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Community Coalitions in California

Local End-of-Life Coalitions

Humboldt County
End-of-Life Care Coalition of Humboldt County
Marian Reeves, Nurse Liaison
Hospice of Humboldt
(707) 445-8443
mreeves@hospiceofhumboldt.org
Kern County
Kern Coalition for Life Choices
Sister Judy Morasci
CHW Central California
(661) 632-5647
jmorasci@chw.edu
Los Angeles (Claremont)
Community Partners: End-of-Life Planning
Pat Lightfoot
(909) 626-0869
pat@lightfoot.com
Los Angeles (Woodland Hills)
Living the Last Chapters Your Way: Addressing End of Life Issue
Janet Feely
Sunrise Senior Living of Woodland Hills
(818) 346-9046
woodlandhills.dcr2@sunriseseniorliving.com
Los Angeles (San Gabriel Valley)
San Gabriel Valley End-of-Life Coalition
Patty Watson-Wood, RN
Huntington Hospital
(626) 397-3110 x4411
patty.watson-wood@huntingtonhospital.com
Mendocino County
Mendocino Coalition for Compassionate Care
Zo Abell
(707) 937-4412
Monterey County
Care Alliance of Monterey County
Vicki Nelson, Executive Director
(831) 655-9506
vcnelson@earthlink.net
Nevada County
Nevada Coalition for Compassionate Care
Sharon Turner, RN
Sierra Nevada Home Care
(530) 274-6350
sturner2@chw.edu
Riverside County
Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition
Tarek Mahdi, MD
drmahdi@famdoc.org
Riverside County
Life Choices Network
Carol Bradshaw
Hospice of the Valleys
(951)200-7800
cbradshaw@hovsc.org
Riverside County (San Gorgonio Pass)
Education for Life's Issues (ELI)
VNA of Inland Counties
San Bernardino County
Partnership for End-of-Life Care (Coachella Valley)
Anita Rufus
choices@endoflifechoices.org
San Diego County
San Diego Coalition for Improving End-of-Life Care
(858) 635-1224
info@sdcoalition.org
San Francisco Bay Area
Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care
Sandy Chen Stokes, Executive Director
(916) 835-4007
middleway2@yahoo.com
San Francisco Bay Area
SF Bay Area Network for End-of-Life Care
Nate Hinerman
(415) 422-2314
nphinerman@usfca.edu
Santa Clara County
Coda Alliance: The Silicon Valley Community Coalition for End-of-Life Care
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County End-of-Life Coalition
Julie Boudreau
Hospice Caring Project of Santa Cruz County
(831) 430-3078
jboudreau@hospicesantacruz.org
Sonoma County
Journey Project Coordinating Council
(formerly End-of-Life Care Alliance of Sonoma County)
Susan Keller
Community Network for Appropriate Technologies
(707) 539-2364
network@pacific.net

POLST Coalitions

CCCC, lead agency for POLST in California, is coordinating 18 community POLST coalitions. The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is funding these coalitions to promote establishment of POLST in local communities around California.

Alameda
Donald Waters
Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association
(510) 728-1610
dwaters@accma.org
Bakersfield
Christopher Meyers, PhD
Greater Bakersfield Better Care Coalition
(661) 654-3149
cmeyers@csub.edu
Central Coast
Jean Raymond, RN
French Hospital
(805) 542-6607
jean.raymond@chw.edu
Central Valley
Jeff Hills
Central Valley Coalition for Compassionate Care
(559) 227-1701
jhills@amdalinhome.com
Humboldt
Amy Cirincione, LCSW
Hospice of Humboldt
(707) 445-8443
acirincione@hospiceofhumboldt.org
Los Angeles (West Los Angeles)
Paul Schneider, MD, FACP
Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium
(310) 268-3016
Paul.Schneider@va.gov
Marin
Teresa Tooker
Hospice By The Bay
(415) 927-2273
ttooker@hospicebythebay.org
Mendocino
Mark Apfel, MD
Anderson Valley Health Center
(707) 895-3477
mapfel@avhc.org
Monterey
Vicki Nelson
Compassionate Care Alliance
(831) 655-9506
vcnelson@earthlink.net
Napa
Kathleen Timm, RN, MS, CNS
Queen of the Valley Medical Center
(707) 251-1847
Kami.Timm@stjoe.org
Orange
Patricia Sabella, RN, MPA
Monarch Healthcare
(949) 453-4131
psabella@mhealth.com
Greater Pasadena Area
Marcia Penido, LCSW, MPH
Huntinton Hospital
(626) 397-3329
marcia.penido@huntingtonhospital.com
Riverside/San Bernardino
Donna Doty Michalka
Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition
(951) 689-0724
dmichalka@aol.com
Sacramento
Teri Tift
Eskaton
(916) 334-0810
teri.tift@eskaton.org
San Diego
Caroline Etland, PhD, RN
San Diego County Medical Society
(619) 606-6581
caroline.etland@cox.net
San Fernando Valley
Joni Novosel
Valley Care Community Consortium
(818) 947-4040
jnovosel@dhs.lacounty.gov
San Francisco
Steve Heilig
San Francisco Medical Society
(415) 561-0850 ext 270
heilig@sfms.org
San Jose/Region of Santa Clara
Steve Lai, MD
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
(650) 853-2338
lais3@pamf.org
San Mateo
Francine Serafin-Dickson
Hospital Consortium of San Mateo County
(650) 573-3957
fsdickson@hospitalconsort.org
Santa Barbara
Susan Plummer/Jeanne West
Alliance for Living and Dying Well
(805) 455-2161
susan@allianceforlivinganddyingwell.org
jw@jeannewest.com
Santa Cruz
Ann Pomper/Julie Boudreau
Hospice of Santa Cruz
(831) 430-3000
apomper@hospicesantacruz.org
jboudreau@hospicesantacruz.org
Sonoma
Susan Keller, MA, MLIS
Community Network for Appropriate Technologies
(707) 539-2364
network@pacific.net
Stanislaus
Teri Collet, ACSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Community Hospice, Inc.
(209) 578-6351
teri.collet@hospiceheart.org
Ventura
Mary Carr
Ventura County Medical Association
(805) 484-6822
marycarr@venturamedical.org
Yolo
Joanne Hatchett, MSN, FNP
Woodland Health Care
(530) 668-2650
JHatchett@chw.edu

Resources

  • POLST in California Communities: First-Year Experience and Lessons Learned [PDF]
    Provides an overview of the first-year experience of the initial eight POLST communities and offers ideas for others interested in bringing POLST to their locale.
  • Building POLST Coalitions [PDF]
    A one-page factsheet with tips on how to build a successful coalition.

For more information, please contact Erin Henke, POLST Program Manager, at (916) 552-7688 or ehenke@finalchoices.org

Local End-of-Life Coalitions

POLST Coalition Listing