Compassionate Column
The 2025 February "Compassionate Column" article was written by Janet Lee, PT, who participated palliative care nurses "Train the Trainers" class held in Beijing and Wu Han of China from 9/19/2024 to 9/30/2024. In this article, Janet shared her experience and what she learned from the class.
We started the "Monthly Reading" column on the CACCC website in 2019 (renamed to "Compassionate Column" in 2025). In the past years, we shared many touching stories from our volunteers and our members about facing end-of-life with theirs loved ones or patients. If you have a story you would like to share, please send a short article (English or Chinese) together with a recent picture to info@caccc-usa.org.
Compassionate Care Weekly Forum
Every Wednesday：10-11AM PT; 1-2PM ET
https://zoom.us/j/84397973750
Zoom Meeting ID: 843 9797 3750, Passcode: 2005
CACCC PARTNERS
Virtue Home Care is recruiting Cantonese or Mandarin speaking caregivers. See the poster for details. If interested, please call (888)802-2227 or email info@virtuehomecare.com
UC Irvine School of Medicine is looking for Chinese Americans to participate in a research project called DAWN-CAP. The participant has to be a caregiver to a metastatic cancer patient. Click here for the flyer. For more information, please see the flyer, or
Call (213)537-9209 or
Email: dawn@hs.uci.edu
Call (213)537-9209 or
Email: dawn@hs.uci.edu
PARTNER EVENTS
The new California AHCD Simple English/Chinese form is available at the PREPARE website. The form was translated into Chinese with the help of CACCC. Click "Chinese" in the above website to download the form.
CACCC needs your continuous support! Together we are changing the way the Chinese American community facing end-of-life issues. Click here to donate. Thank you so much!
Important Announcement
Starting in March 2025, to accommodate and better serve our global audience, faculty and staff, all Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) weekly Wednesday forums will begin at 4:30 pm Pacific Time; 7:30 pm Eastern Time, and 7:30 am (Thursday; *applies to daylight saving hours) Mainland China and Taiwan.
The new schedule:
Week 1: Doctor Talk 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm PT
Week 2: Spiritual Talk 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm PT
Weeks 3, 4, & 5: Compassionate Care Forum 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm PT
We appreciate your understanding and support and warmly welcome everyone to join us!
Starting in March 2025, to accommodate and better serve our global audience, faculty and staff, all Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) weekly Wednesday forums will begin at 4:30 pm Pacific Time; 7:30 pm Eastern Time, and 7:30 am (Thursday; *applies to daylight saving hours) Mainland China and Taiwan.
The new schedule:
Week 1: Doctor Talk 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm PT
Week 2: Spiritual Talk 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm PT
Weeks 3, 4, & 5: Compassionate Care Forum 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm PT
We appreciate your understanding and support and warmly welcome everyone to join us!
SAVE THE DATE - CACCC 20th Anniversary Celebration
What: CACCC Celebrates 20 Years of "Compassion in Action: Empowering Caregiving with Human-Centered AI", an in-person fundraiser and educational event
When: Saturday, August 9, 2025 2 pm - 5 pm
Where: Milpitas Community Center, 457 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas CA 95035.
How: For ticket reservations, sponsorship opportunities and donations, please email info@caccc-usa.org, or call 1(866) 661-5687.
To celebrate the achievements of two decades of compassionate initiatives and to envision a future where human-centered artificial intelligence empowers caregiving, CACCC will host "Compassion in Action: Empowering Caregiving with Human-Centered AI", an in-person fundraiser and educational event on Saturday, August 9, 2025, 2-5 p.m. (PT) at the Milpitas Community Center, Milpitas CA. Registration is required. Ticket price: $100 ($70 is U.S. tax deductible.)
For details on how to reserve tickets in advance, please email info@caccc-usa.org, or call (866) 661-5687.
Complimentary tickets will be provided to generous donors of $1,500 or more as a token of appreciation. CACCC warmly invites you, your family, friends, colleagues, and community leaders to join us in celebration of this meaningful milestone.
Additional event information will be announced next month.
What: CACCC Celebrates 20 Years of "Compassion in Action: Empowering Caregiving with Human-Centered AI", an in-person fundraiser and educational event
When: Saturday, August 9, 2025 2 pm - 5 pm
Where: Milpitas Community Center, 457 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas CA 95035.
How: For ticket reservations, sponsorship opportunities and donations, please email info@caccc-usa.org, or call 1(866) 661-5687.
To celebrate the achievements of two decades of compassionate initiatives and to envision a future where human-centered artificial intelligence empowers caregiving, CACCC will host "Compassion in Action: Empowering Caregiving with Human-Centered AI", an in-person fundraiser and educational event on Saturday, August 9, 2025, 2-5 p.m. (PT) at the Milpitas Community Center, Milpitas CA. Registration is required. Ticket price: $100 ($70 is U.S. tax deductible.)
For details on how to reserve tickets in advance, please email info@caccc-usa.org, or call (866) 661-5687.
Complimentary tickets will be provided to generous donors of $1,500 or more as a token of appreciation. CACCC warmly invites you, your family, friends, colleagues, and community leaders to join us in celebration of this meaningful milestone.
Additional event information will be announced next month.
Winner of Art Design Contest
Saratoga High School student, Athena Zhang (張瑞羽), was announced the winner of CACCC's Art Design Contest that was held in December 2024. Her winning entry: Bridging Generational Currents 《跨越世代的長河》 will be used for CACCC's upcoming fundraiser and educational campaign celebrating two decades of compassionate community service.
Saratoga High School student, Athena Zhang (張瑞羽), was announced the winner of CACCC's Art Design Contest that was held in December 2024. Her winning entry: Bridging Generational Currents 《跨越世代的長河》 will be used for CACCC's upcoming fundraiser and educational campaign celebrating two decades of compassionate community service.
CACCC is celebrating 20 years of compassionate community service this year. We would like to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to all our volunteers for their unwavering support and dedication to CACCC’s mission through the years.
In honor of this milestone, we are updating our volunteer information.
Please kindly take a moment to complete CACCC’s Membership and Volunteer Application (2025 Update) Form. This will allow us to update and maintain our membership and volunteer database records.
Please click the link below to complete CACCC’s Membership and Volunteer Application (2025 Update) Form by 2/15/2025.
https://forms.gle/u5K9gyBqVwzxEtpy8
Thank you for your continued support.
A Heartfelt Thank You Letter
16th Annual Palliative Care Summit was held in Sacramento, California on April 3-4. The founder of CACCC, Sandy Chen Stokes and the board members Yuaner Wu, Simon Chow, and Jiayu Jeng attended the meeting on behave of CACCC. For more information, click here.
CACCC received the 2023 Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the Archstone Foundation and The Aging and Public Health Section of The American Public Health Association for its Heart to Heart Cafe Program to facilitate the discussion of end-of-life issues in a safe and comfortable space. Click here more information. The Conversation Project Website: www.theconversationproject.org/
CACCC Announces Release of NHPCO’s New Chinese American Resource Guide
New Guide to Improve Equity and Increase Access to Hospice and Palliative Care for Chinese Americans
In celebration of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month and in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) is pleased to announce the release of NHPCO’s new Chinese American Resource Guide, Edition 2022, that replaces a previous resource. The guide, developed by NHPCO’s Diversity Advisory Council, will improve equity and increase access to hospice and palliative care for Chinese Americans. Click here to download the Guide.
New Guide to Improve Equity and Increase Access to Hospice and Palliative Care for Chinese Americans
In celebration of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month and in partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) is pleased to announce the release of NHPCO’s new Chinese American Resource Guide, Edition 2022, that replaces a previous resource. The guide, developed by NHPCO’s Diversity Advisory Council, will improve equity and increase access to hospice and palliative care for Chinese Americans. Click here to download the Guide.
UCSF and CACCC announced the completion of the video product "Improving Advance Care Planning for the Chinese American Community". The following are the three videos in English.
CACCC has published an article recently in "American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®" ，The article describes CACCC's Heart to Heart Cards® and Heart to Heart Cafe®. The authors include Zhimeng Jia, MD, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, MSN, Founder of CACCC; Shirley Pan, CACCC Director; Cynthia Pan, MD, NYPQ，Director, Division of Palliative Medicine and Geriatrics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ; Richard E. Leiter, MD, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston; and Hillary D. Lum, MD, Colorado VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center Director.
Following is a short abstract of the article. Click here to see the full article.
“Heart to Heart Cards: A Novel, Culturally Tailored, Community-Based Advance Care Planning Tool for Chinese Americans”
Results:
The 54 HTH Cards were organized into 4 suits (spiritual, physical, financial/legal, and social). Each card displayed a culturally-tailored EOL issue in English and Chinese. Play styles included one-on-one and group formats (ie. HTH Café). CACCC volunteers conducted 316 HTH Cafés for 2,267 Chinese American adults. The top priority was “If I’m going to die anyway, I don’t want to be kept alive by machines.” Participants thought the session was pleasant and expressed intent to complete advance directives (86.5%).
Conclusion:
HTH Cards represents the first, theory-driven, culturally-tailored ACP tool for Chinese Americans. More research is needed to establish its impact on ACP conversations and outcomes.
Following is a short abstract of the article. Click here to see the full article.
“Heart to Heart Cards: A Novel, Culturally Tailored, Community-Based Advance Care Planning Tool for Chinese Americans”
Results:
The 54 HTH Cards were organized into 4 suits (spiritual, physical, financial/legal, and social). Each card displayed a culturally-tailored EOL issue in English and Chinese. Play styles included one-on-one and group formats (ie. HTH Café). CACCC volunteers conducted 316 HTH Cafés for 2,267 Chinese American adults. The top priority was “If I’m going to die anyway, I don’t want to be kept alive by machines.” Participants thought the session was pleasant and expressed intent to complete advance directives (86.5%).
Conclusion:
HTH Cards represents the first, theory-driven, culturally-tailored ACP tool for Chinese Americans. More research is needed to establish its impact on ACP conversations and outcomes.
查詢安寧緩和療護服務機構
查詢您所在地區的安寧緩和療護服務機構，可在以下網站查詢，也可以詢問您的保險單位。 美華慈心不做推薦。
1. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
https://www.nhpco.org/find-a-care-provider/
2. Get Palliative Care
https://getpalliativecare.org/howtoget/find-a-palliative-care-team/
如何挑選安寧療護服務
請參考此網站。
https://hospicefoundation.org/End-of-Life-Support-and-Resources/Coping-with-Terminal-Illness/How-to-Choose
查詢您所在地區的安寧緩和療護服務機構，可在以下網站查詢，也可以詢問您的保險單位。 美華慈心不做推薦。
1. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
https://www.nhpco.org/find-a-care-provider/
2. Get Palliative Care
https://getpalliativecare.org/howtoget/find-a-palliative-care-team/
如何挑選安寧療護服務
請參考此網站。
https://hospicefoundation.org/End-of-Life-Support-and-Resources/Coping-with-Terminal-Illness/How-to-Choose
MORE NEWS
- In June 2019, the founder of CACCC, Ms. Sandy Chen Stokes, the board member Dr. Gary Lee and volunteer Cheryl Chi visited Wuhan, China to help with the growth and development of palliative and hospice care among Chinese health care professionals. The trip was sponsored by Project HOPE. During their visit, they conducted a four day training class to a group of nurses from the major hospitals in Wuhan, and attended Oncology Nursing Committee annual meeting. Dr. Lee shared wrote an article to share his experience with all the CACCC friends.
- On behalf of the staffs, the volunteers and all the patients and family members who were or will be benefited by our services, the board of directors of CACCC would like to thank and congratulate the great success of the Tsai Chi Charity Concert organized by Chinese Cancer Memorial Foundation (CCMF). As one of the beneficiary organizations of the concert, CACCC, together with the other four organizations, received $125,000 donation out of a total of $627,000 net profit. CACCC is deeply grateful for the generosity of all the donors and will strive to serve the Chinese community with end-of-life need.
- The founder of CACCC, Ms. Sandy Chen Stokes is invited to serve as a panelist in "Improving Access to and Equity of Care for People with Serious Illness: A Workshop" organized by The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on 4/4 at Washington DC. For more detail, please click here. Ms. Sandy Chen Stokes's talk can be viewed here.
- There is a new end-of-life conversation video posted on AARP AAPI Community Facebook. In this video, Melinda Leong Capozzi (CACCC Board Member) and her mother played Heart to Heart® Cards and talked about end-of-life preferences. Another five AARP videos will be previewing in the next few weeks. Please share the video with your friends.
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Email 郵箱
info@caccc-usa.org
Toll Free Number 免費電話
(866) 661-5687
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(866) 661-5687
Leave a message and someone will contact you.
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Mailing Address 通訊地址
P.O. Box 276,
Cupertino, CA 95015
Cupertino, CA 95015
