Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council

Created by Act 351 of the 2019 Legislative Session

Purpose

Act 351, enacted in the 2019 legislative session, creates the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council (hereafter referred to as the Council) within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). The legislation charges the Council with assessing the availability of patient-centered and family-focused palliative care in Louisiana and making recommendations to the LDH Secretary and to the legislature. Council members shall have at least two years of experience providing individual or interdisciplinary palliative care to pediatric, youth, or adult populations in inpatient, outpatient, or community settings. The Council is charged with consulting with and advising the Secretary on matters related to the establishment, maintenance, operation, and outcomes of palliative care as well as on consumer and professional information and education.

Advisory Council Members & Committees

• Council Members
• Committee Members

Meeting Dates

• Thursday, August 20, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Annual Report
• May 7, 2020
  • Minutes

Resources

Louisiana Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

What is Palliative Care

• National Institutes of Health
• Harvard Medical School
• National Palliative Care Research Center
• National Institute of Nursing Research, Palliative Care for Children
• AAHPM Membership

Consumers

• UCLA Health
• Shiley Institute for Palliative Care
• The Joint Commission
• Johns Hopkins all Children’s Hospital Palliative Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Palliative Care for Children
• Louisiana Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (LaPOST)

Continuing Education

• Center to Advance Palliative Care,
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• Shiley Institute for Palliative Care
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Empathy in Action
• Louisiana – Mississippi Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (LMHPCO), 
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Availability of Palliative Care at home, primary, secondary, and tertiary settings

•  Center to Advance Palliative Care
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• National Institutes of Health
• American Medical Association

Contact us

Allison Vuljoin, 225-219-0229