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Patients and their families are often misinformed about hospice care and its benefits.

You can help by sharing resources with patients and their families, reinforcing hospice concepts during conversations, and referring families to trusted hospice resources. CHAPCA's Hospice Can Help campaign gives you ready-to-use tools.

Download Hospice Brochure

Downloadables

Print or share these one-page flyers directly with patients, families, and caregivers. Each flyer addresses a common misconception or question about hospice care and is written in plain language for a general audience.

Hospice Can Help Navigate Care Options
Use this flyer when patients or families feel overwhelmed by care choices. It explains how an interdisciplinary hospice team addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs so families can understand their options clearly.
Hospice Can Help Sooner Than You Think
Many families don't realize hospice can be provided for extended periods, not just in the final hours. Share this when patients are eligible but families are hesitant to "give up" too soon.
Hospice Can Help Quality of Life
This flyer directly addresses one of the most common fears: that choosing hospice shortens life. Use it to reassure families that hospice prioritizes comfort, dignity, and individualized care.
Hospice Can Help Families
Share this with caregivers who are carrying the full weight of care. It explains that hospice support extends to everyone involved, not just the patient.
Hospice Can Help Throughout the Journey
This flyer covers the full range of hospice services: medication management, equipment, hands-on care, and caregiver support.
Hospice Can Help Beyond End-of-Life
Remind families that hospice support doesn't stop at death. This flyer covers bereavement care, counseling, support groups, and ongoing check-ins after loss.
Hospice Brochure
A full trifold brochure providing a comprehensive overview of hospice. Suitable for waiting rooms, patient packets, and community events.

 

Share Videos from Dr. Ira Byock

Dr. Ira Byock has more than four decades of experience in hospice and palliative medicine and is one of the most respected voices in end-of-life care in the United States. In this five-part video series, Dr. Byock speaks directly to patients, families, and caregivers about what hospice care truly offers, how to access it, and why it so often transforms the final chapter of a person's life into something meaningful and dignified.

Share individual videos with specific patients and families, or point them to the full playlist to watch at home before your next conversation.

Video 1 - Hospice Can Help
Dr. Ira Byock explains why hospice is one of modern medicine's most important innovations and how it restores comfort, meaning, and connection for seriously ill patients and their families.
Video 2 - Hospice Can Help Patients and Their Families
Learn how hospice's interdisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, social workers, and chaplains wraps the whole family in compassionate, anticipatory care during life's most difficult moments.
Video 3 - Hospice Can Help Improve Quality of Life
Dr. Byock reveals why hospice patients often live longer than expected — and why enrolling earlier leads to better comfort, better sleep, and better quality of life.
Video 4 - Hospice Can Help Sooner Than You Think
Discover why the most common thing families say after starting hospice is "why didn't we do this sooner?" and how hospice care transforms fear into confidence and comfort.
Video 5 - Hospice Can Help Navigate Care
Dr. Byock describes the central role of the hospice nurse in coordinating whole-person care, managing symptoms, and making sure patients and families always know who to call and what to expect.

Watch the full five-part series on YouTube →

View Dr. Byock's full biography and credentials

 

Repost Social Media Content

CHAPCA is actively sharing Hospice Can Help campaign content on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The simplest way to amplify the campaign is to follow CHAPCA and reshare posts directly to your organization's channels. When resharing, consider adding a sentence in your own voice. Personal endorsement from a trusted provider or organization carries significant weight.

Share with Colleagues

You're not alone in this work and neither are your colleagues. These PDFs are designed specifically for provider-to-provider sharing.

Hospice Can Help - And So Can You
A clear summary of why early hospice education matters and what providers can do to help patients and families make more informed decisions.
What the Public Misunderstands About Hospice
Share this with peers to make the case for why public education matters, and why their voice is part of the solution.

We encourage you to forward this page to a colleague, share these infographics with your team, or post them in your office. Every provider who understands the Hospice Can Help mission is another trusted voice that can reach a patient or family at exactly the right moment.

Questions?
Hospice Can Help is a public awareness campaign from the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association. If you have questions about the campaign or materials, email us at [email protected]