Sanctuary for the Dying News
 

Nov 2005: "Sanctuary for the Dying Presents at State Conference"  In November of 2005, SFTD presented at the Hospice Network of Maryland’s annual conference in Columbia, Maryland.  The conference gathered over 200 hospice and palliative care providers from across Maryland.  SFTD spoke with many end of life care leaders educating them about the resources and services that SFTD offers, as well as receiving constructive feedback. 

Sanctuary for the Dying would like to thank its supporters and their generosity, which made attending this conferences possible.  SFTD looks forward to future opportunities to educate and share resources.

Aug 2005: "Sanctuary for the Dying Presents at National Conference"  Sanctuary for the Dying presented their needs assessment findings and educational materials on end of life care at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s “Opening Doors, Building Bridges” conference.  The conference took place in St. Louis in August of 2005 and brought together over 500 end of life care providers from across the country.  The conference focused on increasing access to end of life care for underserved populations and was a great format for SFTD’s educational efforts.

Sanctuary for the Dying would like to thank its supporters and their generosity, which made attending this conferences possible.  SFTD looks forward to future opportunities to educate and share resources.

2004: SFTD conducted a preliminary needs assessment to examine vulnerable populations and end-of-life care in Montgomery County, Maryland. The goal of the needs assessment was threefold. The first goal was to determine how familiar service providers, who act as information and referral sources for their clients, were with end-of-life services. The second goal was to determine if there were gaps or barriers to end-of-life services for vulnerable populations. The final goal was to determine if vulnerable populations were accessing end-of-life services. Some important findings of the assessment:

• When surveyed 58% of service providers did not identify a hospice or palliative care program as a resource for end-of-life care and 11% did not have any idea on where to refer their terminally ill clients.
• Almost one-quarter of the service providers surveyed were concerned about their clients being able to receive culture and language appropriate end-of-life services.
• Three-fourths of the end-of-life providers felt that vulnerable populations were not utilizing their services.

For the full report, please click here