Maine Hospice Council Receives Grant Funding for Trauma-Informed Care for Veterans on Hospice Initiative
Augusta, ME – The Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care (MHC) has received one of 13 grants to work in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s “We Honor Veterans Program” (NHPCO/WHV) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The goal is to increase awareness of PTSD, Moral Injury and Suicide and the subsequent impact on end of life and palliative care. This will be accomplished in partnership with community organizations, and our long-time partners at Togus VA Medical Center (TVAMC).
MHC will work with the congressionally mandated initiative through training and education; distribution of tools and resources to health care providers, such as the PTSD and tele-mental health consultation services at Togus; and to improve upon the person-centered, interdisciplinary care Veterans and their families received at end of life.
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Partnering Organizations
We are so please to announce the collaboration of the following organizations
- Community Health and Counseling
- Northern Light Palliative Care
- Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Maine Primary Care Association
- Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County
- Down East Hospice Volunteers of Washington County
- Pine Tree Hospice
- Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area
