The Circle of Life Awards recognizes programs for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care
Center for Hospice Care is one of two programs to be honored with 2023 Circle of Life Awards for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. The Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., is the other award-winning program. Both organizations will receive this prestigious recognition during the American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit in Seattle on July 17.
The Circle of Life Awards honor hospital and palliative care programs that are ensuring equitable access to care, implementing nontraditional models of care delivery and payment, fully integrating palliative care into a system of care or a community, making palliative care financially sustainable, developing meaningful measures and metrics to track progress, or partnering with payers, other providers, community groups and faith communities.
Center for Hospice Care is being recognized for its work in providing hospice care, palliative care, home health, grief counseling and other services across nine counties in northern Indiana. With support from its Hospice Foundation, CHC plays a vital role in the region with its educational partnerships, including those with the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University. In addition, Global Partners in Care – the Hospice Foundation’s international palliative care program – collaborates with more than 100 hospice and palliative care programs worldwide to enable U.S. partners to engage with sister organizations in underserved, low-resources settings. Another key program noted in the award is CHC’s structured setting for those diagnosed with dementia and in need of health, social and support services during the day, Milton Adult Day Services.
“This year’s Circle of Life award honorees have implemented timely, safe and efficient palliative and end-of-life care programs,” said Rick Pollack, AHA’s president and CEO. “Whether addressing disparities in access to palliative care, providing grief counseling or developing clinical quality metrics, these programs play an instrumental role in serving people with life-limiting illnesses, their families and their communities.”
About Center for Hospice Care
Center for Hospice Care is a community-based, non-profit organization that improves the quality of living through hospice, home health, grief counseling and community education. Since 1980, Center for Hospice Care has kept its promise that no one eligible for hospice services in its nine-county service area will be turned away due to their inability to pay. The Hospice Foundation supports CHC’s mission by advancing projects, raising funds and creating educational programming that improve the quality of living in the communities we serve. For more information, visit CHC’s website at www.cfhcare.org
About the American Hospital Association (AHA)
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA advocates on behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership groups. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides insight and education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at www.aha.org.
