Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care A Nonpr
Programs
COVID-19 Community Support Initiatives
In this past year, even with the formidable challenges, as a non-profit, we still worked very hard to keep our mission to support the community in whatever way we could. We held 36 free online COVID-related / end-of-life care education webinars to support Asian American community. We have also created a COVID-19 emotional support hot-line to comfort people who are immensely impacted by the pandemic and experienced grief & loss. We have continued holding online support groups to help cancer patients and support families & caregivers by telephone. All these free-of-charge services have benefited 3452 attendees. Staff used Zoom meetings to conduct Webinars, volunteer training, and Cancer Support Group Staff and volunteers used the phone to conduct counseling and hot-linesSignificant accomplishments or program services conducted during 2021: Host various Community Webinars with a total number of 36 events and 3452 attendance Host 16 weeks long the 7th Anniversary Severe Illness Support & End of Life Care Hospice Volunteers Training with 37 trainees who completed the training Created New Rainbow Partner Volunteers Program: those volunteers work as an ambassador for the organization's hospice mission in the local community or social circle Provided free professional counseling throughout the United States:1. On end-of-life care & advance directives-related issues2. On Psychological counseling and bereavement counseling Provided National toll-free telephone caring hotlines:1. Rainbow Covid-19 Caring Hot-line2. National Serious Illness Caring Hot-line Host monthly Rainbow Breast and Women's Cancer Support GroupGeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$254.7KProgram 1 [2024]
Since 2022, we have launched a new series of monthly community outreach webinars in Mandarin, some with simultaneous interpretation in Taiwanese, Cantonese, Vietnamese, English, and other Asian languages when resources were available. Topics have included ongoing COVID-19 updates and resources, as well as general medical, health, and wellness education and promotion. Over one hundred free educational webinars have been held to support the Asian American community, benefiting more than ten thousand attendees.We also continued the COVID-19 emotional support hotline to comfort individuals who were deeply impacted by the pandemic and experienced grief and loss. In addition, we maintained online support groups to assist cancer patients, as well as to support families and caregivers via telephone.In August 2022, the organization reinstated its medical and clinical care services and began accepting patients in October. In March 2023, the organization successfully passe d the accreditation process by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and became a Medicare-certified hospice provider.The program reflects the spirit and philosophy of care that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying, enabling them to remain independent for as long as possible and in familiar surroundings. Hospice care is centered on both the patient and their family or caregivers. Hospice personnel respect and respond to the unique differences in each familys lifestyle, values, and wishes.Utilizing an interdisciplinary team approachincluding an administrator, Director of Patient Care Services (DPCS), nurses, medical social workers, home health aides, volunteers, spiritual counselors, a bereavement coordinator, and other allied health professionals such as occupational, physical, and speech therapistsHeart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care provides hospice services wherever the patient resides. This includes coordination of transportation , ancillary services, and bereavement support.Services are equitably distributed to a medically and financially diverse group of patients in a cost-effective manner, ensuring alignment with the mission of Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care and supporting the organizations financial sustainability. Within its capacity, the organization also strives to provide charity care to patients who lack insurance coverage or have limited benefits.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$803.4K
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