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Exciting things to me in doing the work in San Francisco is really learn from all of the communities as many different types both cultures and ethnicities to actually guide us so one of the things were working on through the longterm coordinating council is really thinking what it means to do a Needs Assessment in the community and the particular concerns in the community that are culturally relevant so were thoughtful and sensitive communicator on what Palliative Care can offer and [inaudible] is put forward as one of the poster children for having the conversation out there for people becomi...

Of transition occurred of the Task Force Recommendations under the longterm coordinating council and the longterm coordinating council happily voted to create a Palliative Care work group and committee and now moving the recommendations forward and already we have met i think at least three times, had three meetings. The committee again looking carefully at those recommendations trying to figure out which ones we should be addressing most aggressively for the short of run but trying to Pay Attention to all of the recommendations including the longterm recommendations so were very excited this ...

Is making sure that the providers are educated and having the competencies to provide and offer good Palliative Care services and those services are across the continuum and not limited to hos hospice alone but wherever theyre experiencing the service and around the state legislation that is encouraging providers to be more explicit when someone has a terminal illness and know what their Treatment Options are including Palliative Care. That has become particularly relevant around the issue of dementia and alzheimers disease and when they are diagnosed with alzheimers disease arent told its a p...

Will hand it over to you and have you walk the commission and the audience through the process and the recommendations. Thank you. [inaudible] i cannot hear you. Is it on . Can you hear me now . Yes thank you. Thank you to president james and to the commission for giving us this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the proceedings of the task force. It was really an amazing and productive time that we had together and as you heard from anne this was a program or issue that was cosponsored by the department of Public Health and the department of aging and Adult Services and it was really ...

Communities as many different types both cultures and ethnicities to actually guide us so one of the things were working on through the longterm coordinating council is really thinking what it means to do a Needs Assessment in the community and the particular concerns in the community that are culturally relevant so were thoughtful and sensitive communicator on what Palliative Care can offer and [inaudible] is put forward as one of the poster children for having the conversation out there for people becoming comfortable talking about their wishes for the future if they become seriously ill. La...