Expert Panelists: Kathleen Bixby, MSN, RN, CHPN and Kathleen Burkhart, MSN, ANP-C, FAANP

Living with Grief®: Spirituality and End-of-Life Care (DVD) features a dynamic discussion about the differences and relationship between spirituality and religion, while addressing spirituality throughout illness, death, and grief.

The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-12-4) by the same title includes 17 chapters and multiple sidebars on providing sensitive and effective spiritual care at the end of life, as well as how hospice and palliative care organizations can incorporate spiritual care into existing care plans. (245 pages)  

Living with Grief®: Spirituality and End-of-Life Care (DVD) features a dynamic discussion about the differences and relationship between spirituality and religion, while addressing spirituality throughout illness, death, and grief.

The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-12-4) by the same title includes 17 chapters and multiple sidebars on providing sensitive and effective spiritual care at the end of life, as well as how hospice and palliative care organizations can incorporate spiritual care into existing care plans. (245 pages)  

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