Palliative Care Partner and Other Resources

Partner Organizations

CHA works with the following organizations to promote high-quality palliative care for all who need it.

• Circle of Life Award honors innovative palliative and end-of-life care in hospices, hospitals, health care systems, long-term care facilities, and other direct care providers.
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness
  The Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness fosters ongoing dialogue about improving care for people of all ages facing all stages of serious illness.
  
• Patient Quality of Life Coalition represents more than 40 organizations dedicated to improving quality of care and quality of life for these patients – from pediatrics to geriatrics – and to advancing public policies that improve and expand access to palliative care and appropriate pain management for these individuals.
  
• Whole Person Care Initiative is a national partnership to develop quality palliative care programs that support and accompany the chronically and terminally ill in both clinical and parish settings.

Catholic Resources

• Archdiocese of Boston Initiative for Palliative Care provides resources on palliative care and advance care planning
• Talking of Palliative Care TV Series, CatholicTV
• Institute for Human Caring, Providence St. Joseph Health
• National Association of Catholic Chaplains along with Board Chaplaincy Certification, Inc. offers an advanced certification in palliative care and hospice.
• Palliative Care, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged & Infirm
• Pontifical Academy for Life, PALLIFE Project is an international study group with the purpose of supporting the academy in its initiatives to promote palliative care throughout the world.

Other Resources

• Center to Advance Palliative Care provides tools, training, technical assistance, and metrics needed to build and sustain palliative care in all health care settings.
• CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care - Provides high-quality education to healthcare professionals and students
• National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care is comprised of 14 leading organizations dedicated to improving equitable access to quality care for serious illness across the lifespan.
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is the nation's largest membership organization for providers and professionals who care for people affected by serious and life-limiting illness.
  • CaringInfo – free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers to make decisions about serious illness and end-of-life care and services.
  • Diversity Resource Guides
• NASHP Resource Hub: State Strategies to Address Palliative Care - Tools and resources to help states advance palliative care.
• Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin
  • End-of-Life Care for the Catholic Patient