End-of-Life issues affect all Missourians, including this middle-aged woman.
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Protecting Rights

Every Missourian deserves compassionate care and comfort at the end of their life. This is why the Missouri End-of-Life Coalition was formed — to ensure every Missourian has the resources they need to die with dignity.

  • Improve the care and quality of living for persons at the end of life in Missouri.
  • Educate the public, health care providers, students, and policy makers regarding optimal care, resources and policy for the maximum benefit of dying Missourians.
  • Foster collaborative research efforts, identify exemplars and obstacles and improve quality to help us better understand the current realities in services and support of the dying in Missouri.
  • Empower dying persons, loved ones and caregivers to express their needs and expectations surrounding end of life issues.
End-of-Life issues affect all Missourians including this young couple.
End-of-Life Facts
Button: Missouri End of Life Coalition Although more than 70 percent of Americans say they wish to die at home, only 25 percent do. Source
Button: Missouri End of Life Coalition Only 22 percent of eligible Missourians used their Medicare hospice benefit in 2002. Source
Button: Missouri End of Life Coalition The median length of stay in hospice has dropped from 29 days in 1995 to 22 days in 2003. Source
Button: Missouri End of Life Coalition It is estimated that only 15 to 25 percent of adults have completed an advance directive. Source
Button: Missouri End of Life Coalition 75 percent of Americans believe the issue of whether a family can remove a patient from life support is not for government at any level to decide. Source
Missouri End of Life Coalition, 2420 Hyde Park, Jefferson City, MO 65109
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