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First Meeting of Maine's Palliative Care Advisory Council
January 26, 2016
First Meeting of Maine’s Palliative Care Advisory Council
AUGUSTA – January 26, 2015 – This week will mark the first meeting of Maine’s Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. The meeting will aim to develop a working definition of palliative care in Maine, set Council goals, and have a period open for public comment and media inquiries. The public is invited to attend.
The advisory council was created last year after the passage of “An Act To Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Serious Illnesses.”
The goal of palliative care is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. It is provided by a team of doctors, nurses, and other specialists who work with the patient’s primary care physician and other physicians providing disease treatment to provide an extra layer of support. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness and can be provided along with curative treatment to help patients get well faster and easier.
WHO: Maine Hospice Council, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), patient advocates, medical professionals, lawmakers, and sufferers of chronic disease. Open to the public.
WHAT: First meeting of Maine’s Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council
WHERE: Conference Room by the Welcome Center, State Capitol Building
WHEN: Friday, January 29, 2016 from 9am-4pm (public comment period from 3:20-4pm). Please contact [email protected] or Kandyce Powell ([email protected]) for a detailed agenda.
ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.
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