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Welcome, Minute Women Home Care!

Welcome, Minute Women Home Care!

Welcome, Minute Women Home Care!

September 10, 2024

The Coalition is excited to welcome Minute Women Home Care as a new member! Since 1969, Minute Women has provided comprehensive home care services, including specialized dementia care, to seniors in the Boston area. Their team of trained memory care professionals works closely with families to ensure a safe environment where seniors can age in place and receive the specialized care they need.

Register Now: C+TAC Summit 2024

Register Now: C+TAC Summit 2024

Register Now: C+TAC Summit 2024

September 10, 2024

In case you missed it, registration is open for C+TAC’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, on October 21-22, 2024. They’re gathering national changemakers working to improve the quality of life for people living with serious illness and their caregivers. The speakers and agenda look amazing - lots of discussion around state-level movement in palliative care policy, health equity, and innovative care models.



IHI's New My Health Checklist

IHI's New My Health Checklist

IHI's New My Health Checklist

August 5, 2024

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has released a new, comprehensive guide designed to help older adults assess all aspects of their health: My Health Checklist. The free checklist supports important tasks like tracking medications while also guiding individuals to reflect on what’s going well with their health and well-being, identify areas for improvement, and articulate questions or concerns they can share with their care teams. 

Impairment and Disability Identity and Perceptions of Trust, Respect, and Fairness

Impairment and Disability Identity and Perceptions of Trust, Respect, and Fairness

Impairment and Disability Identity and Perceptions of Trust, Respect, and Fairness

August 5, 2024

Using our 2020-2021 Public Experience Research, Salinger, et al. explored how individuals with disabilities perceived procedural justice in healthcare settings in this article. The survey found that those with impairments or identify as having a disability often report lower levels of trust, communication, respect, and fairness in their interactions with healthcare providers. However, health care perceptions differed between groups defined by impairment status and disability identity. These findings suggest a need for healthcare systems to better capture disability identity in order to improve their healthcare experiences.

Serious Illness Care Education Forum - Tufts University School of Medicine

Serious Illness Care Education Forum - Tufts University School of Medicine

Serious Illness Care Education Forum - Tufts University School of Medicine

June 25, 2024

Our June session of the Serious Illness Care Education Forum featured Dr. Tamara Vesel from Tufts University School of Medicine. She led a great discussion about An Innovative Workshop to Teach Primary Palliative Care Communication Skills to Fourth-Year Students at Tufts University School of Medicine. One particularly interesting approach of the workshop was using professionally trained actors as faculty in the course to teach students about non-verbal communication skills. Now required coursework for all fourth-years, the medical students responded very positively to the workshop and reported using many of the skills they had learned in subsequent clinical rotations.

Online Forums as a Tool for Broader Inclusion of Voices on Health Care Communication Experiences and Serious Illness Care: Mixed Methods Study

Online Forums as a Tool for Broader Inclusion of Voices on Health Care Communication Experiences and Serious Illness Care: Mixed Methods Study

Online Forums as a Tool for Broader Inclusion of Voices on Health Care Communication Experiences and Serious Illness Care: Mixed Methods Study

June 12, 2024

By exploring how online forums can be utilized to capture a wide range of perspectives on health care communication, this study employed a mixed methods approach, integrating qualitative data from online forums with quantitative survey results, allowing the researchers to gain deeper insights into patient-clinician communication experiences and develop more inclusive health care communication strategies. This is particularly important for gaining insights into the experiences of historically marginalized communities.