Our Coalition depends on the steady support of five organizations in Michigan all dedicated to making life better for our most challenging children and their families. Employees of these member organizations have access to the educational programs offered through our website.
The JoElyn Nyman Anchors Programs for Children is the pediatric arm of Hospice of Michigan. Anchors Programs provide hospice care, perinatal consultations, and a social work support program called the Compass Program. Home hospice care is accessible by HOM’s nurses trained in pediatric care in most of the lower peninsula and the nursing staff partners with adult hospice teams in the more remote parts of the state to provide high quality care during prolonged illnesses and at the end-of-life.
Anchors Programs social worker Tara Derby is on our coalition’s board of directors.
The Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital has a robust palliative care team that provides high quality inpatient and outpatient consultation and support for hundreds of children each year. The program also trains two physician fellow each year in hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Bradd Hemker is the physician leader of this team and is also on the board of our coalition.
Learn more
My Nest is Best is a family-centered program within Angela Hospice for children with progressive, life-limiting conditions. It focuses on enabling children to continue living at home, in a comfortable place where they are surrounded by the people, pets, and environment that brings them security and joy. Coalition board members include Teri Turner, Angela Hospice’s director of Quality, and Dr. Nadia Tremonti, the program’s pediatric medical director.
Learn more
MSU’s Department of Pediatrics and Human Development has been very supportive of the mission of our coalition for many years. Faculty members on our board are Dr. Yakov Sigal and Nurse Practitioner Cheri Salazar.
Learn more
The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor established the Pediatric Palliative Care Program in 2005. This interprofessional team provides consultation from pregnancy through young adulthood, supporting goal-concordant care and complex symptom management in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Mott is also home to the Partners for Children-Little Heroes League, a care coordination AND palliative care program supporting children with medical complexity. This program was specifically designed to help keep children at home as much as possible by having 24/7 phone availability, regular home visits by members of the care team, and support while in the hospital. Mott' s Pediatric Care Program is led by Dr. Patricia Keefer. Dr. Keefer is on our coalition's board of directors, as is retired nurse-educator Maureen Giacomazza who was a founder of the palliative care programs at the University of Michigan Hospitals.
Learn more
