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Founded in 1997, Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) is an IRS Section 501(c)(3), Washington, DC based organization dedicated to ensuring that all Americans can count on good end of life care. Our goals are to:
We aim to accomplish these goals by focusing our efforts on fundamental reforms; such as, improved pain management, better financial reimbursement systems, enhanced continuity of care, support for family caregivers, and changes in public policy.
We strive to help organizations and individuals fix their own community care systems and assist health care organizations in implementing rapid-cycle quality improvement methods. We are committed to ensuring that every person experiences comfort, dignity, and meaning at the end of life, and that every loved one knows that life came to a close in a dignified and meaningful way. By sharing expertise, building collaborative networks and public commitment, ABCD seeks to achieve substantive health care reform through improved policy, professional practice, and care reimbursement.
Maureen Lilly
info@abcd-caring.org
Chairperson
Charles Sabatino, Esq.
Director, Commission on Law and Aging
American Bar Association
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
sabatinoc@staff.abanet.org
President/CEO
J. Donald Schumacher, PsyD
President and CEO
NHPCO
1700 Diagonal Rd., Ste. 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
dschumacher@nhpco.org
LaVera Crawley, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
Palo Alto, CA
lcrawley@stanford.edu
Malene Davis
President and CEO
Hospice Care
Arthurdale, WV
mdavis@hospicecarecorp.org
Daniel Fox, PhD
President
Milbank Memorial Fund
New York, NY
dmfox@milbank.org
Elinor Ginzler
Director, Livable Communities
AARP Office of Social Impact
Washington, DC
eginzler@aarp.org
Clarion Johnson, MD
General Manager
Global Medical Services
Mobil Business Resources Corporation
Fairfax, VA
clarion.e.johnson@exxonmobil.com
Sandy Kuhlman
Executive Director
Hospice Services, Inc.
Phillipsburg, KS
skuhlman@hospicenwks.net
Velvet Miller, PhD
President and CEO
My Parent’s Concierge
Trenton, NJ
velvet@myparentsconcierge.com
Anna Moretti, RN, ANP, JD
Palliative Medicine Consultants
Montgomery Hospice Society
Silver Spring, MD
amoretti@montgomeryhospice.org
Mark Rake-Marona
Director
Franciscan Hospice
University Place, WA
markrake-marona@fhshealth.org
Christy Whitney
President & CEO
Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, CO
cwhitney@gvhospice.com
Memorial contributions may be made to Americans for Better Care of the Dying
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