Helping people live their best life with informed options
Join Us for the Butterfly Run + Walk + Flutter
Join us on October 2, 2022. We walk for our children. We walk for their memories. We walk together in support of GIPPCC and Missing Pieces and our mission to support seriously ill children and grieving families.
Allowing families to find peace of mind.
Our vision is to positively impact the experience and future of advanced illness and end-of-life services. Hospice and palliative care education are essential for patients, clinicians, and the community.
The HAP Promise
Our promise to you: deliver best in class patient-centered hospice and palliative care education and research. We truly believe in the transformative power of education. All those with serious illness deserve to live their best life to the fullest on their terms. We are here to make sure all have access to resources and we are committed to breaking down barriers in end-of-life care.
Our Mission
To advance access to serious illness care through education, research, advocacy, and workforce development, while honoring our legacy organizations.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We embrace diversity and are committed to proactively promote health equity and social determinants of health in post-acute care.
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Resources
Understanding the Situation
If you or someone close to you has just received a diagnosis, or you have been living with a serious health issue for some time, it may be helpful to stop and think about the following: Make a List of Your Questions. Some of your questions may be answered as you read information provided here.…
What is Palliative Care?
People with serious illnesses often live with physical and emotional pain. Palliative care is specialized medical care that helps to manage patient symptoms, focuses on improving quality of life for both the patient and their family, and makes living with a serious illness easier. The palliative care team works with the individual’s current doctors to…
Selecting a Palliative Care Provider
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a serious illness, are having difficulty managing symptoms, or have had multiple hospitalizations or emergency room visits, palliative care may make your life and that of your family much easier. A more in-depth overview of palliative care and the support it can provide can be found…
What is Hospice Care?
The goal of hospice is to allow people with a life-limiting illness to live fully and comfortably with the precious time they have left. A hospice team will focus on the quality of life of the whole person and provide pain management, emotional and spiritual support tailored to meet the wishes and needs of the…
Selecting a Hospice Provider
Just like selecting any other medical care, if you or someone you care about needs the support of hospice, it is important to find a provider that is a good fit. Click here to learn more about hospice care. There may be a number of organizations that provide care in your area. If your doctor…