Kathy & Windy Premiere and Panel Discussion – 2016

CACCC held three premiere screenings and panel discussions of Kathy and Windy, a 45-minute documentary of a mother and daughter’s end of life journey. This free program was conducted in Chinese and English with simultaneous interpretation. The film shows how Kathy, in the last year of her life, is able to come to terms with her impending death. The film, insightful, uplifting and inspirational, also explores how Kathy’s daughter Windy not only copes with her mother’s death but also with the loss of her one-year-old son during her mother’s battle with cancer.

The events were held at Mountain View on 6/11, at Sacramento on 7/16 and at Rosemead on 7/30.

 

CACCC 10th Anniversary Celebration Event – 2015

CACCC held its 10th Anniversary Fundraising Event in Milpitas on 12/5/2015. Keynote speakers from Taiwan: Dr. Co-Shi Chantal Chao, RN, PhD. and Grace Pao Fang Chang.  Other 10th Anniversary Events including: two Health Professional Forums, two Public Forums, one 30-Hour End of Life Training and two one-day Volunteer Trainings.

 

30-Hour Hospice & Palliative Care Volunteer Training – 2014, 2012 & 2011

CACCC conducted a 30-Hour Hospice & Palliative Care Volunteer Training at Methodist Hospital in Southern California in 2014, in San Francisco in 2012, at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View in 2011 and at City of Hope in Southern California in 2011.

 

“Learning to Let Go: Saying Goodbye Peacefully” Book Event - 2014

Published CACCC’s first book “Learning to Let Go: Saying Goodbye Peacefully” in 2014.

 

Heart to Heart ® Café – from 2014~

CACCC's Heart to Heart® cards are designed to facilitate communication about issues surrounding the end of life. There is a two-fold emphasis in the Heart to Heart communication activity: decide what you want at the end of life and complete the Advance Health Care Directive, so everybody knows what your wishes are. CACCC held 48 Heart to Heart® Cafés in 2014, 45 Cafés in 2015 and 53 Cafés in 2016.

 

Understanding Hospice Video- 2011

As part of a contract with the Hospice Foundation of America, the CACCC has created a webcast and DVD for Chinese Americans about hospice care in the U.S. The film features multiple perspectives, from families and elders in the Chinese community to doctors, chaplains, nurses, social workers, therapists, and volunteers. The Webcast is available free of charge from the HFA website (http://www.hospicefoundation.org/) and from our website.