Expert Panelists: Heather Servaty-Seib, PhD and Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv
On Demand: to registered individuals for one year
Length: 90 minutes
CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards.  Board Approvals List 
CE Fees: CEs are included with registration.


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In the program, Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through Illness, Grief, and Death, experts discuss in a four segment panel the topics of supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through life-ending illness as well as grief and loss.  

The ethical, medical management and psychosocial issues for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who face death, grief and loss can be complex. This two-hour educational program focuses on the critical challenges of providing and accessing optimal end-of-life care and bereavement support for this population. Note: The focus of this program is on intellectual disability and generally does not include developmental disabilities where cognitive function is unimpaired.

Expert Panelists:  
- Marisa C. Brown, MSN, RN
- Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv
- Tawara D. Goode, MA
- Matthew P. Janicki, PhD
- Leigh Ann Kingsbury, MPA
- Teresa T. Moro, AM, LSW
- Elizabeth Perkins, PhD, RNMH
- Rick Rader, MD, FAAIDD
On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase
Length:  video is approximately two hours
CE Hours:  2 CEs are available for a variety of professional boards - Board approval list
CE Fees: Included in cost of registration

HFA now offers CE credits for multiple participants through most Self-Study (DVD or online) courses!  Contact HFA at 202-457-5811 or email us at educate@hospicefoundation.org to inquire about CEs for multiple participants. Program access fees remain the same; CEs are included in course fees for the registered user and are $12 per additional participant per course.* Please note that self-study courses accommodate individual learners only unless prior arrangements are made through HFA for additional certificates. 

This self-study course explores the unique issues that LGBT individuals, spouses, partners and families may face as they deal with illness, death, and grief and offers both strategies and sensitivities essential in offering support.

Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv, Doneley Meris, MA, and Sherrill Wayland, MSW
On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length: 90 minutes
CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards - Board approval list
CE Fees: CEs are included

The Longest Loss: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia (DVD) includes candid, compelling interviews and an unscripted in-studio discussion by experts who identify ways medical and social service professionals can best improve care for patients, families and themselves while coping with loss and grief associated with these progressive illnesses.
 
The book (ISBN 978-1-893349-18-6) by the same title focuses on patient, caregiver, and health provider grief experienced in dementia illnesses.  Written and edited by experts, caregivers and clinicians, The Longest Loss: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia examines how grief associated with the illness can begin even before a diagnosis.

When the diagnosis is Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia, grief doesn’t wait for death. Grieving can begin before a formal diagnosis or in the doctor’s office when patients and families receive confirmation of illness. Over a span of what may be a decade or more, multiple losses associated with dementia become a pervasive part of everyday life for millions of patients, families and friends. After the death, survivors’ grief may be complicated by the nature of a lengthy disease process that has changed their relationship with the deceased. Through a combination of candid, compelling interviews and unscripted in-studio discussions, experts will identify how medical and social service professionals can best improve care for patients, families and themselves while coping with loss and grief associated with these progressive illnesses.

Expert Panelists:  

• Charles Corr, PhD
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv.
• Nancy Pearce, LISW-CP
• Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
• Kathie Supiano, PhD, LCSW, FT, F-GSA

This webinar examines some of the ways that traumatic and sudden loss, including suicide, homicide, and community losses, can impact or complicate bereavement, and how hospices and other organizations can be better prepared to serve as a resource for these types of losses, even those that happen outside of the hospice environment.

Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv, Reverend Wanda H. Jenkins, MHS and Kim Ruocco, MCSW
On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length: 90 minutes
CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards - Board approval list
CE Fees: CEs are included

Expert Panelist: Andrew Balafas
Available on demand
Length: 90 minutes

Presented by Andrew Balafas, a former Army Infantry Officer and West Point graduate who now serves as the Regional Veterans Liaison for Vitas Healthcare in Chicagoland, this webinar will:
 

• Identify important documents and basic eligibility requirements
• Discuss the 8 priority groups for VA medical care
• Explain the VA’s hospice benefit
• Explain VA disability and pension compensation
• Discuss burial and memorial benefits
• Discuss survivor and dependent benefits

While grief is a normal transitional event in the lives of most individuals, some people have complications in coping with loss that merit more intensive support and treatment. Hospice Foundation of America’s newest publication, When Grief is Complicated, examines the academic research and arguments surrounding complicated grieving through case studies, interventive strategies and historical perspectives. 

The DVD provides an in-depth discussion of complicated grief and interventive strategies with expert panelists, Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv, Robert Neimeyer, PhD, and Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT. Moderated by Frank Sesno.

While most people are able to cope with the pain of loss, up to 10 to 20 percent of bereaved persons have more complicated reactions that may impair and impede functioning for a prolonged period of time. This program is designed to assist counselors and others working with bereaved persons understand, assess and assist individuals who may be experiencing such complicated forms of bereavement.  The presentation begins with an overview of contemporary work on complicated grief, then explores interventive strategies to support grievers experiencing complicated forms of grief. 

Expert panelists:
Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv
Robert Neimeyer, PhD,
Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT 
Moderated by Frank Sesno

On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase
Length: program is approximately 2 hours + 3 selected chapters of HFA’s companion book (approx. 30min reading time)
CE Hours: 2.5 CEs are available for a variety of professional boards - Board approval list
CE Fees: CEs are included

HFA now offers CE credits for multiple participants through most Self-Study (DVD or online) courses!  Contact HFA at 202-457-5811 or email us at educate@hospicefoundation.org to inquire about CEs for multiple participants. Program access fees remain the same; CEs are included in course fees for the registered user and are $12 per additional participant per course.* Please note that self-study courses accommodate individual learners only unless prior arrangements are made through HFA for additional certificates. 

 Living with Grief®: When Illness is Prolonged (DVD) examines the relevance that a long-term illness can have on the grieving process, both before and after death.
 
The accompanying book (ISBN: 1-56032-703-0) takes further steps in assessing the specific issues of grief and bereavement during and after chronic illnesses. Expert authors focus on the common problems that grievers may experience throughout and after the illness. 

Living with Grief®: Who We Are, How We Grieve (DVD) focuses on how factors such as culture, spirituality, gender and age influence the ways we experience grief and express loss.

The companion book by the same title (ISBN: 0-87630-898-1) offers insight into the process of grief as a product of culture, spirituality, gender, and age, as well as the way that these factors can help or hinder the grieving process.