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The Leaders

• Gretchen M. Brown, MSW, President/CEO
• Todd Cote, MD, Medical Director

The Location

• Lexington, Kentucky

Bluegrass At-a-Glance

• Consult services developed by community hospice in collaboration with partner hospitals
• Serves two community hospitals with multidisciplinary consult teams, and operates an outpatient clinic and long-term care consult service
• Insight into hospices cultivating strong relationships with local hospitals
• Experience adding palliative care measures to nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities
• Offers strong hospice billing model

Who Should Train at the PCLC at Bluegrass?

Bluegrass is an excellent option for:

• Teams of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, administrators, social workers, and financial officers
• Community-based hospices
• Community-based hospices with hospital partners
• Hospitals with community partners
• Long-term care facilities
• Home health agencies
• Hospital-based hospices
• Physician practices
• Medical clinics

We have found that PCLC attendees tend to base their decisions on several factors, including geographic proximity, similar institutional setting and particular PCLC offerings.

What Will You Gain from Training at the PCLC at Bluegrass?

In addition to the proprietary PCLC core curriculum, Bluegrass can offer attendees:

• Access to three distinct hospice-led, hospital-based palliative care programs, as well as long-term care, home health care and outpatient programs
• Insight into cultivating strong relationships between hospices and local hospitals
• Tips on serving a largely rural population
• Financial and logistical information on adding palliative care to existing hospice services
• Palliative care billing information for hospices, hospitals and physician practices
• Information on staffing hospital palliative care programs using both hospice and hospital resources
• Concrete plan of action for hospices starting or strengthening a hospital-based palliative care program
• Extensive experience cultivating community-based partnerships
• Strategic plan for implementing palliative care in long-term care, home care and outpatient settings

Sample PCLC Curriculum

Each session offers hands-on training in developing a successful palliative care program that matches the unique needs of your institutional setting. Yearlong, post-training mentoring by PCLC faculty includes follow-up on the successful implementation of your action plans.

Day 1: Program Development, Finance and Operations
Includes a review of conclusions from homework, goal setting, sessions on clinical care models and staffing, financial performance and outcome measurement

Day 2: Program Implementation and Sustainability
Includes sessions on palliative care from the primary care physician perspective, marketing and generating referrals, community partnerships, securing board and institutional support, educating clinicians and patients and program implementation

Day 3: Agenda Tailored to Participants' Interests
Includes sessions on bereavement, patient education and the role of spiritual health

More About Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass

The Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hospice of the Bluegrass, one of the largest not-for-profit hospices in the country serving 700 hospice patients per day. Bluegrass is built on a mature program, an experienced interdisciplinary staff, committed partners, recognized effective leaders and financial stability. Bluegrass operates an outpatient clinic and partners with three community hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health agencies to provide palliative care services to patients and families.

Registration and Travel Information

For tuition information and to register, go to www.capc.org/pclc. For specific questions about Bluegrass, including the availability of specific training dates, contact Janet Braun, RN, MSPH, PCLC Director at (859) 276-1878 x407, (866) 476-1878 x407 or jbraun@hospicebg.org. For general questions about the registration process, contact Jennifer Raiten at jennifer.raiten@mssm.edu or (212) 201-2683.

The Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass is located in the city of Lexington, KY and is approximately 10 minutes from Bluegrass Airport.

The Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) at Bluegrass is supported by Catholic Health Initiatives, JEHT Foundation and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, with direction and technical assistance provided by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).