2011 Schedule
Wednesday, March 23rd
1:00 to 4:00 pm
Welcome to all: Michele Philliber, R.N., BSN
Director of Home Health and Hospice
- Introduction to Hospice Services
Arlene Case, R.N., Hospice Coordinator, MCDH Hospice
- Roll of Home Health Nurses
- Signs and Symptoms of Impending Death
- Confidentiality
- Paperwork 101
Monday, March 28th
12:00 to 3:00 pm
- Redwing Keyssar, R.N. ‘Being with Dying’
Wednesday, March 30th
1:00 to 4:00 pm -
Cynthia Wall, LCSW
- The Power of Compassionate Support’, and, ‘Beyond Sympathy, – Learning to Serve With Compassion.’
Monday, April 4th
1:00 to 4:00 pm
- Rabbi Margaret Holub ‘Dying – The Jewish Perspective’
- Ann Kyle-Brown – Buddist Monk, ‘The Buddist Perspective on Death and Dying’
- ‘Near Death Experiences’ – a discussion, including a video, ‘Return Trip’.
Wednesday, April 6th
1:00 to 4:00 pm
- Reverend Tanya Wyldflower, MCDH Chaplain Coordinator and Certified Grief Counselor: ‘The Grieving Process’
Monday, April 11th
1:00 to 4:00 pm - MCDH Physical Therapy Dept.
- ‘Helping Without Hurting’
includes: transfer techniques, repositioning and
caring for a bedbound patient, and good body
mechanics.
- Final Arrangements, Home Funerals, Maggie Watson
- A field trip to ‘Chapel By the Sea’, Larry Blair or Chris Strickland – Funeral Directors.
Wednesday, April 13th
1:00 to 4:00 pm
- Graduation!! Meet active Hospice Volunteers, hear their stories, ask questions, explore expectations.