“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.

At present there are 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.

Help Us Help You! Please Take Our Survey

The State of Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care need your help to gather information on the educational needs of health care professionals, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, funeral directors and others in Connecticut who provide palliative and end-of-life care.

Please take a few minutes to help us help you by completing our confidential online survey. You will be entered into a lottery to win free registration to the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care. 

Upcoming Events

January 21, 2009

CULTURE MATTERS IN END OF LIFE CARE
Karen Bullock, LCSW, PhD


5:30-7:30PM
University of Connecticut School of Social Work