If you know of any events occuring in the near or distant future and would like to let the hospice and palliative care community know about it, please call or e-mail info@floridahospices.org. Florida Hospices and Palliative Care is happy to keep our members informed on the events occuring in and around the state of Florida.
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Title: |
Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents The Hospice Foundation of America's 15th Annual Living With Grief Teleconference, moderated by Frank Sesno, Professor of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University, and Special Correspondent with CNN. |
Date: |
Thursday, May 15, 2008
9 to 11:30 a.m. - Pre-recorded Video Webcast 11:30 a.m. to noon - Local Panel Discussion |
Provider: |
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, the Hospice Foundation of America and Hardage-Giddens Funeral Homes, a Dignity Memorial(r) Provider
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Location: |
St. Johns County School District Administration Building Auditorium 40 Orange Street, St. Augustine, Fla. 32084
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Objective: |
This webcast will provide an educational forum in which a multidisciplinary panel of experts will focus on the experience of grieving children and adolescents and the ways that all hospice professionals, educators and counselors, parents, social workers, physicians, grief counselors, funeral directors, and clergy can best support these populations as they cope with loss and grief. The program and accompanying book written by child and adolescent grief experts will examine the newest theories and practices and will combine academic research with hands-on ideas for use in hospice support groups and other settings.
Following the broadcast, a panel of local grief and bereavement professionals will respond to the material and answer questions.
Participants will include: Terry Eason, RN, CHPN, Program Manager, Community PedsCare; Phyllis Ingram, Ed.D., LMHC, District Intervention Counselor, St. Johns County School District; Sandra Melchionne, MSH, LMHC, Supervisor, Children and Family Therapeutic Services Team, St.
Johns County Mental Health; and Doug Schilling, LCSW, Pre-admissions Supervisor, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.
Continuing education credit will be available for nurses, nursing assistants and licensed mental health and social service professionals.
This event is also open to the public.
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Registration
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FOR MORE INFORMATION/TO R.S.V.P.:
To RSVP, call 904.407.7033 no later than Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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Title: |
Diversity Summit |
Date: |
June 17 & 18, 2008 |
Provider: |
Florida Hospices and Palliative Care - - The Diversity Summit is made possible by a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. |
Location: |
Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport
9300 Airport Boulevard
Orlando, Florida
Click Here for a Map
Book your room by May 15, 2008 to receive a special room rate of $129.00 (per night)
For Reservations:
Please contact the hotel directly by calling 1-800-233-1234 or www.hyatt.com
*Identify yourselves as attendees of the FHPC Diversity Summit |
Objective: |
Because of the projected growth of Florida’s non-white population, hospice providers must develop effective approaches to making hospice care more accessible to diverse patient populations. The following are the goals of the Diversity Summit:
Raise awareness and share information on issues of diversity in relation to culture/ethnicity/race as they relate to willingness to use hospice care;
Share best practices, model program, and innovative approaches to developing and delivering culturally competent end of life care;
Identify barriers, opportunities, needs, and challenges that are actionable at a state level;
Facilitate dialogue among hospice providers;
Utilize expertise and experience of businesses, industries, and service providers outside the hospice field who are doing related diversity work successfully;
Support and encourage the implementation of new programs, approaches, and ideas for working with and serving diverse/minority patients in each hospice program’s
service area;
Advance the practice and delivery of culturally competent hospice care.
The 2008 Diversity Summit will be the third offering in the diversity series, and it will once again bring together recognized leaders in other businesses and industries, who have successfully reached diverse customers. The emphasis for 2008 will be to provide specific tools and techniques that can be used by participating hospice programs in their own communities.
Outcomes and Impacts:
Outcomes to this point have been anecdotal, because data on race/ethnicity of patients admitted to hospice in Florida has not been collected before, making a baseline impossible to create. However, new proposed reporting requirements ask for race data as part of an annual report filed with regulators by all Florida licensed hospices. Having access to this data in future years will allow us to document progress made in increasing the hospice access for diverse patients.
Because hospice care at the end of life improves patient outcomes and is more cost effective for third party payors, such as Medicare and Medicaid, providing better access to hospice care becomes increasingly important. As diverse populations in Florida grow, and healthcare dollars decrease, disparities and barriers in hospice access become more problematic for our state.
Through the efforts of FHPC’s Access Initiative and the Diversity Summit, Florida’s hospices hope to find and offer viable solutions to decreasing or eliminating barrier to hospice care for all of Florida’s citizens. |
Registration
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http://www.floridahospices.org/diversitysummit/diversity.html |
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Title: |
Palliative Care in the ICU:Closing the Gap between Current Knowledge and Clinical Practice |
Date: |
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern |
Provider: |
Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) |
Location: |
This is an Audio Conference |
Objective: |
Featured speaker, Judith E. Nelson, MD, JD, will review and discuss relevant evidence and practical approaches to optimal palliative care quality for ICU patients and families. Join us and learn:
- Identify opportunities for improving palliative care for critically ill patients and their families
- Discuss strategies for improving palliative care in the ICU
- Employ a practical tool for ongoing ICU/palliative care quality measurement
You will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with the presenter. After the presentation, you are invited to continue the discussion and post your questions and comments on the CAPCconnectSM Forum. |
Registration
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The cost for this call is:
$89 per phone line
$99 includes one phone line plus the audio conference CD-ROM!
Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register and for more information, go to http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/06-18-08/index_html/ |
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Title: |
2008 Florida Conference on Aging |
Date: |
August 11 -14, 2008 |
Provider: |
Florida Council on Aging |
Location: |
Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld |
Objective: |
TBA |
Registration
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Call (850) 222-8877 for more information or go to www.fcoa.org
For reservations call 407-351-5555. |
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Title: |
TMH Clinical Pastoral Education |
Date: |
Offered Year Round |
Provider: |
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare |
Location: |
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida |
Objective: |
The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program provides an opportunity for ministers, seminarians and lay people to develop pastoral competency within a particular pastoral setting. The CPE approach to training is based upon an "action-reflection" model of learning. Pastoral trainees function as ecumenical chaplains who provide pastoral care in assigned areas and use their experience in pastoral encounters as a basis for their learning.
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Registration
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The cost of tuition is $500 per unit. For additional information about CPE at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital or to recieve an application, contact:
Pastoral Care Department
Administrative Coordinator
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
1300 Miccosukee Road
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: (850) 431-HOPE (4673)
Fax: (850) 431-6402
E-Mail: john.galloway@tmh.org |
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EVENTS NATIONWIDE (2008)
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Title: |
Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) Training |
Date: |
2008 training sessions are held on the following dates:
Fairview Health Services - Minneapolis, MN
September 10-12
October 22-24
Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center - Richmond, VA
May 19-20
September 15-16
November 10-11
Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
September 11-12
November 6-7
Mount Carmel Health System - Columbus, OH
June 25-27
Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass - Lexington, KY
May 7-9
June 11-13
August 13-15
September 24-26
October 1-3
November 5-7
University of California - San Francisco, CA
June 5-6
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Provider: |
PCLC is an initiative of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) |
Location: |
See Below |
Objective: |
Benefit from two days of on-site, hands-on training and a full year of follow-up mentoring by training at one of six Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM (PCLC). Learn from the experience of established palliative care programs how to finance, design, market and operate a successful program.
Interdisciplinary team approach - targeted to physicians, nurses, social workers, administrators and other healthcare professionals interested in starting palliative care programs.
A national initiative of The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).
Approved for 13 Hours, Category 1, Physician CME Credit. Nursing and Social Work Accreditation Pending |
Registration
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Register now for 2008 at www.capc.org/pclc. Sessions fill months in advance. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. |
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Title: |
Opening Doors: A New Era for Hospice & Palliative Care -- Practice, Education, and Our Communities |
Date: |
October 30 and 31, 2008 |
Provider: |
The Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care |
Location: |
Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge |
Objective: |
Details and registration information to come.
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Registration
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***CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE NOW*** |
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Title: |
Children’s Hospice International’s 19th World Congress |
Date: |
November 16-19, 2008 |
Provider: |
Children’s Hospice International |
Location: |
The Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California |
Objective: |
CHI’s 19th World Congress will feature leaders in children’s hospice, palliative, home and end-of-life care, highlighting new and innovative programs from around the world. |
Registration
& Info: |
Children’s Hospice International
1101 King Street, Suite 360
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 USA
Phone: 703.684.0330 ● Fax: 703.684.0226 ● Email: info@chionline.org
www.chionline.org |
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Title: |
From Concept to Critical Mass:
Building & Sustaining Today's Palliative Care Program
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Date: |
November 13-15, 2008 |
Provider: |
Center to Advance Palliative Care |
Location: |
Texas |
Objective: |
The new CAPC Level I / II Seminar is designed with in-depth content and rich networking opportunities for programs at every stage. Choose from a host of focused workshops, discussion sessions, and breakouts that address your particular program needs, including:
· Pediatric Program Development
· Strategic Planning
· Outpatient Models
· Pharmacy Protocols
· Quality Metrics
· ED/ICU Outreach
· Oncology Collaborations
· Hospice-Hospital Dynamics
· Increasing Referrals
· And much more!
This conference is intended for hospital and hospice physicians, nurses, social workers, finance managers, administrators and others involved in starting or running a palliative care program; PCLC-trained team members; past CAPC Level I and Level II Seminar attendees. |
Registration
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To learn more and register, call the CAPC Events Line at (212) 201-2680 or visit www.capc.org/tex |
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