Learning Labs - Connecticut Hospice

The Connecticut Hospice is known as the founder of Hospice in America.  It established its first patient in-home care in February 1974, opened its Institute for Education, Training and Research to teach others in 1978, and pioneered the first acute care hospice for palliative and hospice care in 1980.  Through the Connecticut State Health Department Licensure, the Hospital/Hospice provides acute and chronic palliative and hospice care with its organized medical staff.  The physicians and nurses, together with other members of the interdisciplinary team, provide physical, emotional and spiritual care to approximately 4,500 patients annually.

The Connecticut Hospice opened its programs in 1974, serving both pediatric and adult patents with irreversible illnesses.  The Hospital is known as the first hospice in America with its 52-bed acute hospital specializing in palliative care. It is widely recognized for its home care and inpatient programs that focus on pain management and symptom control.  Care is given based on medical necessity, regardless of ability to pay.

The Institution, known as the John D. Thompson Institute for Education, Training and Research, Inc., was incorporated in 1979.  The purpose of the non-profit Institute is to serve as a national center for palliative and hospice education, training and research.  The institute is nationally accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and is a vehicle for sharing the palliative and hospice philosophy, experience and skills with physicians, nurses, social workers, pastors, pharmacists, arts and volunteer directors, administrators, the lay community, and all those who desire to improve the quality of care given in their own settings to patients and families experiencing a progressive, irreversible illness.

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