Deutscher Hospiz- und PalliativVerband e.V.

About the Association

The German Hospice and Palliative Care Association (DHPV) was founded in 1992 as a non-profit association under the name Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Hospiz e.V. and is the national advocacy body of the hospice movement and of hospice and palliative care facilities in Germany. As the umbrella association of the 16 regional state associations as well as further supra-regional organisations, it represents more than 1,290 hospice and palliative care services and facilities in which over 141,500 people are engaged on a voluntary and full-time basis. Its key areas of work include advocacy in legislation and politics, the promotion and strengthening of regional hospice and palliative care networks, the development of quality standards, and support for education and research. Together with the Federal Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) and the German Society for Palliative Medicine, the DHPV is the custodian of the Charter for the Care of the Critically Ill and Dying in Germany, and is a member of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). The head office is located in Berlin.

Site

Berlin

Processes

Advocacy for hospice and palliative care work, Networking / coordination of regional hospice and palliative care networks, Quality standards and transparency, Educational events, congresses and symposia, Research funding, Information for those affected and their relatives, Public relations and press work, Charter for the Care of the Dying (custodianship)

Founded

1992

Industries

Hospice and palliative care, Healthcare, Social affairs / welfare

1. 01

   Advocacy and legislative work

2. 02

   Networking and coordination of regional hospice and palliative care networks

3. 03

   Quality standards and transparency

4. 04

   Educational events, congresses and symposia

5. 05

   Research funding

6. 06

   Information for those affected and public relations work

Locations

Inside the production

History

1. 1992

   Founded as Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Hospiz e.V. (BAG Hospiz), a non-profit association

2. 2008

   Entry in the register of associations at the Local Court of Berlin Charlottenburg (VR 27851 B) on 17.07.2008, previously Local Court of Düren

3. 2010

   Founding of the German Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation (Deutsche Hospiz- und PalliativStiftung)

4. 2012

   Commemorative publication: 20 years of DHPV

5. 2017

   Commemorative publication: 25 years of DHPV

6. 2023

   Launch of the project "Coordination and Support of Networking in Hospice Work and Palliative Care" (with DGP and BÄK, funded by PKV)