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Creating Communities of Care
with the Alzheimer's Association
This presentation addresses the growing need for caregiving in our nation and the resulting stress experienced by primary caregivers Creating Communities of Care is a 2 day class (2 hours each) designed to explore a model of caregiving that reduces the demands on any one person by dispersing the responsibilities of care among a community of caring people.
Dates:
Session 1: August 10
Session 2: August 17
Time:
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:
Alzheimer's Association
455 Sherman Street, #500, Denver, CO 80203
Registration:
Vickie Mohr
(303) 813-1669
Called to Care: Caring Conversations about Caregiving
Compassion Fatigue
To witness suffering of another person (emotionally, spiritually, or physically) puts us at risk of experiencing compassion fatigue. Whether working as a professional caregiver or companioning our friends and family, we often manifest the stress expressed by those we serve due to our empathetic and compassionate response to the situation. We must learn to recognize the signals of compassion fatigue, in ourselves and our colleagues, and subsequently engage in corrective behaviors.
Dinner: 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Presentation: 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Bethany Lutheran Church
Great Hall
4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO
Lindsay Vassar
(303) 398-6326
Getting the MOST out of the Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Program in Colorado: Training for Healthcare Providers (Co-Sponsored with the Colorado Healthcare Association)
The 2010 Colorado Legislature established the Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Program in Colorado, effective August 10. Are you ready?
This two-part intensive training program will equip healthcare providers in all settings to implement the Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) Program, the newest tool in the toolkit for honoring patients' wishes for treatment. The MOST is a medical decision making process that results in a 1-page, 2-sided form specifying patients' preferences regarding CPR, general scope of treatment, antibiotics, and artificial nutrition and hydration. On signature by a physician, APN, or PA, the form translates patient wishes into medical orders; it "travels" with the patient and must be honored in any setting, with provision for review and revision by receiving physicians. The MOST program is intended to close gaps and streamline communication on essential treatments for the frail elderly, seriously or chronically ill patient in frequent contact with healthcare providers.
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
CHA Conference Center, Greenwood Village
www.cha.com
At a time when our healthcare systems are stressed, families are geographically scattered, technology serves to isolate and insulate, Share The CareTM is a refreshing and relational approach to caregiving. Family members, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and volunteers unite to create a community of care…a community offering time and talents to meet the diverse and varied needs of the patient and their family. Please join us for an interactive discussion of the model and explore the potential benefits of creating a community of care.
Registration: 8:00 a.m.
Workshop: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30
Olinger Crown Hill
7777 W. 29th Avenue, Denver, CO 80033
Lindsay Vassar (303) 398-6326
$39 by August 16, 2010
(Includes snacks and training materials)
REGISTRATION OPEN
Voices of Palliative Care 2010
We are the Medicine: Assessing and Healing Spiritual Pain
Featuring Richard Groves, JCL, MA, MDiv.
Founder of the Sacred Art of Living Center
Who Should Attend:
Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals, Clergy, Pastoral Care Providers, Social Workers, Grief Counselors, Medical Professionals, Students and Community Members
Registration Fee:
$79/Person (By September 8th)
$90/Person (After September 8th)
Register:
Breakfast at Brookdale
Grief: Out of the Closet
We live in a society that grieves well and mourns poorly. We have become experts at stuffing our emotions, avoiding the pain of our losses, and diverting our attention through addictive behaviors. There comes a time when we need to air out our losses, experience and express the intensity of our emotions, and understand that our losses must be integrated into our lives, not avoided.
Presentation: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Q&A: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Oakhurst Towers
8030 E. Girard Avenue, Denver, CO
Lizabeth Geiser
(720) 291-7917
Viewing End of Life through the Spiritual Lens
When working with patients and their families, pastoral caregivers and healthcare professionals must understand how patients perceive illness. Punishment? A test of faith? Biological defect? Luck of the draw? There is not a “right” answer nor a universal truth regarding illness. By being sensitive, respectful, and attentive to the influence of spiritual beliefs regarding end of life decisions, we are better able to compassionately address the ethical dilemmas so prevalent in healthcare today and thereby hopefully avoid divisive confrontation. We must seek to understand before we seek to be understood.
Bethany Lutheran Church, Great Hall
Session 1: November 2
Session 2: November 9
$39 by November 4, 2010
Family Systems and Caregiving
Chronic/terminal illness is not an individual challenge. Rather, it is a challenge presented to a family wherein the concerns and emotions of each person within the context of the family must be considered if the family is to function effectively and meet the demands of the illness.
Heritage Club Denver Tech Center
4091 S. Monaco Street, Denver, CO
How is it with Your Soul?
What is existential suffering, and why is it so often a concern at the end of life? Explore the relationship between spirituality and existential suffering in order to determine appropriate assessment tools and subsequent effective interventions.
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