CONVERSATION OF YOUR LIFE (COYL) QUALITY BREAKFASTTrenton Country Club

June 13, 2019

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Overview of the Day 2

8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks & Introductions

8:45 AM Conversation of Your Life Task Force Updates

9:30 AM Advancing Palliative Care in New JerseyFlorence Kariuki, Director of Clinical Design, Horizon BSBSNJ

9:40 AM Best Practices in End of Life ConversationsKeynote Speaker: J ames Towey, Founder, Aging with Dignity,

President, Ava Maria University

10:40 AM Wrap-up & Networking

COYL Task Force Updates

Quality Institute Health Matters Poll – April 2019 4

• By the Quality Institute in partnership with the Rutgers Eagleton Poll:

o 61 percent of NJ adults have thought about their wishes f or medical

treatment near the end of lif e.

o 53 percent have not talked to someone about their end-of - lif e wishes.

o 70 percent of New J ersey adults have not put their end-of - lif e wishes

in writing.

• Disparities across race - White residents are much more likely than non-

white residents to:

o Have had a conversation about their end of lif e with someone (53 to

39 percent).

o Have a written document (37 to 20 percent).

The Quality Institute’s End-of-Life Care Strategic Plan for NJ

5

Our plan f ocuses on 4 key areas:

• Education and provider training

• Technology

• Payment ref orm

• Culture Change - COYL

http://www.njhcqi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NJHCQI_EndOf Lif eStrategicPlan_2018.pdf

Conversation of Your Life (COYL) 6

• A program of the Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign

• COYL engages residents in non- threatening dialogue about their end-of - lif e wishes in ‘community living room’ settings.

• COYL is generously supported by The Horizon Foundation f or New J ersey

COYL Task Force Toolkit 7

• Redesigned f or both individuals who are new to COYL and those who have been involved but want to grow the ef f ectiveness of their programming.

• Will be updated regularly with f acts, tools, and resources.

• Available today!

Active COYL Counties 8

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Mercer County

Camden County

Gloucester County

Burlington County

Morris County

Bergen County

Middlesex County

Somerset County

Monmouth County

Hudson County

Union County

Atlantic County

Hunterdon County

Essex County

Somerset County 9

Somerset County Library System

Bergen County 10

Berkley College

Senior Source at Riverside Square Mall

Tenafly Senior Center

Burlington County 11

Wiley Community CenterThe Gibson House Community Center

Camden County 12

Chews United Methodist Church

Jefferson Health Stratford

Gloucester County 13

Calvary Chapel of Gloucester County

Local Community Days

14

Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center

Hudson County

Hunterdon County 15

Hunterdon County Library

16

Trenton Free Public Library

Mercer County

Middlesex County 17

Rossmoor VillageHighland Park Library

Monmouth County 18

Monmouth University,Applewood Retirement

Community,Monmouth County Library

Eastern Branch

Union County 19

Clark Public Library

Atlantic County 20

Atlantic County Library Hammonton Branch

Essex County 21

Edgemont Park

Thank You

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Advancing Palliative Care in New Jersey

Florence Kariuki

Director, Clinical Design,

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

Best Practices in End-of-life Care Conversations

James Towey

Founder, Aging with Dignity; President, Ave Maria University