WV Center for End-of-Life Care

07/01/2022

Friday, July 1, 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the WV Center for End-of-Life Care’s (the Center) official establishment by the West Virginia Legislature on July 1, 2002. In recognition of this milestone, the Center is pleased to share an overview of the history and important dates of the Center’s existence.

1998 – Funding was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community-Site
Partnership, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Project on Death in America,
the West Virginia Humanities Council, the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), the
State of West Virginia Public Health Bureau, the Soros Foundation, the WV Center for Health Ethics and Law, WVU Health Sciences, and more to support a project called “the West Virginia Initiative to Improve End-of-Life Care.” West Virginia was one of 21 Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care. The West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care evolved from the West Virginia Initiative to Improve End-of-Life Care.

West Virginia, led by Dr. Alvin Moss, began addressing the needs of the aging population
with a focus on implementing West Virginia’s version of the National POLST form. This would be later named the WV POST (portable orders for scope of treatment) Program. This project was comprised of a 20-member coalition, a major media campaign with Senator Jay Rockefeller and Governor Cecil Underwood, an extensive phone survey, and a summit.

Each of these aspects was focused on collecting information and feedback from health care professionals and organizations, administrators, state agency representatives,
legislators, citizens, consumer groups, and media to ensure the initiative was
representative of the entire state of West Virginia.

07/01/2022

Our newsletter featuring today's 20th anniversary!

07/01/2022

TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the WV Center for End-of-Life Care being officially established by the West Virginia Legislature on July 1, 2002. The Center was created to provide coordination, education, and resources to West Virginians to improve medical advance care planning literacy and access.

We will be sharing some interesting history and information related to how the Center came to be what it is today.

06/07/2022

As of today, June 7th, a NEW version of the WV Health Care Decisons Act is in effect. This new version introduces major changes to all WV advance directives including removing persistent vegetative state from the Living Will.

Visit our website https://wvendoflife.org/meet-the-forms/ to learn more about the new forms.

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WV Center for End-of-Life Care

04/18/2022

04/18/2022

Yesterday, April 17th, was . In honor of , we will be sharing some important messages throughout the day.

Make sure you stay connected during this time as IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS will be made related to the NEW WV Health Care Decisions Act and NEW FORMS!!!

03/10/2022

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Center yesterday as part of . You all donated a combined $500. Your generosity will help our Center better serve your community and the state more than you know. For example, $500 can help provide over 3,330 medical orders to health care offices and patients in need.

Thank you again to everyone who donated and who continue to support our Center's mission. If you want to help out without making a donation, make sure you LIKE and REVIEW our Center on Facebook and Google. If you want to donate, we have an open donation fund year round: https://give.wvu.edu/wvendoflife

Thank you.

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03/10/2022

As we draw the 2022 Day of Giving to a close we wanted to sincerely thank you all for your donations. We raised over $350 dollars thanks to your kind support

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03/10/2022

We’re counting on you, our supporters, to help us support your loved ones with making their voices and their wishes known!
Donate now!

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03/10/2022

“Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong…” Record a video of yourself singing or performing “Country Roads” and post it to twitter or Instagram! Make sure to tag us and use
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03/10/2022

Did you know that since the beginning of this centers existence we have distributed over 1,300,000 forms? Each of those forms goes to help a loved one get their medical affairs in order. To support us in our continuation to help others please donate today.
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