publication
Assessing and Meeting the Unmet Training Needs of End-of-life Health Care Providers, has been selected to be published in the 2010 CCC success story publication. Our story was selected from among 50 entries.
ANNUAL MEETING
Friday October 22, 2010
Location: Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, Meriden
To download Save the Date document: Click here
More details will be forthcoming
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