Community Coalitions in California
Local End-of-Life Coalitions
- Humboldt County
- End-of-Life Care Coalition of Humboldt County
- Marian Reeves, Nurse Liaison
- Hospice of Humboldt
- (707) 445-8443
- mreeves@hospiceofhumboldt.org
- Kern County
- Kern Coalition for Life Choices
- Sister Judy Morasci
- CHW Central California
- (661) 632-5647
- jmorasci@chw.edu
- Los Angeles (Claremont)
- Community Partners: End-of-Life Planning
- Pat Lightfoot
- (909) 626-0869
- pat@lightfoot.com
- Los Angeles (Woodland Hills)
- Living the Last Chapters Your Way: Addressing End of Life Issue
- Janet Feely
- Sunrise Senior Living of Woodland Hills
- (818) 346-9046
- woodlandhills.dcr2@sunriseseniorliving.com
- Los Angeles (San Gabriel Valley)
- San Gabriel Valley End-of-Life Coalition
- Patty Watson-Wood, RN
- Huntington Hospital
- (626) 397-3110 x4411
- patty.watson-wood@huntingtonhospital.com
- Mendocino County
- Mendocino Coalition for Compassionate Care
- Zo Abell
- (707) 937-4412
- Monterey County
- Care Alliance of Monterey County
- Vicki Nelson, Executive Director
- (831) 655-9506
- vcnelson@earthlink.net
- Nevada County
- Nevada Coalition for Compassionate Care
- Sharon Turner, RN
- Sierra Nevada Home Care
- (530) 274-6350
- sturner2@chw.edu
- Riverside County
- Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition
- Tarek Mahdi, MD
- drmahdi@famdoc.org
- Riverside County
- Life Choices Network
- Carol Bradshaw
- Hospice of the Valleys
- (951)200-7800
- cbradshaw@hovsc.org
- Riverside County (San Gorgonio Pass)
- Education for Life's Issues (ELI)
- VNA of Inland Counties
- Sacramento County
- Compassionate Care Alliance of the Greater Sacramento Region
- Kathy Glasmire
- Center for Healthcare Decisions
- (916) 851-2828
- glasmire@sacdecisions.org
- San Bernardino County
- Partnership for End-of-Life Care (Coachella Valley)
- Anita Rufus
- choices@endoflifechoices.org
- San Diego County
- San Diego Coalition for Improving End-of-Life Care
- (858) 635-1224
- info@sdcoalition.org
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care
- Sandy Chen Stokes, Executive Director
- (916) 835-4007
- middleway2@yahoo.com
- San Francisco Bay Area
- SF Bay Area Network for End-of-Life Care
- Nate Hinerman
- (415) 422-2314
- nphinerman@usfca.edu
- Santa Clara County
- Coda Alliance: The Silicon Valley Community Coalition for End-of-Life Care
- Santa Cruz County
- Santa Cruz County End-of-Life Coalition
- Julie Boudreau
- Hospice Caring Project of Santa Cruz County
- (831) 430-3078
- jboudreau@hospicesantacruz.org
- Sonoma County
- Journey Project Coordinating Council
- (formerly End-of-Life Care Alliance of Sonoma County)
- Susan Keller
- Community Network for Appropriate Technologies
- (707) 539-2364
- network@pacific.net
POLST Coalitions
CCCC, lead agency for POLST in California, is coordinating 18 community POLST coalitions. The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is funding these coalitions to promote establishment of POLST in local communities around California.
- Alameda
- Sharon Jeans, LCSW/Don Waters
- Eden Medical Center
- (510) 728-1610
- jeanss@sutterhealth.org
- dwaters@accma.org
- Bakersfield
- Christopher Meyers, PhD
- Greater Bakersfield Better Care Coalition
- (661) 654-3149
- cmeyers@csub.edu
- Humboldt
- Linda D’Agati
- Humboldt Independent Practice Association
- (707) 443-4563
- ldagati@hdnfmc.com
- Los Angeles (West Los Angeles)
- Paul Schneider, MD, FACP
- Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium
- (310) 268-3016
- Paul.Schneider@va.gov
- Mendocino
- Mark Apfel, MD
- Anderson Valley Health Center
- (707) 895-3477
- mapfel@avhc.org
- Monterey
- Vicki Nelson
- Compassionate Care Alliance
- (831) 655-9506
- vcnelson@earthlink.net
- Napa
- Kathleen Timm, RN, MS, CNS
- Queen of the Valley Medical Center
- (707) 251-1847
- Kami.Timm@stjoe.org
- Orange
- Deborah Patricio, RN
- Monarch Healthcare
- (949) 923-3225
- dpatricio@mhealth.com
- Riverside
- Tarek Mahdi, MD
- Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition
- (951) 686-3342
- drmahdi@famdoc.org
- Sacramento
- Kathy Glasmire
- Center for Healthcare Decisions
- (916) 851-2828
- glasmire@chcd.org
- San Bernardino
- Gina Mohr, MD
- Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition
- (951) 686-3342
- gmohr@llu.edu
- San Diego
- Lynette Cederquist, MD
- San Diego County Medical Society
- (858) 657-8371
- lcederquist@ucsd.edu
- San Fernando Valley
- Joni Novosel
- Valley Care Community Consortium
- (818) 947-4040
- jnovosel@dhs.lacounty.gov
- San Jose/Region of Santa Clara
- Steve Lai, MD
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- 408-885-3116
- steve.lai@hhs.sccgov.org
- Santa Cruz
- Ann Pomper/Julie Boudreau
- Hospice of Santa Cruz
- (831) 430-3000
- apomper@hospicesantacruz.org
- jboudreau@hospicesantacruz.org
- Sonoma
- Susan Keller, MA, MLIS
- Community Network for Appropriate Technologies
- (707) 539-2364
- network@pacific.net
- Ventura
- Mary Carr
- Ventura County Medical Association
- (805) 484-6822
- marycarr@venturamedical.org
- Woodland/Yolo
- Joanne Hatchett, MSN, FNP
- Woodland Health Care
- (530) 668-2650
- JHatchett@chw.edu
Resources
- POLST in California Communities: First-Year Experience and Lessons Learned [PDF]
Provides an overview of the first-year experience of the initial eight POLST communities and offers ideas for others interested in bringing POLST to their locale. - Building POLST Coalitions [PDF]
A one-page factsheet with tips on how to build a successful coalition.
For more information, please contact Erin Henke, POLST Program Manager, at (916) 552-7688 or ehenke@finalchoices.org
Local End-of-Life Coalitions
- Humboldt County
- Kern County
- Los Angeles (Claremont)
- Los Angeles (Woodland Hills)
- Los Angeles (San Gabriel Valley)
- Mendocino County
- Monterey County
- Nevada County
- Riverside County
- Riverside County
- Riverside County (San Gorgonio Pass)
- Sacramento County
- San Bernardino County
- San Diego County
- San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Sonoma County
