Exploring Exceptionalism: Assisting Patients & Families to Plan for the Time of Death

Bereavement Social Workers & Spiritual Caregivers

On-Demand Webinar

StreamedJan 4, 2024Duration90 minutes

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Take-away toolkit
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The goal of hospice is to assist people to have their best possible end-of-life experience.

For many people, the most significant event is likely to be the time of death. This event will likely determine (by their definition) if it was a “good” or a “bad” death.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

Define five key components of a time-of-death plan
Discuss “door openers” for creating the plan
Describe a process for creating a time-of-death plan with people who may be unwilling or resistant to discuss death or dying
List 10 potential goals and interventions
Explain two important and unexpected benefits of facilitating the best possible time-of-death experiences for people

WEBINAR DETAILS

Often families will use the time-of-death experience as a benchmark for how well the hospice team performed overall. So it is critical to devote skills and time to making concrete time-of-death plans. Many believe that patients and families don’t want to talk about this topic. However, the hospice team must focus on the importance of helping terminally ill people and their family members through this meaningful life event. This webinar will closely examine all aspects of developing a plan for the time of death.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is designed for all members of the interdisciplinary team with an emphasis on social workers, chaplains, nurses, and patient care managers.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

11 potential time-of-death goals
20 interventions to help people achieve time-of-death goals
Discussion guide to use with team members
Handout with lecture notes, learning opportunities, references, and resources
Training log
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided, however, there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar

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