Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Advocacy Network
The Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Advocacy Network (OHPCAN) is a non-partisan, volunteer network of concerned providers and citizens who work in conjunction with the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (OHPCO), the Ohio Home Care Organization to educate and inform political leaders about issues related to hospice, home and palliative care issues.
GOAL
The goal of OHPCAN is to unify Ohio hospice, home and palliative care providers and residents in order to give voice to hospice, home and community as well as palliative care issues.
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of OHPCAN is to educate political leaders about issues related to hospice, home and palliative care and to demonstrate their importance to the health and quality of life for Ohio's residents.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership in OHPCAN includes staff, trustees and volunteers of Ohio's hospice, home and palliative care providers as well as volunteer citizens concerned about hospice, home and palliative care issues.
ACTIVITIES
Concerned citizens participate in grassroots activities to educate political leaders about end of life, home and community based services and palliative care issues through organized outreach campaigns. These nonpartisan, educational activities include:
- Contacting political leaders through letter-writing campaigns, phone calls and in-person meetings
- Spreading the word to family, friends, business/civic group
- Attending nonpartisan voter-candidate forums
OHPCO assist providers in coordinating these activities and serve as a source of information for participants on health care trends, key legislative initiatives and significant state and national issues that may impact end-of-life care and quality of life.
