A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
This statement delineates basic expectations regarding primary palliative care competencies and skills to be considered, learned, and practiced by providers and healthcare services across hospitals and community settings when caring for patients and families with stroke.
Children’s Hospice International 2014 achievement awards
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Award categories:
Charles A. Corr award for literature
This award recognizes an individual (or team) who has written any type of literature—from textbooks to poetry—which has inspired children with life-threatening conditions and the professionals who care for this special patient population.
Sister Frances Dominica award for innovative program development
This award recognizes a health care provider(s) who has created a unique program that will benefit children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
Earl A. Grollman Award for bereavement
This award recognizes outstanding work that effectively and compassionately addresses the issues of grief and bereavement.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award for outstanding contribution
This award recognizes an individual (or team) who has made a significant difference to the field of hospice/palliative care for children.
Melinda Lawrence Award for children’s literature
This award recognizes an individual (or team) whose talent shown through poetry, prose and/or artwork inspires children living with life-threatening conditions and those caring for children living with life-threatening illness.
Robert A. Milch Award for palliative pain and symptom management
This award recognizes a health care provider(s) who has contributed an innovative approach to pain and symptom management for children and adolescents.
Mattie Stepanek champion award
This award recognizes any individual (or team) with extraordinary commitment to the Children’s Hospice International Program for All-Inclusive Coordinated Care for Children and Their Families™ (ChiPACC)
James A. Hawkins award for photography
This award recognizes any individual (or team) whose talent shown trough photography inspires children living with life-threatening conditions and those caring for children living with life-threatening illness.
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How your gift supports the IAHPC mission
Achieved: $24,941
Goal: $30,000
83%
Education
Your gift funds the operational costs of our online courses taught by globally recognized experts who volunteer their time and provide educational resources relevant to palliative care topics. It also supports scholarships that enable palliative care workers to attend educational events and congresses, and allows us to maintain Pallipedia, the free, live, online dictionary.
The goal of this pillar is to implement strategies, resources and tools that will improve the competencies of the global workforce for appropriate palliative care delivery. We have two programs under this pillar plus many other resources for our members.
Your gift enables us to build and strengthen the partnerships that accelerate global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care. We advocate for its integration into primary health care under universal health coverage and effective access to essential palliative care medicines and packages for people of all ages. Your gift supports our work to prepare delegates and participate in technical consultation meetings of the relevant UN organizations.
The goal this pillar is the integration of palliative care into primary health care within the spectrum of universal coverage to improve access to adequate care for patients in need. We offer the following to our members:
Documents on Human Rights and Access to Medicines and Care
Research
Your gift enables us to continue doing research that provides guidance and recommendations for action, based on responses from the global palliative care community. Such research includes our recent evaluation of the impact of euthanasia and assisted dying practices on palliative care workers and the use of essential medicines for palliative care. It also supports the costs of publications focused on research relevant to palliative care.
The goal of this pillar is to design and implement projects that lead to the integration of palliative care into health policies, resolutions, and key documents. Our studies help us provide guidance and recommendations, and take action based on the responses from the global palliative care community.
Your membership enables you to participate in IAHPC projects such as the:
Your gift enables us to continue our in-depth reporting and book reviews in Pallinews, as well as media campaigns that raise awareness about the need to increase access to care and support for patients and families.
We are a small organization that allocates over 80% of our budget to mission driven programs and to the maintenance of our free website. We need operational funding to continue the work.
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IAHPC members: When you gift a 2-year membership to a colleague in a low- or middle-income country, we extend your membership by 6 months.