PCPRV - Palliative Care Partnership of the Roanoke Valley

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Our Mission
The Palliative Care Partnership of the Roanoke Valley exists to be a catalyst for community efforts that empower all people to plan and exercise their choices for quality palliative and end-of-life care. Our History
Established in 2001, the Palliative Care Partnership of the Roanoke Valley (PCPRV) is a non-profit with a long history of promoting Advance Care Planning in our community and across Virginia. Members of the PCPRV include representatives from a range of health care agencies, to include hospitals, home health and hospice agencies, long-term care facilities, our Veterans Administration, local area agencies on aging and many other providers. The PCPRV meets monthly to share information and promote continuing education to healthcare providers and our community on Advance Care Planning and end-of-life care. Past Grant Funded Programs:

Since 2006, the PCPRV has received funding from the Geriatric Training and Education (GTE)Initiative Grant to promote Advance Care Planning initiatives. The GTE funds are from the General Assembly of Virginia and administered by the Virginia Center for Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University.

2006
POST Pilot Project for Virginia PCPRV planned, designed and implemented a POST Pilot Project for Virginia. The grant assisted 10 Pilot Project Stakeholder (PPS) groups in Virginia to design and implement POST pilot projects in their communities.

2009 - 2010
Training and Education in the Use and Implementation of the POST Form

2010 - 2011
Training and Education in the Implementation of the POST Pilot Projects and POST Advance Care Planning Facilitation in Designated Areas of Virginia

2011 - 2012
Training and Education in the Implementation of the POST Pilot Projects and POST Advance Care Planning Facilitation in Designated Areas of Virginia

2012 - 2013
Training and Education in the Implementation of POST Pilot Projects and POST Advance Care Planning Facilitation in Designated Areas of Virginia

2013-2014
Training and Education in the Implementation of POST Pilot Projects and POST Physician Education and Advance Care Planning Faculty Training in Designated Areas of Virginia

2014-2015
POST Training and Education of Attorneys, Physicians, Advance Care Planning Facilitators and Advance Care Planning Training Faculty in Virginia

2016-2017
The 3-R's of Advance Care Planning Navigation, A Training for Care Managers, Community Health Workers (CHW) and Clergy/Health Ministries

Trained 15 community care managers, health care workers and volunteers to serve as Advance Care Planning (ACP) Navigators. The Navigators were provided tools and information to promote outreach and access of ACP resources to low-income, chronically ill older adults residing in Northwest and Southeast Roanoke, two medically underserved communities.

12/17/2025
12/17/2025

When faced with a difficult situation — her father's pancreatic cancer diagnosis and subsequent care needs — Becky Robison turned to laughter.

"Sitting with my dad during this time was meaningful — but it could also be depressing or even boring. At this point I turned to professional comedians, since their whole job is making sad people laugh. I found my comedians of choice on Dropout, a streaming service that features improv game shows — most famously Dimension 20, where the cast plays whimsical campaigns of Dungeons & Dragons.

I’ve been known to roll a twenty-sided die from time to time, so I spent hours in the uncomfortable recliner next to my dad’s hospital bed watching these comedians cast spells at each other on my phone. And yes, even with my dad at death’s door, I was laughing. Noisy, uncontrolled bursts of it. The nurses must have thought I was nuts — but I’m convinced I owe my sanity to that goofy show.

Crying is all well and good, but in one of the worst periods of my life, laughter served me better."

– Becky Robison

Read Becky's full blog, Laughing in the Face of Death: Joy as Coping Mechanism: https://theconversationproject.org/tcp-blog/laughing-in-the-face-of-death-joy-as-coping-mechanism/

12/17/2025
12/16/2025
12/16/2025
12/16/2025

Who's your person? Who do you trust to speak on your behalf if you are unable to make decisions about health care choices? Need a little help to decide?

We're here to help with free guidance. We can’t plan for everything. But we can talk about what is most important — in our life, and in our health care — with those who matter most.

Read through our free guide: Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy https://theconversationproject.org/chooseaproxyguide/

12/09/2025

Good morning everyone!

12/09/2025

"Bravery isn't about pushing through fear — but meeting the moment with curiosity, love, and presence."

– Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, onstage at the 2025 End Well Conference with Tembi Locke, Nikki Boyer, and Katherine LaNasa.

12/06/2025

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