For Immediate Release: May 20, 2011

Circle of Life Award Call for Nominations

Deadline for 2011 Nominations is August 8, 2011

The Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is presented annually to honor organizations striving to improve the care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions or near the end of life. In 2012, up to three organizations will win Circle of Life Awards; additional organizations may receive Citations of Honor. Awards and citations will be presented at the American Hospital Association Health Forum Summit, July 19-21, 2012, in San Francisco.

To nominate an organization or program (either your own or another), please go to the AHA Circle of Life website or e-mail circleoflife@aha.org.  All organizations or groups in the United States that provide palliative or end-of-life care are eligible for the award. Applications are due August 8, 2011.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and National Hospice Foundation are major sponsors for the Circle of Life Award. Other major sponsors are the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association, and the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care; the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the National Association of Social Workers are Circle of Life cosponsors. The awards are supported, in part, by grants from the Archstone Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, California.

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