African Americans and End-of-Life Care is a special report in the Living With Grief® series exploring African American attitudes and behaviors about care at the end of life, relating to grieving norms and hospice use. 

This program explores the variety of ways that end-of-life care organizations can offer a range of services to grieving individuals and families including varied types of support, psycho-education, and ritual. 

Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv and Michael Caserta, PhD
On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length: 90 minutes

CE credits are not available for this program. 

Living with Grief®: Cancer and End-of-Life Care (DVD) addresses care options related to cancer diagnoses as well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families, and professional caregivers. 

The book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-11-7) by the same title serves as a companion to the panel discussion, and offers further information on treating cancer when the goal of care is palliative. The latest installment to the Living with Grief® series reviews how a holistic plan of care can allow persons living with terminal cancer to live and die with dignity.  

This program addresses care options related to cancer diagnoses as well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families, and professional caregivers. It also examines psychosocial aspects of cancer, pain management, and ethical issues related to the disease. 

Expert Panelists:  

• Yvette Colón, PhD, MSW
• Malene Davis, MBA, CHPN
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv
• Richard Payne, MD
• Sherry R Schachter, PhD, FT
• Brad Stuart, MD

On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length:  Approximately 2.5 hours

CE credits are not available for this program.

Expert Panelists: Nora Luna, MEd, Kristopher Halsey, DDiv, PhD; moderated by The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, DMin

Can you competently work with culturally and spiritually diverse populations? Cultural and spiritual beliefs can have a direct impact on end-of-life decision making and care. This program looks at how hospice and palliative care providers can ensure that each patient receives care that is grounded in an understanding of individual culture and faith beliefs, and how those beliefs and practices might influence both the dying person and the grief of their loved ones.

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Living with Grief®: Diversity and End-of-Life Care (DVD) features content from Hospice Foundation of America’s 16^th annual National Bereavement Teleconference, including the panel discussion on understanding the importance of diversity, cultural histories, traditions, and beliefs in end-of-life care. 

Diversity and End-of-Life Care examines how diversity influences end-of-life decision making and the impact that culture has at the time of death and during bereavement. One of the goals of the program is to increase sensitivity by helping professionals acknowledge how their own cultural values and assumptions influence the delivery of care. The program will include a special examination of hospice care and diversity, including how hospices are reaching out to diverse groups and incorporating traditional practices and alternative therapies. It will also discuss the challenges that may occur when culture considerations may cause ethical concerns or moral distress. 

Expert Panelists:  

• Samira K, Beckwith, LCSW, FACHE
• Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, PHN, MSN
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv
• Wanda H. Jenkins, MHS
• Richard Payne, MD
• Paul Rosenblatt, PhD
• Carlos Sandoval-Cros, Rev.

On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length:  Approximately 2.5 hours 

CE credits are not available for this program.

This DVD program examines, using a case study approach, the ethical issues and dilemmas that emerge at the end-of-life, the principles of ethical decision-making and the effects of these decisions on patients, families and staff.

The cases in the End-of-Life Ethics: A Case Study Approach book (ISBN 978-1-893349-14-8), all written by prominent professionals in end-of-life care or ethics, use case studies to bring to life ethical principles in practice. 

End-of-Life Ethics examines, using a case study approach, the ethical issues and dilemmas that emerge at the end of life. Ethical decisions at the end of life provide a point where all the factors that influence end-of-life care such as finances, laws, values, culture, and technology converge. The decisions that are made at the end of life affect not only the way that the person dies, but also the ways that survivors face the loss. These decisions may influence staff – affecting morale and turnover, consequently directly influencing patient care, as well as families struggling with grief. This program explores ethical dilemmas that are likely to arise at the end of life, the principles of ethical decision-making, and the effects of these decisions on staff and families.

Expert Panelists:  

• Timothy R. Arsenault, MA
• Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW
• Eileen R. Chichin, PhD, RN
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv
• Bruce Jennings, MA
• Hank Willner, MD

On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase
Length:  approximately 2.5 hours 

CE credits are not available for this program.

HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts.

For-Profit members are for-profit hospice providers and other for-profit organizations including hospitals, health systems, bereavement support centers, funeral homes, and healthcare vendors (e.g. pharmaceutical distributors, software companies). 

HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts.

ADC <150 members are hospice providers with an average daily census of less than 150 patients.

HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts.

Hospice ADC ≥150 are hospice organizations with an average daily census equal to or greater than 150 patients.