Coalition for Compassionate Care of California

12/16/2025

What happens when palliative care meets TikTok? Education, reach, and a new way to connect.

Join CCCC on January 21, 2026 (12–1 PM PT) for Palliative Care on TikTok? You Bet! Meet the Influencers! featuring Chelsey Ernst, PA-C (“Your Palliative PA”) and Matthew Tyler, MD (“How to Train Your Doctor”). Learn how social media is being used to demystify palliative care, bust myths, and teach real-world skills through creative, accessible content.

✔️ Live webinar
✔️ 1 CE available for nurses and social workers
✔️ Free for CCCC members | $49 non-members

Registration closes January 21 at 11:00 AM PT.
https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/Education-Events/Palliative-Care-on-TikTok.aspx

12/12/2025

Even though we’re well into December, there’s still time to take advantage of this incredible learning opportunity! If you missed these plenaries during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, don’t worry — they’re still available now at no cost and packed with insights you’ll want to carry into 2026.

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and National Family Caregivers Month — a time to honor the professionals and loved ones who bring compassion and dignity to every stage of serious illness care.

In recognition of this month, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is offering two world-class plenary recordings from our 2025 Annual Summit at no charge:

🎥 Leading with Love: Tackling Hard Problems and Breathing New Life into Hospice
Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM
https://coalitionforcompassionatecare.learnworlds.com/course/leading-with-love

🔥 Leading Through Change (and Out the Other Side): A Fireside Chat
Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA, FACP
https://coalitionforcompassionatecare.learnworlds.com/course/fireside-chat-w-sachin-jain

Together, these two presentations offer less than two hours of powerful insight into where hospice and palliative care are headed next.

Stay connected with CCCC: Subscribe to our mailing list here:
https://coalitionccc.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f25bd3c312b49bc2d61981b43&id=2a94a92835

Questions? Reach us at info@coalitionccc.org.

12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday—Support the work that strengthens compassionate, person-centered care across California.

At the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, we help train clinicians, support families, and advocate for systems that honor a person’s wishes throughout serious illness. Your Giving Tuesday gift helps expand advance care planning education, strengthen POLST implementation, and ensure that patients and families receive the guidance they deserve.

If CCCC’s mission resonates with you, we invite you to contribute today.

➡️ Donate: https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/CCCC-Donate/Donate.aspx

11/24/2025

In recognition of National Hospice & Palliative Care Month, CCCC is highlighting a range of advanced learning resources focused on AI and clinical innovation in serious illness care. Our recorded AI series features national experts discussing real-world use cases, ethics, documentation tools, patient perspectives, bias mitigation, and practical applications for clinical teams. CCCC members also enjoy free access to our full webinar library, which includes sessions on palliative care practice, ACP, healthcare delivery, and policy developments.

Explore these learning opportunities here:
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Store/StoreLayouts/2025-AI-in-Serious-Illness-Care-Series-Listing.aspx
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Education-Events/Webinar-Video-Library-Update.aspx

11/21/2025

In recognition of National Hospice & Palliative Care Month, CCCC is spotlighting updated POLST resources and educational opportunities for providers across all care settings. Our free materials include multilingual POLST forms, FAQs, conversation scripts, model policies, and guidance to support high-quality, person-centered POLST discussions. Providers looking to deepen their knowledge can also join the POLST Champion Certificate Program, which offers comprehensive and accessible training on best practices for POLST completion and use. Participants may complete the full certificate or take individual courses as needed, with discounts available to CCCC members.

Access POLST tools and training here:
✅ https://capolst.org/
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Education-Events/POLST-Certificate-Program.aspx

11/20/2025

In recognition of National Hospice & Palliative Care Month, CCCC is sharing a series of patient-friendly resources created to help individuals and families navigate serious illness with confidence. These tools include free palliative care explainer videos, disease-specific guides for cancer, dementia, heart disease, and lung disease, and caregiver supports focused on communication and decision-making. For more complex clinical decisions, CCCC’s certified decision aids offer clear, multilingual guidance on CPR, ventilation, tube feeding, and artificial hydration, helping families understand their options and document preferences.

View the full resource collection here:
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Resources/For-Patients-and-Loved-Ones.aspx
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Resources/Decision-Aids-for-Healthcare-Providers-update.aspx

11/19/2025

In recognition of National Hospice & Palliative Care Month, CCCC is highlighting a comprehensive set of Advance Care Planning resources designed to support providers, caregivers, and communities. These free tools include guidance on advance directives, healthcare agents, sample forms, FAQs, and practical conversation resources that make ACP easier to integrate into everyday practice. To further strengthen clinical skills, we also offer short, on-demand ACP courses developed with the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care. Each course includes CE and focuses on effective ACP conversations, documentation, and billing.

Explore these ACP resources and trainings here:
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Resources/Advance-Care-Planning-Tools-and-Resources.aspx
✅ https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/CCCC/Education-Events/CSU-Shiley-Haynes-Institute-for-Palliative-Care.aspx

11/14/2025

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and National Family Caregivers Month — a time to honor the professionals and loved ones who bring compassion and dignity to every stage of serious illness care.

In recognition of this month, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is offering two world-class plenary recordings from our 2025 Annual Summit at no charge:

🎥 Leading with Love: Tackling Hard Problems and Breathing New Life into Hospice
Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM
https://coalitionforcompassionatecare.learnworlds.com/course/leading-with-love

🔥 Leading Through Change (and Out the Other Side): A Fireside Chat
Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA, FACP
https://coalitionforcompassionatecare.learnworlds.com/course/fireside-chat-w-sachin-jain

Together, these two presentations offer less than two hours of powerful insight into where hospice and palliative care are headed next.

Stay connected with CCCC: Subscribe to our mailing list here:
https://coalitionccc.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f25bd3c312b49bc2d61981b43&id=2a94a92835

Questions? Reach us at info@coalitionccc.org.

10/28/2025

⏰ Registration Closes Today – Don’t Miss This!

Join us tomorrow, October 29 at 12 PM PT for an important webinar featuring Sheila Clark, President & CEO of CHAPCA, as she shares a progress report on the federal and state actions reshaping hospice care integrity in California.

This session will cover:
✔️ Emerging regulations and enforcement efforts
✔️ Cultural sensitivity and membership standards
✔️ Strategies to protect patients and strengthen compliance

1 CE available for nurses and social workers
Free for CCCC members | $49 for non-members

Register now before it closes: https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/Education-Events/CHAPCA-Progress-Report-on-Hospice-Integrity-Initiatives.aspx

10/16/2025

Language should never be a barrier to compassionate care.

The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) has expanded its Patient-Centered Decision Aids to help clinicians engage patients and families from diverse backgrounds.

These trusted tools—supporting conversations about life-sustaining treatment options—are now available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Punjabi, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, with Pediatric Decision Aids for CPR, Ventilation, and Tube Feeding in English and Spanish.

Certified by PALTmed, CCCC’s Adult Decision Aids meet rigorous clinical standards for hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities. Digital and print access options are available, with enterprise-level subscriptions for organizations and systems.

Explore options and pricing: https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/Resources/Decision-Aids-for-Healthcare-Providers-update.aspx?

Questions? Contact: orders@coalitionccc.org

10/15/2025

Thank You for an Incredible Summit! 💜

The 17th Annual Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) Palliative Care Summit was a tremendous success thanks to our engaged attendees, inspiring speakers, and generous sponsors.

Over two days, we explored Hard Problems, New Solutions—sharing ideas, innovations, and strategies to strengthen serious illness care across California and beyond. The conversations, collaborations, and connections made this year will continue to drive change long after the Summit ended.

We’re deeply grateful for everyone who helped make this event possible and for those who continue to advance compassionate, person-centered care in their communities.

Thank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors:

Blue Shield of California
Neocare Palliative Hospice
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
YoloCares
Alliance of Catholic Health Care
Coda Alliance
CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
MyDirectives
Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Sutter Health
Vynca
Partnership HealthPlan of California
Alzheimer's Orange County
Angel Flight, Inc.
Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition of California
Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care
Cottage Health
The Death Deck
Eleplan

10/14/2025

Hospice Integrity - CHAPCA Progress Report

Join CHAPCA CEO Sheila Clark on Oct 29 at 12 PM PT for a critical update on enforcement efforts, regulatory shifts, and cultural competency standards transforming hospice care in California.

🎓 1 CE for nurses & social workers
💻 Free for CCCC members | $49 non-members

Register now: https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/Education-Events/CHAPCA-Progress-Report-on-Hospice-Integrity-Initiatives.aspx