The American Hospice Foundation's mission is to improve access to quality hospice care through public education, professional training and advocacy on behalf of conusmers.
The Foundation advances hospice concepts by:
- Training school professionals who work with grieving students.
- Educating employers and managers about the needs of grieving employees.
- Creating tools to help hospices reach out to their communities.
- Promoting improved hospice benefits in managed care organizations.
- Initiating research on consumer needs and preferences in end-of-life care.
By forging partnerships at local and national levels, we ensure that hospice care is available to many who might otherwise be underserved. Our current initiatives include:
- Training workshops and materials on grieving children for educators.
- Employer outreach campaign to aid bereaved employees and their co-workers.
- In-service programs for hospice and nursing home staff.
- Tools for decision-making at the end of life for caregivers of the terminally ill.