Aging America: Coping with Loss, Dying and Death in Later Life - Book
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America is aging at a rapid rate with 10,000 people in the U.S. turning 65 every day. By 2040, Medicare is expected to include 80 million enrollees. Advanced age can bring a range of losses from a spouse or partner to independence and identity. Along with experiencing multiple losses, older people are more likely to suffer from multiple chronic conditions requiring complex medical care and raising potential ethical issues at the end of life. HFA’s newest publication, Aging America: Coping with Loss, Dying, and Death in Later Life, examines ways that mental health professionals, healthcare providers, and the wider community can support the growing number of aging Americans through these losses.
Alzheimer's Disease
In Living with Grief®: Alzheimer’s Disease (DVD), an expert panel discusses the medical community’s discoveries on diagnoses, progression, and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as the grieving process for patients and families during the course of the illness. The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-05-6) offers insight and advice to all who are involved in the care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life
This program explores medical, legal, ethical issues, and communication barriers that surround ANH. It emphasizes the need for end-of-life provider organizations to have clear and transparent policies on ANH and to offer training to staff and education for families to minimize family misunderstanding and discord as well as moral distress and anguish of staff. Expert Panelists:
At Work, At School, At Worship
Living with Grief®: At Work, At School, At Worship (DVD) examines the ways that grief influences us in a variety of settings, offering humane and practical suggestions to workplaces, schools, and places of worship as to how they can assist those struggling with illness and loss. The companion book by the same title (ISBN: 1-58391-006-9) identifies and discusses how grief influences individuals in day-to-day surroundings and offers advice to assist those struggling with loss.
Attachment Theory and Grief Support - Self Study
Before and After the Death
This program explores theoretical perspectives on loss and grief as experienced by persons throughout a life-limiting illness and by survivors after the death. A particular focus is placed on areas where understandings of grief have been challenged. Expert Panelists:
End-of-Life Ethics: A Case Study Approach
Starting from $9.95
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.
Starting from $20
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:
Grief After Self-Inflicted Death - Self Study
Starting from $25.95
While all loss is difficult, those whose friends or loved ones die due to self-destructive deaths such as a drug overdose can face unique challenges. This program explores the latest research into these grief situations and how professionals can help survivors cope. Expert Panelists: Ken Doka, William Feigelman, and John Jordan On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase Length: 90 minutes CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards. Board Approvals List. CE Fees: 1 CE certificate is included with purchase
Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss
Available for self-study
Starting from $28.95
The Living with Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss DVD addresses issues adolescents face as they cope with loss and explores the ways that hospices, educators, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors, and parents can assist grieving adolescents. Living with Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss, the book (ISBN 9781893349179), focuses on types of loss adolescents may face and ways to assist. Some of the foremost experts in the field share their insights in this 24 chapter volume. Click here to order the self-study program.
Adolescence, broadly defined, from middle school years to emerging adulthood, is a significant developmental period during which adolescents form identity, independence, and intimacy. Illness and loss profoundly influences these processes. Moreover, adolescent encounters with loss are likely to be traumatic – deaths by accident, suicide, and homicide. This program focuses exclusively on the issues that adolescents face as they cope with loss and explores the ways that healthcare workers, hospices, educators, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors, and other professionals can assist adolescents as they cope with loss. Expert Panelists:
Helping Widowed Parents Cope with Parenting, Loss, and Life
Starting from $39
Widowed parents face unique and often overwhelming challenges as they cope with the loss of a spouse/partner, while helping their children grieve and adapting to life as a sole parent. Dr. Yopp co-leads the Widowed Parent Program at the University of North Carolina, which exists to support and learn about this subset of the grieving population that has been overlooked and underserved. Dr. Yopp, who also authored The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life (Oxford University Press), will present on recent research efforts to learn about these bereaved families and on clinical efforts designed specifically to support widowed parents. View the full Program Information Sheet
HFA Membership: For-Profit Non-Hospice Organization
Starting from $625
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 organizations including hospitals, health systems, bereavement support centers, funeral homes, and healthcare vendors (e.g. pharmaceutical distributors, software companies).
HFA Membership: Hospice <150 ADC
Starting from $250
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 Membership: Hospice > 150 ADC
Starting from $350
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.
HFA Membership: Individual
Starting from $50
HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts. Individual members are those with a professional or personal interest in hospice care and bereavement.
HFA Membership: Non-Hospice Non-Profit
HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts. Non-Hospice Non-Profit Memberships are non-profit organizations to do not provide hospice care.
HFA Membership: Volunteer Hospice
Starting from $125
HFA members seek continuous improvement and learning through high-quality, affordable, and easily-accessible professional education from the nation’s top experts. Volunteer Hospice members are organizations staffed entirely by volunteers.
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