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transitions of care and concurrent
care. Through hands-on activities,
attendees will have tangible
pearls to take back to their team
to improve their interdisciplinary
team approach to patient care
from perinatal to adolescent/
young adult.
Additional education sessions
include:

Programs Honored for Innovation in
Palliative, End-of-life Care
Three programs that expand the reach of palliative and end-of-life care
were honored with the 2019 Circle of Life Award®, along with one program
that will be awarded a Citation of Honor. Honorees include member
program, Hospice of the Western Reserve. The Circle of Life Award®, now in
its 20th year, celebrates innovative organizations and programs across the
nation that have made great strides in palliative and end-of-life care.

■ How Do We Tell the Children?

■ Western Reserve Navigator, Hospice of the Western Reserve, Cleveland,
Ohio

■ Cross Training Adult Teams to
Care for Pediatrics

■ Palliative Care Services, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital,
Aurora, Colorado

■ Pediatric Medication
Management "Perils" Quiz
Show

■ University Health System Palliative Care Team, San Antonio, Texas

■ Providing Music Therapy to
Infants at End of Life
■ How To Create a Children's
Peer Support Family Grief
Center
■ Hello and Goodbye: Perinatal
Loss Doula Volunteers
■ Hospice Staff Education in
Pediatric Care: Build, Grow and
Achieve
Ideally suited for pediatric
professionals of all disciplines and
levels, NHPCO's IDC19 gives a
great chance to share views,
exchange knowledge, and
establish research collaborations
& networking in the field of
pediatric hospice and palliative
care. Learn more and register for
IDC19.

■ A Citation of Honor will be presented to the Medical University of South
Carolina Palliative Care Program, Charleston, South Carolina
The awards were presented at a ceremony on July 26, 2019, in San Diego at
the annual conference of the American Hospital Association.
"The work of this year's honorees represents the most innovative and
creative thinking in end-of-life care," said AHA President and CEO Rick
Pollack. "Through the use of technology, integrated systems of care and
community support, these programs have raised the bar for meeting the
needs of patients and their families."
The 2019 awards are supported, in part, by grants from the California
Health Care Foundation, based in Oakland, Calif., and the Cambia Health
Foundation, based in Portland, Ore. Major sponsors of the 2019 awards are
the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association and the
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and National Hospice
Foundation.

Hospice of the Western Reserve with the Circle of Life Award,
pictured with the award sponsors at the ceremony in San Diego.
The 2020 application process is now open. For more information
visit www.aha.org/circleoflife.

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