CHINESE AMERICAN COALITION FORCOMPASSIONATE CARE CACCC

Cause Area

  • Community
  • Health & Medicine
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Seniors

Location

PO BOX 276CUPERTINO, CA 95015 United States
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Mission Statement

-Encourage dialogue among Chinese Americans about end of life issues so that it is viewed as a natural part of life. -Enhance advanced illness and end of life care by improving advance care planning and decision-making for Chinese Americans through community outreach education and volunteer, caregiver, and health professional training. -Empower Chinese Americans by improving access to end of life resources: producing original Chinese language materials or translating existing materials into Chinese and providing referrals to appropriate agencies. -Use a coalition model, where expertise and resources are shared, to insure Chinese Americans receive exceptional end of life care and services that address physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs.

Description

The Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care, the only organization in the nation devoted to end-of-life concerns in the Chinese community, is an active working coalition of over 80 organizations and a total of almost 1400 individuals.

The CACCC was formed in December 2005 to address the lack of linguistically and culturally appropriate end-of-life information and training available to the Chinese community and those who serve it. The CACCC incorporated in 2007, and achieved 501c3 tax-exempt status in the same year. A Board of Directors - 15 dedicated volunteers - sets policy for the organization. It uses the facilities of its member organizations for trainings and meetings. The coalition’s focus is helping Chinese Americans with advance care planning, assisting with palliative care and pain management, providing respite and hospice volunteer training, targeting education for members of the Chinese-American community, and meeting the critical need of educating health care professionals who serve Chinese Americans.

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