Wonk Room Resources

• National Reports and Recommendations

Administration on Aging Profile 2005 (pdf - 235 Kb) 
Citizens Health Care Working Group Report 2006 (pdf - 2494 Kb)
NAAGreport-end-of-life2004 (pdf - 1.2 Mb)
National Quality Forum Consensus Report on Hospice and Palliative Care (pdf - 408 Kb)
• Public Health

Advancing Public Policies to Improve Frail Elders, Seriously Ill People and Family Caregivers (pdf - 120 Kb)
Maturing of America – National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (pdf - 2387 Kb)
CDC Health US 2006 profile (pdf - 7783 Kb)
Last Acts - Means to a Better End (pdf - 1948 Kb)
IOM - Approaching Death - Summary 1997 (pdf - 799 Kb)

• State Reports

AARP Massachusetts 2005 Survey
Pennsylvania Governor’s Report 2006 (pdf - 990 Kb)
Nebraska Survey Report 2007 (pdf - 672 Kb)
Idaho - Executive Summary (pdf - 7.43 Mb)
Idaho - Introduction to Full Survey (pdf - 10 Kb)
Idaho - Full Report End-of- Life Survey (pdf - 3.75 Mb)
Idaho - Focus Brief - Communicating Wishes (pdf - 3.07 Mb)
Idaho - Focus Brief - Compassionate Care (pdf - 3.07 Mb)
Idaho - Focus Brief - Meaning & Spirituality (pdf - 11.0 Mb)
Idaho - Focus Brief - Medical Issues (pdf - 5.93 Mb)

• Palliative Care

Improving Palliative Carefor Cancer 2001- Brief Report (pdf - 35 Kb)
Improving Palliative Carefor Cancer 2001 (pdf - 935 Kb)
When Children Die Summary 2003 (pdf - 1,622 Kb)
National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship 2006 (pdf - 871 Kb)
Financial Implications - Promoting Excellence (pdf - 2846 Kb)
Patient & Family Centered Care IHI 2006 (pdf - 482 Kb)


• Resources

NH Family Caregiver Fact Sheet (pdf - 107 Kb)
NH Service Link (pdf - 209 Kb)
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor 2005 (pdf - 216 Kb)
• Caregivers

CDC re Caregivers 2007 (doc - 141 Kb)
NH Family Caregivers Fact Sheet (pdf - 107 Kb)
Family Caregivers Alliance Longterm Care Fact Sheet (doc - 62 Kb)
State Caregiving Data 2006 (pdf - 128 Kb)
Caregiving In America Report 2006 (pdf - 908 Kb)
SchmiedingCenterForSenior2006_Annual_Report (pdf - 4.78 Mb)



• Hopeful Models

PACE Fact Sheet - CMS.gov (pdf - 64 Kb)


• Health Care Work Force

AACN Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet 03-07 (pdf - 64 Kb)
NY Times - Feb 18, 2002 - Nursing Home Staffing (pdf - 30 Kb)
National lHealth Policy Forum - Caregiver Suppy 2002 (pdf - 1.03 Mb)
Wye River - 21st Century Work Force Issues (pdf - 66 Kb)
NAS Insights Nursing Shortage 2007 doc - 215 Kb)


• Policy and Practice Recommendations

Access and Values Report 2003 (pdf - 587 Kb)
Citizens Health Care Report (pdf - 2.43 Mb)
End-of-Life-Care Policy Improvement (pdf - 201 Kb)
Improving Response to Life-Threatening Illness (pdf - 162 Kb)
National Quality Forum Concensus Report (pdf - 408 Kb)
RWJF - The Foundations End-of-Life Programs (pdf - 86.1 Kb)


• Demographic Projections

A Profile of Older Americans (pdf - 235 Kb)
Death Dying Snapshot 2006 (pdf - 752 Kb)
Joanne Lynn - Living Long in Fragile Health (pdf - 1.47 Mb)
Long Term Needs of Baby Boomers - Paid Helpers (pdf - 852 Kb)
RWJF - The Foundations End-of-Life Programs (pdf - 86.1 Kb)


• Public Policy

Access and Values Report 2003 (pdf - 507 Kb)
APA - Culturally Diverse Communities and End of Life Care (pdf - 54.4 Kb)
Ethics & Multiculturalism in Patient-Physician Encounter (pdf - 44.1 Kb)



• Pain Policy

Achieving Balance Evaluation Guide 2007 (pdf - 9.3 Mb)
Achieving Balance Report Card (pdf - 1.3 Mb)
KyungSong- Doruleshamper - Remedies for Pain (pdf - 140.5 Kb)
Means to a Better End (pdf - 1.9 Mb)



• Alzeimher's Dementia

Alzheimer's Association - Medicare Hospice Benefit (pdf - 150 Kb)
Alzheimer's Association - Quality End of Life Care (pdf - 82 Kb)
Victoria Sweet - Thy Will Be Done (pdf - 82 Kb)



• Hospice - General

Hospice Facts 2007 (pdf - 131 Kb)
NHPCO Facts and Figures - 2005 Findings (pdf - 1.16 Mb)