News
Here you can browse our press releases, search our archives, and find details about our most recent announcements. Reporters who would like to receive press releases from the Goals of Care Coalition of NJ or would like to make an interview request, please contact Jessica Brown.
Hollywood Royalty Join Forces with GOCCNJ
Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito, legendary actors and NJ natives team up with the Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey (GOCCNJ) to help individuals at highest risk for complications from COVID-19 and increase awareness about POLST (Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment).
Coronavirus NJ: Secret tape recording, report ‘flaws’ bring nursing home review into question
Article on New Jersey Hearld over oncerns about the state’s preparedness and response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Calls for legislative investigation into state’s handling of nursing homes
NJ Spotlight News episode. A group of Republican Assembly members have submitted a request for a bipartisan special investigative committee to review the state’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic.
In Hard-Hit New Jersey, COVID-19 Saddles Some Small Health Departments With Crushing Workload
Article on ProPublica featuring Dr. David Barile and the state of the pandemic response in New Jersey, including its devastating effects on nursing homes.
5,368 dead and counting: An investigation of state failures as crisis rampaged through N.J. nursing homes
This article investigates the state of COVID-19 on nursing homes and the government response in New Jersey.
State Turns to Outside Experts to Lend a Hand at COVID-19-Wracked Nursing Homes
Article on NJ Spotlight News highlights Dr. David Barile’s continuing efforts to push for more government intervention and accountability on nursing homes during the pandemic.
Universal COVID-19 testing coming to all long-term care facilities
This article and video in NJ Spotlight News features Dr. David Barile interview on the importance of government intervention during the pandemic.
Coronavirus NJ: Hard-hit nursing homes failed infection control, staffing
Featuring Dr. David Barile’s advocacy efforts, this article on the Asbury Park Press highlights the devastating impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
N.J. will ask National Guard to help nursing homes decimated by the coronavirus
Partially thanks to Dr. David Barile’s advocacy efforts, this article on NJ.com announces Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli decision to ask the National Guard to help New Jersey’s nursing homes respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid Pandemic, It’s Time to Face a Chore We Often Avoid
How COVID-19 underscores the importance of doing something experts say many of us delay: putting end-of-life wishes down on paper. Article on NorthJersey.com, featuring Dr. David Barile reinforcing the need for the POLST form during the pandemic.
Princeton long-term care medical director: Reporting on nursing homes disheartening
Dr. David Barile’s letter to the editor of the ‘Planet Princeton’.
NJ Reports 125 New Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes. Murphy Sending in National Guard?
Article and video from NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on coronavirus in New Jersey: Update on April 18, 2020
Send National Guard into N.J. nursing homes besieged by coronavirus, top doctor urges Murphy
With nursing home residents making up 40 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in New Jersey, it’s time to deploy the national guard to any long-term care facility in peril, according to an open letter from David Barile, MD.
GOCCNJ Offers Help on How to Discuss, Decide & Document Your Wishes for Medical Care
As Healthcare Professionals plan for COVID-19, you should, too. GOCCNJ and Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice (a member of GOCCNJ) are offering free daily webinars to help educate those high-risk populations and their family medical decision-makers about the importance of discussing and documenting their wishes for medical care.
OPEN LETTER: Now is the Time
As we are living in an unprecedented time, NOW is the time to discuss, decide and document your wishes for medical care. Please, help our medical staff offer heroic interventions to those who wish to have it, so we don’t burden those who wish to avoid it.
Geriatric Physician Urges You to Prepare Now If You Get Seriously Ill with COVID-19
“Now is the time for individuals to take an active role in their health by making decisions about future medical care. Please, help medical staff offer heroic interventions to those who wish to have it, so they don’t burden those who wish to avoid it,” implores Dr. Barile.
Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Decision Making: POLST & Other Important Considerations for High-Risk People
Free webinar for Family Caregivers on the Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Decision Making: POLST & Other Important Considerations for High-Risk People
Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care Grant Report
There is a critical need to improve the quality of the health care provider-patient dialogue at the end of a person’s life. A grant from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation was utilized to establish highly- targeted local initiatives to help educate health care providers and patients about the need for high quality communication about end-of-life care.
Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey announces appointment of Jessica Israel, MD
Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey (GOCCNJ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Israel, M.D. to their board of directors. Dr. Israel joins GOCCNJ’s board with over 20 years of experience in geriatric and palliative care medicine. …
Addressing Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care Among Minority Populations in New Jersey
GOCCNJ has launched a new educational program that will address the significant disparities in access to advance care planning services and palliative care among the minority patient populations in NJ.
GOCCNJ and Hackensack Meridian Health, JFK Medical Center Partner to Host Advance Care Planning Summit in Conjunction with National Healthcare Decisions Day
This Inaugural Summit Meeting, leveraging the expertise of NJ’s thought leaders in advance care planning and palliative and hospice care, will help to address these educational gaps.
Does New Jersey Need to Augment End-of-Life Care?
Experts at NJ Spotlight roundtable answer in the affirmative, note benefits of aid-in-dying laws.
NJ Governor’s Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care Submits Recommendations to the Governor and Legislature
The Council’s report highlights the need to improve end-of-life care delivery in New Jersey. The Report emphasizes the importance of establishing patient priorities and defining goals of care both through effective communication and better utilization of palliative care is urgent.
GOCC NJ Awarded RWJ Foundation Grant to Address Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care
The Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey (GOCCNJ) has received a $195,000, one-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to address disparities in access to palliative care for minority populations living in New Jersey.
Having the Tough Conversation Before It’s Too Late
Article featuring GOCC leadership Lori Feldstein, Dave Barile and Gil Gordon, discussing a talk presented on November 13, 2018, at the Jewish Center in Princeton for the Conversation Sabbath.
4Step iCare Plan
Developed by Goals of Care Coalition of NJ, the 4Step iCare Plan is an individualized advance care plan that has a simple 4-step approach to help you make difficult medical decisions. In addition to the video series available on our website, the plan can be downloaded as a PDF document.
New Jersey Healthcare Executive Leadership Academy
The New Jersey Healthcare Executive Leadership Academy is a joint initiative to build stronger leadership among physicians and executives from hospitals, post-acute providers and health plans.
Advocacy in Action
Read about the latest news in advocacy from LeadingAge New Jersey.
Consumer Guides
The Health Care Association of New Jersey provides helpful consumer guides: A Guide to Choosing Long Term Care, A Guide to Choosing an Assisted Living Facility, A Guide to Choosing an Assisted Living Facility, and National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information.
Do We Need to Talk?
Lilo H. Stainton writes on NJ Spotlight about the push to increase end-of-life planning in NJ. Proponents point to higher rate of aggressive medical treatment and higher costs for patients nearing death in the Garden State.
4Step iCare Plan
An Individualized End of Life Care Plan
Our 4Step iCare Plan is a simple, 4-step approach that helps patients, families, and healthcare providers navigate through challenging medical decisions.
Learn more with our video series and helpful tools
POLST
A POLST form will inform your healthcare providers about the types of medical treatment you’d like to receive.
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