October 2022 - WV Serious Illness Care Collaborative

Palliative Care: WV definition

West Virginia adopted definitions of palliative care and the palliative care team in June 2020 with Senate bill 748. Palliative Care means an interdisciplinary team-based model of care process designed to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients and families facing serious, though not necessarily terminal, illness. The Read more…

By Christine Zinn, 2 yearsOctober 13, 2022 ago

advocacy

September 2022 meeting

The WV Serious Illness Collaborative met on September 26th and was joined by members of Maine’s State Advisory Coalition, Kandyce Powell, Dr. Lauren Michalakes and Representative Margaret Craven. The purpose of the meeting was to find out more about the implementation of Maine’s legislation, LD1064, which creates a palliative care Read more…

By Christine Zinn, 2 yearsOctober 12, 2022 ago