New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Grant Date: 02.17.2010
Amount: $100,000

Palliative care relieves suffering, improves the quality of life for patients with advanced illness, and provides support to families. This grant extends the Fund’s support of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation’s system-wide palliative care initiative. The initiative has made significant progress in recent years, and this new grant will help HHC continue its efforts to fully integrate palliative care in its acute care facilities and extend the program to its long-term care facilities and its home health care agency. Ongoing activities will include staff education, monitoring palliative care performance and quality at its 11 hospitals, and educating families about its palliative care services.