The Initial Visioning Work
Below are the results from our initial visioning work. We do expect to continue to work on this.
Purpose: Our goal is to serve as a community based network advocating for people with end of life concerns.
Process:
- Build network
- Information via media and arts
- Provide education via such means as symposia, text, CEUs
- Get funding
- Facilitate workshops, support groups (a train the trainer to create capability)
- Advocate available options
- Effect legislative change
- Legislative changes
- A hotline that serves as a resource/mechanism for quick response and for easy access to EOL information
- Resource center with multiple resources and references
- Raised consciousness of EOL concerns and a common understanding, as well as the ability to communicate re EOL concerns with comfort
- Regional workforce
- Consideration for caregivers, such as changes in reimbursement increased to give caregivers compensation
- Every person in our region has access to EOL care regardless of physician direction
- Our group is viewed as a pivotal point locally and statewide because we are experts (also national and international)
- Raised consciousness on African-American community
- Diversity issues are addressed.
- Endorsements are given
- Median stay in hospice increases
Pay-off (within three years)