CACCC Celebrates 20 Years of Service, Hosts Virtual Professional Healthcare Forum, Friday, August 15, 1-3pm

The Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) hosts virtual Professional Healthcare Forum, featuring Kaiser Permanente’s palliative medicine and internist Esther Luo, MD, as the keynote speaker on Friday, August 15 from 1-3pm. Dr. Luo will present Caring Through the Continuum: Integrating Palliative Principles in Stroke Care for Chinese American Patients and share her insights and perspectives on how healthcare providers communicate with stroke caregivers across the continuum of care.

Attendees will also hear from a panel of speakers that includes a nurse practitioner and social worker Mindy Wen, NP, MSW of Alameda Hospital and UCSF Medical Center; a family caregiver and volunteer Tenny Tsai, and a chaplain Ven. Zhiyun Cai, PhD, BCC-PCHAC of Stanford Health Care. The panel will join Dr. Luo during the Q&A session of the program, which will be facilitated by CACCC Board Co-Chair, geriatrician Emiley Chang, MD, MPH of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Learning Objectives

Describe the role of palliative care across the continuum of stroke—from acute hospitalization to long-term care and end-of-life decision-making.

Apply communication strategies such as best case/worst case framing and values-based recommendations in conversations with families facing serious stroke outcomes.

Identify cultural considerations when caring for Chinese American patients and families, including approaches to surrogate decision-making, family-centered communication, and end-of-life preferences.

CACCC Certificate of Attendance is available upon request.

Please join CACCC in celebration of 20-years of community service to the Chinese American community and to the healthcare providers who serve them.

To register for the free professional healthcare forum, click here, or visit https://tinyurl.com/CACCC20thProfessional