Project Talk Trial

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Project Talk Trial is a five-year national, randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate different approaches for engaging underserved individuals in end-of-life care planning. The goal of the Trial is to evaluate the impact of several approaches to promote advance care planning in underserved populations (such as ethnic…

Autism & Grief Project

With generous support from the NLM Family Foundation, HFA has developed autismandgrief.org, a website to foster a healthier grief experience for adults with autism. The website empowers adults with autism by acknowledging their varied grief reactions and provides information that family, friends, and professionals can use to provide effective support. The five-year project, now in…

Using Facebook to Encourage Advance Care Planning

With funding from the John and Wauna Harman Foundation, HFA is exploring the efficacy of using Facebook groups to facilitate advance care planning (ACP) concerning their end-of-life healthcare wishes, emphasizing the need to make ACP more accessible to underserved populations. The pilot will launch in late 2024.

“Hello” Project

HFA partnered with Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to coordinate a 16-month research grant project on the importance of talking about end-of-life wishes and documenting those wishes using the conversation game, Hello. Game activities ended December 30, 2018, and research data continued through fall 2019.

“Being Mortal” Project

HFA coordinated an 18-month nationwide public awareness campaign on the importance of talking about end-of-life preferences and goals with loved ones and medical professionals. The project was underwritten by the John and Wauna Harman Foundation and educated more than 60,000 people across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Over 500 hosts partnered with local…

Hospice: Something More

With funding from the John and Wauna Harman Foundation, HFA produced an hour-long program that tells the stories of people whose lives have been affected by hospice care. It provides a glimpse into the lives of hospice patients and their families and caregivers who share their decision to use hospice care and resulting experiences. The…

Educating the Public About Hospice Care

With funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HFA completed a three-year project in 2012 focused on informing the public about the benefits of hospice care and grief support services available through hospice providers. In addition to English, online and printed materials were produced in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

Clergy Education

HFA was awarded a grant by the State of Florida to develop the End-of-Life Clergy Education Project. The outcome of the project was a comprehensive continuing education program for clergy focused on end-of-life care, hospice care, and bereavement care.