The Kansas Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (KHPCO), a key workgroup of the LIFE Project, is actively engaged in issues to improve care and life for all who are living with terminal illnesses. Learn more about hospice and about about KHPCO by clicking here.

The Kansas Pain Initiative, a workgroup of the LIFE Project, is exploring new ventures and will continue its work.

Your generosity and support make it possible for the work of the LIFE Project to continue and we are truly grateful. Please click here to view the listing of these friends.

Become a Friend for LIFE

With your help, the LIFE Project has accomplished so much! Read about the First Five Years (in PDF format)* from 1998-2002 and click here to read the 2004 Annual Report.

Find out more about how you can help the LIFE Project continue its work to help all Kansans with advanced chronic and terminal illnesses to live with dignity, comfort and peace. Click here to become a "Friend for LIFE".

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NOW AVAILABLE!
Resources for Consumers and Coalitions
(click Caring Connections logo below)

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Links to Important Information

• Calendar of Events
• Site Map
• Archived articles


• Palliative Care Task Group
  
• 04-06 Sebelius Signs Pain Patient's Quality of Care Act
• Kansas AG Offers Support in Pain Management
• Bill Colby's Article "Terri's Gift" (PDF)
• 2004 Town Hall Meeting Monograph (PDF)
• Consumer Guidelines to Palliative Care
• Become a "Friend for LIFE"

Important Consumer Documents:

• Advance Care Planning: Do It For Those You Love! (PDF)
• Patient Pain Care Bill of Rights (PDF)
• Joint Policy Statement on the Use of Controlled Substances (PDF)

LIFE Project Documents:

• "Why Should Kansas Policymakers Be Interested in Improved End-of-life Care?" A Design for Change (Issue 1) (PDF)
• "Advance Care Planning" A Design for Change (Issue 2) (PDF)
• "Achieving Excellence in Care for Kansans with Advanced Chronic and Terminal Illnesses" A Design for Change (Issue 3) (PDF)
• "Pain Management: Promising Practices and Frightening Fragmentation" A Design for Change (Issue 4) (PDF)
• "Living and Learning Together: Mining the Treasure and Wisdom of Kansas Elders" A Design for Change (Issue 5) (PDF)
• First Five Years (PDF)
• 2003 Annual Report (PDF)
• 2004 Annual Report (PDF)
• 2005 Annual Report (PDF)
• Large Print Version of Durable Power Of Attorney for Health Care Decisions (PDF)

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LIFE Project Announces
Vision for LIFE Center
Design for Change 5:
Living & Learning Together:
Mining the Treasure and Wisdom of
Kansas Elders (PDF)

Read about the exciting plans of the LIFE Project to work with strategic partners to develop the Kansas LIFE Center. We'll be offering presentations and engaging in dialogue to move forward with this vision.

Our newest "Design for Change" publication is all about this vision.

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Monograph Available!
Design for Change 4:
Critical Issues in Care for Chronically and Terminally Ill Kansans (PDF)

The LIFE Project's initiatives to improve quality of life for seriously ill Kansans focus on three important areas - public policy, public engagement and professional education. Strength in these three areas, LIFE believes, leads to quality of life for our citizens. Two of the LIFE Project task groups have been busy the past six months working to address public policy issues and assure that the needs and rights of Kansas citizens are protected.

The LIFE Project Pain Management Task Group, with primary leadership from co-chair Dr. Robert Twillman, Pain Management Program Director at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, is focused on improving pain management and access to pain management.

The LIFE Project Public Policy Task Group, under the leadership of Chairman John Carney, VP for Aging and End of Life at the Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City, is focused on assuring excellence in public policy that supports quality of life for all Kansans.

Sincere thanks are given to all who work together to support these vulnerable Kansans. The LIFE Project is a collaborative effort and we welcome the partnership and sharing of all Kansans.