Hospice Foundation of America

Target demographics: Terminally-ill patients, their families, friends and loved ones. Grieving individuals coping with loss, with a focus on families and children. Professional hospice care, clergy, social service and bereavement workers.

Programs: Hospice educational programs: hospice foundation of america (hfa) works nationally to improve care at the bedside for the terminally ill by producing high-quality educational resources and programs. Its programs are available in multiple media types via live, streaming video, webinars, online video courses, as well as home study. The signature educational program, shown consecutively for 22 years, is the living with grief program, which is shown annually by more than 800 sites around the u. S. To clinicians and members of the provider community. Continuing professional education credits are available for numerous hfa programs and a variety of professional boards. The topic of the three-hour living with grief program changes annually to cover a different aspect of end-of-life care and grief. Each topic is fully explored, in-depth by a panel of relevant experts. Hfa also publishes a companion book written by experts for each living with grief program, which expands on the topic further. Recently, hfa has implemented additional educational programming that is available year-round. Hfa offers webinars on a monthly basis to clinicians. Examples of topics covered in recent hfa educational programming include ethics; child and adolescent grief; spirituality; artificial nutrition and hydration; alzheimer's disease and dementia; running effective support groups for grievers, and improving end-of-life care for veterans.

publications: hfa produces various publications for the benefit of hospice professionals, caregivers, volunteers, patients, and their families. These publications include a monthly newsletter "journeys", an annual book, periodic newsletters on specific topics, etc.

other program services: hospice foundation of america (hfa) supports research about end-of-life care and hospice care in particular, and serves as a clearinghouse of information regarding palliative care, hospice care and grief, answering direct questions by phone and email regarding care for the terminally ill, finding a hospice, choosing a hospice and grief. These questions are answered confidentially within 24 hours by clinicians and hospice experts with years of experience in the field. Hfa's website contains information and free resources addressing end-of-life concerns, either for those seeking hospice services or grief resources for themselves or loved ones. In addition to programs for professionals, hfa produces high-quality informational videos for public use about end-of-life care that are available on its website free of charge. Hfa provides hospicedirectory. Org, a free, searchable online database of hospices for consumers who are looking for hospice care or bereavement services, as well as hospicefoundation. Org, which provides a large number of informational videos and fact sheets on topics related to end-of-life care, as well as grief and bereavement. All of these materials are free to the public, and some are available in spanish and mandarin chinese. In addition, under contract, hfa produces high-quality informational videos on a variety of topics related to grief and grieving for dignity memorial funeral providers and also administers limited continuing educational programming for professionals on behalf of dignity.