3 Wishes Project in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

The 3 Wishes Program began in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in December 2017. Patients in the ICU face critical illness and sometimes, difficult end-of-life decisions. The goal of the 3 Wishes Program is to provide the best possible end of life experience for patients and families by celebrating lives and supporting the grieving process.

The Program has fulfilled a variety of wishes for ICU patients. Patients have asked to hear a cherished piece of music, to spend their final moments outdoors, to visit with a beloved friend or pet, to taste a favorite food or drink, and to have their room decorated with their favorite photos, to name a few.

• For patients, to dignify their death and celebrate their life
• For family members, to humanize the end-of-life process and create positive memories
• For ICU clinicians, to foster patient and family-centered care and inspire more meaning in the workplace

Your gift to the 3 Wishes Program, no matter the size, can help fulfill the often simple and inexpensive wishes of critically ill patients in the ICU. Your contribution offers comfort and peace to patients and grieving families. At the end of life, it's really the small things that matter. The average cost per patient has thus far been just $30. The effect this program has on patients and their loved ones, however, is truly priceless.

The 3 Wishes Project was first introduced in Canada in 2013. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is the first hospital in the U.S. to adopt the program. Since its inception in December 2017, the 3 Wishes Program at UCLA has enrolled nearly 1,600 patients and has fulfilled over 5,400 wishes.

Donations ensure that we have the resources to create meaningful, dignified memories for patients and their families during otherwise difficult times. Thank you in advance for your kindness, generosity, and for helping 3 Wishes honor patients' lives and create positive memories for their loved ones.

Our program is available across 10 units in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Hospital. We are available in all the adult Intensive Care Units (ICUs) as well as Geriatrics, Solid Oncology, Labor & Delivery and, most recently, the Pediatric ICU. With your generosity, we hope to continue to grow our program and continue to bring comfort to our patients and families in their time of greatest need.