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December 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Florida Commission on Aging with Dignity, a privately funded nonprofit in Tallahassee, Fla., held a series of five community forums in Florida in 1996 and 1997 on a variety of aging and end-of-life issues.
National Program
Program to foster long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying persons and their families.
April 12, 2004 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2003, the Washington-based Partnership for Caring (formerly Choice in Dying) explored how healthcare agents-and the individuals who appoint them-view the role and responsibilities of healthcare agents in making end-of-life treatment decisions.
October 14, 2004 | Program Result
In the period 1999–2002, staff at the Hospice for the Carolinas (later renamed the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care), Cary, N.C. helped establish a statewide coalition, the North Carolina End-of-Life Care Coalition.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Staff and consultants with the Commission on Aging with Dignity, a nonprofit organization in Tallahassee, Fla., revised and disseminated the Five Wishes advance directive, which is designed to help people write down their wishes about end-of-life care and discuss them with family members and physicians.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation examined how people make decisions about long-term care, the availability of information about long-term care, and the barriers faced in making informed decisions.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
December 1, 2000 | Program Result
Population Communications International (PCI) – now called PCI-Media Impact – organized a 1999 summit of leaders in the television community to discuss new approaches to portraying health issues within the context of their programs. One of the health issues was death and dying.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
RWJF spent two decades working on end-of-life issues in the United States. Through multiple partnerships and collaborations, the field of end-of-life care underwent significant change and improvement.
November 22, 2009 | Story
CBS' 60 Minutes reports that many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives at enormous cost.