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Grants Awarded End-of-life/Bereavement Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA — model bereavement program for families of deceased patients and their caregivers at BIDMC Children's Hospital, Boston, MA — development of an advanced course in pediatric palliative care at Harvard Medical School Center for palliative Medicine for physician, nurses and social workers Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, MA — training for caregivers to cope with their grief when a patient dies Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA — research to improve end-of-life care Home Health Care Association, Boston, MA — development and implementation of a training program for paraprofessionals (home health aides and personal care workers) to enhance end-of-life care Home Health Foundation, Lawrence, MA — development and implementation of an educational program to cross-train Home Health VNA and Merrimack Valley Hospice clinicians in their different approaches to patient care as a first step to developing a palliative care program Massachusetts Compassionate Care Coalition, Boston, MA — matching grant to develop a statewide model for communicating on end-of-life issues Partners Home Care, Rockland, MA — training for home care staff on the psychosocial and spiritual dimensions of end-of-life care and to support them in their roles Partners Hospice, Waltham, MA — training for home health aides to better care for hospice patients Saint Joseph Manor Health Care, Brockton, MA — training for volunteers as companions to dying patients who would otherwise be alone Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA — Post Masters Certificate Program in End-of-Life Care for clinical social workers Urban Medical Group, Inc., Jamaica Plain, MA — development of a replicable model that uses electronic medical records to promote the use of advance directives and trains nurse practitioners to have conversations with patients about advanced directives |
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