About the RI Partnership

We all must face death – yet, we often find it difficult to discuss death and dying with our family and friends.

What is the Partnership?

Through a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the R.I. Partnership to Improve Care at the End-of-Life, based at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, is a collaborative effort among Brown University, the University of Rhode Island's Geriatric Education Center and College of Nursing, and Aging 2000, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization.  Also involved are  key members of the Rhode Island State government and health care facilities around the State.

What Do We Offer Rhode Islanders?

The Rhode Island Partnership to Improve Care at the End-of-Life offers multifaceted educational campaigns and resources to help begin the conversation about end-of-life issues, and prepare Rhode Islanders to make better medical decisions in advance. In addition to education, we intend to effect long lasting change. Projects include:

• An educational program to empower certified nursing assistants in providing high quality care;
• A quality improvement program in pain management for nursing facilities;
• Consumer educational workshops and resource guide to motivate the public to demand high quality end-of-life care;
• A spirituality conference focusing on end-of-life issues.

How Can You Participate?

We invite you to serve on any of our project sub-committees.  For more information contact Joan Teno, Principal Investigator, at Joan_Teno@brown.edu or at Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Box G-H, Providence, RI 02912.