Palliative Care

LifeCircle is an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional representation of people, organizations, and institutions in South Dakota whose purpose is to improve care at the end of life for people of the state.
Visit the LifeCircle page for more info.
Advance Care Planning are conversations between a patient, family and a healthcare provider about future healthcare decisions that may need to be made if the patient is suddenly ill or injured and unable to make their own medical decisions. These discussions will often result in Advance Directives which are written documents naming a medical power of attorney, directing the type of care they wish to receive through a living will or transportable medical orders if the patient has and advanced disease.
Visit the Advance Care Planning page for more information.

National Partners

NHPCO Website

CAPC Website

C TAC Website

Upcoming Education

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December

10dec3:30 pm4:30 pmBRIEFING: America’s Readiness to Meet the Needs of People with Serious Illness: The 2024 Serious Illness ScorecardCAPC Webinar

11dec12:00 pm1:00 pmHospice Use Disparities in American Indian Persons with End-Stage Kidney Disease (LifeCircle education)SDAHO Webinar

12dec11:30 am12:30 pmStrategies to Overcome Compassion Fatigue while Servicing Grieving FamiliesMJHS Palliative Care Webinar

13dec11:00 am12:00 pmEthical and Clinical Considerations in Dementia Advance Care PlanningSDAHO Webinar

January

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February

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