Circle of Life Award

The AHA Circle of Life Award honors innovative programs in palliative and end-of-life care. The 2009 and 2010 awards are supported, in part, by the California Healthcare Foundation, based in Oakland, California, and by the Archstone Foundation. Major sponsors of the 2009 awards are the American Hospital Association, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the Catholic Health Association, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization & National Hospice Foundation; the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association are 2009 Circle of Life cosponsors. Major sponsors of the 2010 awards are the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association, National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization & National Hospice Foundation; the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the National Association of Social Workers are Circle of Life cosponsors.