New Transformation Project to Improve Care at the End of Life
Leaders in end-of-life and palliative care, including SWHPN Chair Grace Christ and board member Judy Peres, convened in Washington last week to discuss The Transformation Project: A New Initiative to Substantially Improve Advanced Illness Care. The project is co-directed by Myra Christopher, President and CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics, and Bill Novelli, Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and former CEO of AARP. SWHPN board member Judy Peres is deputy director of the project.
“The purpose of the initiative is to develop a national, broad-based coalition to engage the American public and truly reform care for the seriously ill and dying.” —Myra Christopher.
In attendance at the D.C. meeting were representatives of multiple disciplines and organizations in palliative, hospice and end-of-life care.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which funds this project, states that it is working “to bring Americans together to find sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.”
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It’s so important that our country engage in these conversations. It’s wonderful knowing that social workers have been invited to this ‘table’. I’m hopeful we’ll be quite involved in facilitating further conversations.