CACCC Hosts Free Virtual 15 Yr Celebration: A Year to be Mindful

September 21, 2020 – San Jose CA – The Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) hosts a series of free virtual educational events in celebration of 15 years of Compassion in Action: A Year to be Mindful, held virtually in Southern and Northern California and New York. The educational series includes a professional healthcare forum (Friday, October 16* from 10a-12p PST) conducted in English and a community education event (Saturday, October 17** from 10a-12n PST) that will be emceed in Mandarin with simultaneous English interpretation. The forum keynote speaker, this year, is the renowned palliative care physician, Cynthia Pan, MD, Chief, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine from New York Presbyterian Queens (NYPQ) and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Hospital, who will share her insights and experiences on COVID-19, as a patient, palliative care physician and medical educator during this historic pandemic. Other featured speakers include: CACCC founder Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, MSN; Suncrest Hospice, San Francisco Bay Area, hospice medical director Gary Lee, MD; Zen Caregiving Project (ZCP), San Francisco, executive director Roy Remer, and CACCC’s Mindful Self-Care for Caregivers project lead Teresa Cheng.

*Friday, October 16 free virtual forum, conducted in English, offers two (2.0 CE’s) contact hours for healthcare professionals.

To RSVP for the October 16 professional healthcare forum, visit caccc-mindful-oct16.eventbrite.com

**Saturday, October 17 free virtual community event, conducted in Mandarin with simultaneous English interpretation, features CACCC founder Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, MSN; NYPQ chief, geriatrics and palliative care physician Cynthia Pan, MD; Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, hospice and palliative care physician Esther Luo, MD; Zen Caregiving Project (ZCP), San Francisco, executive director Roy Remer, and CACCC’s Mindful Self-Care for Caregivers project lead Teresa Cheng.

To RSVP for the October 17 community event, visit caccc-mindful-oct17.eventbrite.com

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CACCC’s A Year to be Mindful sponsors include: CAIPA, New York; AARP California; Allied Pacific IPA, Alhambra; Stanford Palliative Care, Stanford; Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation, Saratoga; Kirkorian Family Foundation, Los Gatos; Care Mission, Temple City; The Health Trust, Hospice of the Valley, and Santa Clara Family Health Plan, all of San Jose and collaborating partners and CE providers: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View and the Institute on Aging, San Francisco; and co-hosting from Southern California is the Happy50Plus.

About CACCC

Celebrating 15 years of providing compassionate care, community service, education and outreach to the Chinese community and to the healthcare professionals who serve them, the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC), comprised of 150, local, state, and national organizations and over 1400 individuals, is the first coalition devoted to addressing end-of-life concerns of the Chinese community. Recognized nationally, in Taiwan and in China, CACCC provides education and support in advance care planning, palliative care and pain management, and offers training in respite, hospice, grief care and mindful self-care. For additional information, visit caccc-usa.org or email info@caccc-usa.org.

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