The Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is presented annually to honor organizations striving to improve the care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions or near the end of life. In 2012, up to three organizations will win Circle of Life Awards; additional organizations may receive Citations of Honor. Awards and citations will be presented at the American Hospital Association Health Forum Summit, July 19-21, 2012, in San Francisco.
To nominate an organization or program (either your own or another), please go to http://www.aha.org/aha/news-center/awards/circle-of-life/circleoflife-nominations.html or e-mail circleoflife@aha.org. The application is available at http://www.aha.org/aha/news-center/awards/circle-of-life/application.html. All organizations or groups in the United States that provide palliative or end-of-life care are eligible for the award.
Applications are due August 8, 2011.
More information on the award and previous recipients is available at http://www.aha.org/circleoflife. Please call the American Hospital Association Office of the Secretary at 312/422-2704 or e-mail circleoflife@aha.org with questions about the award process or application.
Major sponsors for the Circle of Life Award are the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association, National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization & National Hospice Foundation; the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the National Association of Social Workers are Circle of Life cosponsors.
The awards are supported, in part, by grants from the Archstone Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, California.
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