VOLUNTEERS, AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES, & CACCC STAFF AT THE CACCC'S FIRST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CHINESE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE VOLUNTEER GRADUATION
Graduates are wearing the CACCC volunteer tee-shirt
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Hospice Foundation of America Webcast : Understanding Hospice
As part of a contract with the Hospice Foundation of America, the CACCC has created a webcast for Chinese Americans about hospice care in the U.S. The film features multiple perspectives, from families and elders in the Chinese community to doctors, chaplains, nurses, social workers, therapists, and volunteers. The Webcast is available free of charge from the HFA website (http://www.hospicefoundation.org/) and from our website. If your agency would like to link to this webcast, see the HFA Project page on this site. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Betty Chiang (admin@caccc-usa.org).
California Healthcare Foundation : Chinese Hospice Volunteer Training
The CACCC completed its first intensive 30-hour hospice and palliative care Chinese volunteer training on January 16. The graduation ceremony at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, where the training was conducted, honored the 34 participants who successfully completed the training. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive. These trained volunteers are being matched with hospice and palliative care agencies that partnered with the CACCC on this project, and some have already begun to serve Chinese patients.
California Healthcare Foundation : Healthcare Provider Training
The CACCC also conducted a three-hour Healthcare Provider Training for partner agency staff at both the Northern California and Southern training sites. The purpose of the health professional seminars was to help hospice staff better serve Chinese patients.
California Healthcare Foundation : Southern California Training
The CACCC completed its second intensive 30-hour Chinese hospice and palliative care volunteer training on March 19 at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte. The trained volunteers are being matched with hospice and palliative care agencies that partnered with the CACCC on this project; some have already begun to serve Chinese patients in Southern California. This training, like the one in Northern California, was conducted in Mandarin with simultaneous interpretation in English. If you are interested in becoming a hospice/palliative care volunteer, and you want to attend a future CACCC training, please email Project Coordinator Debbie Juan at debbie@caccc-usa.org
CACCC Memory book Project
The CACCC Memory Book Committee has been working for some months on a four-color book for those facing end of life. The Memory Book will contain chapters for "telling your story", for "messages to your loved ones", a place for saying what dying means to you, a place for photographs, a place for instructions on what to do after you die ... and much more.
CACCC Completes Teaching Sheets
The CACCC has completed translation of 31 teaching sheets for the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association (HPNA). The teaching sheets provide very helpful information in Chinese for those dealing with end of life issues, from coping with anxiety to food and fluids during the last days. Click here to download the teaching sheets in English, Spanish, or Chinese.
