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Carla Braveman, RN
Carla Braveman will join
THE MANY
FACES OF GRIEF
WHEN: November
3, 2006
8:00 am –
4:15 pm
WHERE:
WHO: Counselors,
Therapists, Hospice Staff, First Responders, Advocates,
Health Professionals, Law Enforcement,
Funeral Directors, Military, etc.
CONFERENCE
PURPOSE:
Many
professionals encounter clients experiencing bereavement, yet few training
programs offer focused instruction on dealing with this universal human experience.
This conference is designed to provide useful information and practical
strategies that can help clients through their bereavement process.
PROGRAMS
INCLUDE:
Bereavement Across
Cultures
Using Creative Arts: Music, Art, Drama and Poetry
Strategies to Deal with Traumatic Loss and PTSD
Hope for the Holidays: Help for Your Clients
Perinatal Loss: Journey to Healing
Military Loss: Aiding the Bereaved
Adults Say the Darndest
Things: Children and Teens Share Their Stories
Death Customs: Funerals, Burials and More
Grief & Crisis Support in Schools and Community
Spirituality and Grief
Healing the Healer: When Compassion Fatigue Strikes
For more
information e-mail:
June@BigBendHospice.org
Hospice
of
Hospice of St. Francis is offering a
free CEU to all Registered Nurses on End of Life Care. Dr. Elizabeth Galfo,
Medical Director for Hospice of St. Francis, will be conducting the
seminar. Her presentation will cover
Medical Futility, an increasingly important role in our society that involves
maintaining a person’s dignity, quality of life and making every second of
their life count.
The seminar will be held as part of an
Open House at Hospice of St. Francis located at
Hospice
Seeking “Partners in Compassionate Care”
Hospice of St. Francis (HOSF) is
seeking caring people who would like to become volunteers. HOSF volunteers provide
assistance in many different ways, including making friendly visits to hospice
patients, providing respite care for homebound patients, running errands and
performing much needed office support and many other services. No previous experience is needed.
Training is provided at no cost to the
participants. Volunteer positions are
available throughout
to Provide Congregation/Parish Nurse Workshop
Hospice of St. Francis in partnership
with
The Congregation Nurse/Parish Nurse
Workshop is designed to prepare the selected
Registered Nurse to serve effectively within her/his own faith community as a
Congregation/Parish Nurse. This program
is an intense, interactive day with information presented in all aspects of
this new specialty. The program includes
lecture, discussion, role-playing, video and written tools and materials for
use within the congregation setting will be provided.
This workshop targets the Registered
Nurses who are interested in serving as a Congregation/ Parish Nurse within
their faith community or organization.
Each attendee will be awarded 6.0 contact hours by the
Hospice of St. Francis Offers Free Caregiving Classes
Hospice
of St. Francis recognizes that caring for another person is often one of the
most emotional and demanding experiences a person may face in their
lifetime. The Caregiving
Education and Resource Program at Hospice of St. Francis provides the education
and support necessary to “care for the caregiver” – both current and
future. We either are, have been, will be caregivers or will be cared for by others sometime in our life. This program consists of a six-one and a half
hour classes. The classes are designed
to teach caregivers how to care for themselves as they care for others.
The
training class is offered at no cost to participants and all
Each
class focuses on a different caregiver issue:
Class
1: The Experience of Caregiving – What is our
commonality?
Class
2: Important Decisions and Communication - How do we make and whom do we tell
about our Advance Directives?
Class
3: Community and Personal Relationships –Are we as alone as we think?
Class
4: Care of Self with Care of Others – How can we do both?
Class
5: Meaning, Purpose and Finality of Life – What needs to be done at life’s end,
and what does death look like?
Class
6: Grief and Bereavement – What’s normal, and how do we know?
The next
session of Caregiving in the Last Years begins on Tuesday,
September 12, 2006 and will be held at Hospice of St. Francis’ office,
Hospice/Palliative
Care Physician Joins Medical Team
at Hospice of St. Francis
Mina Zeini,
M.D. has joined Hospice of St. Francis’ medical team. Dr. Zeini is a
graduate of the
Hospice of Naples to host Seminar on Cultural
Diversity
Working with diverse cultures in
Southwest Florida is the focus of the fifth annual symposium offered by Hospice
of 
titled “Why Can’t Everybody Be Like
Me?” will be held on October 14, 2006 and will feature keynote speaker, Dr.
Carlos Sandoval-Cros, practicing psychiatrist,
Episcopal Priest and past director of The Courtelis
Center for Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
The full-day symposium, designed for
nurses, licensed clinical social workers, licensed mental health counselors,
marriage and family counselors, psychologists, clergy and other interested
audiences, will explore the issues of diversity and its impact on society with
specific focus on healthcare. The seminar will also offer a panel discussion
on death traditions and rituals.
Other presenters include Karen Rollins,
Hospice of Naples President & CEO, Keith T. Foster, PhD, PA, Licensed
Psychologist, Victoria Jean Dimidjian, Professor of
Early Childhood & Counselor Education at Florida Gulf Coast University, Dr.
Paul Mitchell, Hospice of Naples Vice President of Physician Relations and
Medical Director.
Hospice of
The symposium is sponsored in part by
Collier Regional Medical Center, HCR Manor Care – Manor Care – Arden Courts –
Lely Palms Retirement Community, M & I Wealth Management, Sunshine Pharmacy
& Medical Supply, Marco Island SunTimes, Naples SunTimes, Southeast Hospice Equipment Company, TLC Medical
Transport, Sew Shore Custom Embroidered Designs/Uniforms, Collier County
Medical Society, and Dial-A-Nurse.
Special Wedding Announcement
On August
24, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. Antonios Francisco Dimoulas and Janelle Leigh Henly
wed at
The
groom, Antonios Francisco Dimoulas
was born in
The
mother of the groom is Cindy Marie Turco and
step-father, Louis Turco from Port. St. Lucie. The biological father, George Dimoulas and step-mother Barbara Dimoulas
reside in
The parents of the bride, Gary and
Lorraine Henly reside in Adamstown, P.A.
Hospice of
Win AARP Award
Hospice of
Marion County, Inc. and Its Affiliated Companies are among the top employers
around the country according to AARP. The Best Employers for Workers Over 50 award, now in its sixth year, was established by AARP to
honor companies that show commitment to an aging workforce.
Key areas of
consideration include: recruiting
practices; opportunities for training; education and career development;
workplace accommodations; alternative work options, such as flexible
scheduling, job sharing, and phased retirement; employee health and pension
benefits; retiree benefits, and age diversity of the workforce.
Fifty-nine
percent of Hospice of Marion County and its companies’ employees are over the
age of 50, while 48 percent of new hires in the past 12 months are 50+. These
figures represent the highest percentage of 50+ employees and new hires among all 2006 AARP Best Employers
winners. "Over the years, we have seen a trend in employees in this age
group. They come with a level of maturity and experience that is simply
unparalleled," says Human Resources Director Roy J. Hoxworth.
"We find
that when we recruit for employees who will provide palliative care (pain
control and symptom management) to patients, their perspective and insight is
so much deeper than those who are less experienced,” adds CEO/President
"Dynamic
employers recognize the importance of creating a mutually beneficial work
environment," says AARP Executive Council member Doug Heinlen.
"Hospice of Marion County, and its affiliated companies, Accent Medical,
Florida Palliative Home Care and SummerField Suites,
are to be congratulated for undergoing a tough evaluation process and coming
out on top."
Hospice and
its three affiliated companies employee 375 people and
have trained 490 volunteers who serve nearly 1,000 patients every day. This
award comes on the heels of another national award, Best Medium-Sized Company
to Work for in America, from the Great Place to Work® Institute and The Society
for Human Resource Management, awarded to Hospice of Marion County and Its
Affiliated Companies for three years running. AARP will host an awards’
presentation September 21 in Chicago, and feature Ocala Hospice nurse, Wanda
Barnes, in the October issue of AARP’s