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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations(FWF1) | This is the foundational Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in facilitating compassionate, effective conversations with individuals, families, and decision-makers in healthcare settings. This course provides an introduction and overview of the benefits, components, and characteristics of effective advance care planning, and outlines how to use the Five Wishes® framework to guide conversations and ensure they address what is most important in facilitating high-quality advance care planning. This course prepares learners for more advanced Five Wishes advance care planning courses. | 55.00 | 01/17/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Facilitator Communication Skills(FWF2) | Building on the course titled Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations, this Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course is designed to enhance your knowledge, ability, and skill in facilitating compassionate, effective conversations with patients, families, and decision-makers. This course provides an overview of essential communication and conversation skills, important areas for assessment and exploration, and special considerations for sensitively engaging in advance care planning discussions. You will learn behaviors and practices that demonstrate compassionate, person-centered communication, and help you effectively facilitate values-based end-of-life care discussions. | 55.00 | 01/17/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning for Serious Illness(FWF3) | This Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course provides an overview of key concepts and skills for facilitating effective and sensitive advance care planning and goals of care conversations with people at various stages of serious illness. It outlines considerations to ensure that advance care planning and goals of care conversations empower and equip people to make medically-informed treatment and end-of-life treatment choices that are consistent with their goals and values, and are likely to be honored.This course is appropriate for clinicians who have completed the Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations course and the Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Communication Skills course, or for those who have a firm understanding of the purpose, process, and components of effective advance care planning, and who possess a basic level of the communication skills involved. | 55.00 | 01/17/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Five Wishes Presenter Foundations(FWP1) | This Five Wishes® course is designed to enhance your knowledge, ability, and confidence in providing Five Wishes advance care planning educational presentations to communities. This course provides an introduction and overview of the definition, benefits, and characteristics of good advance care planning, and explains the importance of community education. In addition, the course describes the Five Wishes approach, and outlines the most important information to cover in delivering a presentation about Five Wishes® in your community. | 70.00 | 01/17/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Building Resilience in Caregiving Families(SSBCR - CA) | other text updates | 25.95 | 05/15/2024 | 03/12/2025 |
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Building Resilience in Caregiving Families(BCR) | Family caregiver burnout is real and a challenge for many families who feel underprepared and overwhelmed during their hospice caregiving experience. This webinar will include a summary of clinically-relevant results of several recent studies investigating strategies to support family caregivers of hospice patients. It will highlight actionable steps hospice teams can take to promote resilience among patients’ family members alongside efforts to bolster supports necessary to decrease caregiving stress.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 05/22/2024 | 02/24/2025 |
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12 Core Strategies for Treating Traumatic Bereavement(SS12S) | When a death embodies both trauma and loss, the ensuing traumatic bereavement poses special challenges and demands more than mere grief facilitation. Drawing on cutting-edge information from psychology, traumatology, and thanatology, Dr. Rando identifies 12 essential core strategies for effective clinical intervention after deaths from acute natural causes, accident, disaster, suicide, or homicide.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 04/01/2025 |
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Five Essential Frameworks for Grief Support(SS5Grief) | Join grief experts Dr. Jillian Blueford and Dr. Kenneth Doka for an overview of grief and effective counseling techniques. Grounded in contemporary grief and loss theories and frameworks, this presentation expands to consider issues of culture, trauma, and lived experience of the bereaved, providing essential knowledge to anyone in a grief support role striving to improve their knowledge and practice.1 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Supporting People with IDD and Other Cognitive Disabilities in Developing ACP(SSACPD) | Having a cognitive disability does not mean one is incapacitated in all decision making. People with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) or other cognitive disabilities can be supported to develop advance directives, including identifying their clear wishes or values and choosing someone to honor their care preferences. This webinar will address best practices, strategies, and resources for supporting people with IDD or other cognitive disabilities in developing advance directives.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Risk Factor for Complicated Grief(SSADV) | Current research is showing links between trauma and poor physical and psychological outcomes, includingat the end of life and during bereavement. Dr. Burke and Dr. Crunk will discuss the clinical implications ofthe relation between adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and complicated grief and offer some recommendations for intervention. They will also provide ways to incorporate trauma assessment and intervention into bereavement settings.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Aging America: Coping with Loss, Dying and Death in Later Life Self Study(SSAGA) | America is aging at a rapid rate with 10,000 people in the U.S. turning 65 every day. Medicare is expected to include 80 million enrollees by 2040. The vast majority of this growing population will likely face multiple losses—spouse, partner, independence, identity—and complex medical care needs. How can mental health professionals, healthcare providers, clergy, bereavement counselors, and the wider community support the growing number of aging Americans through their losses and healthcare challenges in later life? Aging America panelists will integrate their expertise to deliver an in-depth discussion on innovative programs and new approaches to support older adults.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Understanding Ambiguous Loss(SSAML) | Dr. Pauline Boss, who coined the term ambiguous loss, will discuss its two types, research updates, and whether there is some ambiguity even in the finality of death. She explains why traditional grief therapy does not work with ambiguous losses and offers ways of thinking both/and, which helps people manage the stress of “not knowing.” Instead of closure and acceptance, the therapeutic goal with ambiguous loss is to build enough resilience to live with the stress of this unique and ubiquitous kind of loss. Six guidelines are offered to assist therapists and counselors in this work.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Attachment Theory and Grief Support(SSATG) | Attachment-informed grief therapy enriches an understanding of how and why individuals grieve and how they can be helped. This webinar will review attachment-informed grief therapy and explore the ways attachment styles mediate mourning and influence the therapeutic process.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Development and Clinical Use of the CABLE Tool(SSCABLE) | The Coping Assessment for Bereavement and Loss Experiences (CABLE) is an instrument designed to assess potentially constructive strategies for coping with grief. This webinar will focus on the initial development and validation of CABLE, as well as practical strategies for using CABLE in clinical settings with individuals who have lost a loved one.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Cumulative Grief in the Black Community(SSCGB) | Disproportionate COVID-19 deaths, due in part to healthcare disparities, and recent social unrest oversystemic racism, have brought the experiences of Black Americans into sharp focus. This webinar examineshow centuries of inequity and trauma, both acknowledged and ignored, have manifested as cumulative grief in the Black community; how that reality impacts health, health care, death, and loss; and what can be done to affect positive long-term change.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Improving Communication Between Healthcare Professionals and Families About Hospice Care(SSCOMM) | Medicare wisely created an interdisciplinary benefit four decades ago, to support dying patients and their chosen families. However, major deficits still exist in the understanding of the hospice benefit among healthcare professionals, and as a result those patients’ and families’ perceptions about disease trajectory and expectations about the dying process. This program aims to help healthcare team members to close the gap between perception and reality.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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When Grief is Complicated(SSCPG) | While most individuals experiencing loss face grief, most grievers can cope with loss and subsequent grief in ways defined by their culture as appropriate and can fulfill, after brief and intermittent impairment, their social and workplace roles. However, research shows that between 10 and 20 percent of individuals who experience loss experience more disabling reactions, including Complicated Grief or other conditions triggered by the loss, such as PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, or substance abuse. Complicated Grief reactions may also be a factor in physical illness. This Living with Grief® program looks at how to identify disabling grief reactions and when referrals to specially trained clinicians or professionals may be indicated and necessary. 2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Dignity Therapy(SSDGT) | Dignity Therapy is a brief, individualized psychotherapy designed to address the emotional needs of adults who are receiving hospice or palliative care. During Dignity Therapy, clinicians complete a personal interview with their patients, allowing them to discuss their most important memories, accomplishments, and life roles, as well as any lessons learned in life, and hopes or dreams they may have for their loved ones in the future.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 02/14/2025 |
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When Death and Loss are Part of the Job(SSDLJ) | Hospice professionals face many losses every day in their professional lives—not only the deaths of patients but also their own personal losses. Many other professionals also come into contact with the bereaved—first responders, funeral directors, spiritual leaders. This program will discuss the impact that this work can have on professionals and provide organizational and personal strategies to help them thrive.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Using the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement to Improve Your Practice(SSDLP) | Dr. Henk Schut elaborates on the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement (DPM). The model is presented in a historical perspective. What lead to the development and building of the model? How did it develop over time and what are recent developments? It also is critically considered in terms of its weaknesses and aspects that still need further exploration and empirical underpinning. The program discusses practical applications of the DPM for clinical practice and research, including a discussion of how the DPM can be used to help those coping with grief in the midst of COVID-19.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Dementia: The Impact of Isolation on Families(SSDMT) | The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust us all into lives of social isolation, but few people have experienced the negative unintended consequences more than persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their families. In this session, we review the unique impact that social isolation has on persons with cognitive impairments and the challenges this poses for family members as they care for PLWD either in community or care settings and discuss strategies to support them.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 04/01/2025 |
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Using Theater to Encourage Advance Care Planning(SSDSK) | Gil Everette has had a heart attack and is now in congestive heart failure. On the eve of his 68th birthday, Gil and his adult children, with a medical social worker on hand, explore Gil's wishes regarding life sustaining treatment options.HFA’s recorded Zoom production of "Dusk" by Bryan Harnetiaux is a play written specifically to explore the challenges and opportunities for advance care planning and family dynamics at the end of life. After the performance, playwright Bryan Harnetiaux, researcher/physician LJ Van Scoy, and hospice executive director Carlos Graveran explore issues raised in the play, including advance care planning (ACP) and management of complex family dynamics, and also discuss creative ways to encourage ACP conversations in communities.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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A Shifting Landscape for End-of-Life Ethics(SSEE) | Hospice Foundation of America's 30th Living with Grief® program uses a case study approach to review and explore well-established ethical principles of end-of-life care in the presence of emerging legal, social, and technological change. A panel of experts will act as an ethics committee, discussing the ethical principles illustrated by six case studies and providing recommendations for resolution. Cases studies will include topics such as futile treatment, communication, opioid usage, concurrent care, voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, medical aid in dying and more.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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The Impact of End-of-Life Experiences on Bereavement(SSELX) | This presentation will focus on published research that describes and validates patients dreams and visions at the end of life. Dr. Kerr will explore how these near universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning as well as insight into the life led. The presentation includes videos of patients and families describing the meaningfulness of these powerful end-of-life experiences.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Ethics in Action: Dilemmas at the End of Life(SSETA) | The principle that good clinical practice requires sound ethical practice can be especially true when dealing with patients facing the end of life. Working knowledge of key medical terminology is a pre-requisite in therapeutic conversations that determine course of treatment. Mental health professionals can play a pivotalrole in end-of-life care where dilemmas of the human condition and intersection of diversity factors often complicate medical decisions. In this workshop, case examples from a hospital-based palliative care service will allow attendees to simulate ethical decision-making and interdisciplinary team participation while providing mental health assistance to patients at the end of life.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Ethical Issues in Effectively Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care(SSETH) | When there is tension between values/beliefs of an individual health care professional and the ethical imperative to treat all patients with dignity and respect, conflict (and legal issues) may arise. This webinar will explore potential conflicts and offer strategies and tools for professionals in effectively serving the LGBTQ communities.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Enhancing Resilience and Finding Balance in Uncertain Times(SSFB) | Working with people facing grief, loss, serious illness, and trauma poses critical challenges for the highly motivated and empathic professionals who care for them. Burnout, secondary traumatization, and moral distress are ongoing risks in this intensely emotional work, all dramatically heightened in the ongoing pandemic. How can professionals best access these deeper wellsprings of caring and put empathy and compassion to work in a way that enhances both clinical effectiveness and personal and professional growth? Dr. Dale Larson will explore this question, drawing upon recent discoveries in positive psychology, neurobiology, and psychotherapy that are revolutionizing understanding of empathy, compassion, altruism, resilience, teamwork, and the helping relationship.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Grief Impairment Scale: Research and Clinical Implications(SSGIS) | Although most mourners are resilient, a significant minority experience a profoundly disruptive course ofbereavement that substantially impairs their ability to function in crucial life contexts. This presentationreports the development of a brief and efficient 5-item screening instrument, the Grief Impairment Scale orGIS, which assesses the impact of loss on cognitive, behavioral, health, social role and interpersonaldomains. Results document the coherent factor structure, internal reliability, construct and discriminantvalidity, sensitivity and specificity of the GIS in evaluating clinically significant functional impairmentassociated with grief and support its use in health and mental health settings for both epidemiologicalresearch and treatment planning.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Helping Mourners Deal with Jealousy, Guilt and Shame in Bereavement Self Study(SSHMJ) | Grieving people may experience surprising and unsettling emotions after a death including jealousy, guilt and shame. This webinar will offer interventive strategies to help grieving individuals recognize, validate, and resolve such complicated reactions.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 09/09/2024 |
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Hospice and Palliative Care for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(SSINT) | This webinar will explore hospice and palliative care for people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program will begin with an overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities, including an exploration of the demographic imperative that has emerged as a result of the increased life expectancyof people with intellectual and developmental disabilities coupled with the persistence of health disparities that impact access to timely end-of-life care. The program will then offer insight into the challenges and opportunities that exist for increasing access to hospice and palliative care for this population, including practice, regulatory, and ethical considerations presented through real-life examples from the field.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Grief Through the Lens of the Body(SSLENS) | Traditional counseling approaches pay little attention to the physical manifestations of grief and yet our bodies are not separate from our thoughts and hearts. Grievers experience a wide range of physical reactions such as heart palpitations, shoulder tension, stomachaches and headaches. This webinar focuses on ways to integrate the body in the grief narrative. Working collaboratively with clients to help them notice, track and regulate their physical sensations can relieve discomfort and help them develop useful resources in their grief journey.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss(SSLWG20) | Holistic treatment of individuals who are terminally ill or bereaved should include the needs of the whole person. Yet the most basic of human desires, those that include intimate and sexual relationships, are frequently avoided, dismissed, or unaddressed by healthcare, social service, clergy and bereavement professionals. Patients, family caregivers, and clients can be inhibited by the deeply personal nature of intimacy and sexuality and often do not raise concerns with professionals.In this Living with Grief® program, Hospice Foundation of America identifies barriers to intimacy and sexuality for terminally ill persons and the bereaved. The program emphasizes the knowledge and skills that professionals must have to sensitively address intimacy and sexuality and suggest interventions that can help dying and bereaved persons address these elemental human needs.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 03/20/2025 |
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Trauma and Loss(SSLWGT) | Part of HFA's Living with Grief® annual series, this program focuses on the specific issues raised when losses are sudden and traumatic, shattering the bereaved individual’s assumptions that the world is safe, benevolent, or predictable. These deaths can be the result of accidents and disasters; suicides, or overdoses; homicide and terrorism; military or service-related deaths; or the unpredictable trajectories of illnesses. In Part One of program, we explore the factors that complicate grief. In Part Two we use case studies to highlight ways that such losses can be treated. The program concludes with a discussion of vicarious traumatization and strategies for self-care.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Applications of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Hospice and Palliative Care(SSMMD) | A significant subset of patients receiving hospice and palliative care experience clinically significant existential distress, depression, and anxiety, ultimately compounding their suffering. As health deteriorates, connections to sources of meaning in life may be challenged. There is thus a compelling need offer meaning-centered interventions. This program will describe applications of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for patients receiving hospice and palliative care. MCP is a brief, manualized intervention that systematically explores existential concepts and their relevance to patients’ lives. MCP helps patients recognize their ability to choose their attitude in the face of suffering, to connect with sources of meaning in their lives, and to choose how they tell their story. Cases will be discussed, and how to adapt the intervention with various populations and clinical scenarios will be explored.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Overview, Opportunities and Challenges(SSPED) | The presentation provides an overview of pediatric palliative and hospice care, including the history anddifferences between the two levels of care. It explores the definition and practical application of concurrent carelegislation and its impact on children and families, as well as exploring challenges and barriers that influencetiming of pediatric concurrent referrals. In addition, this presentation provides recommendations for structuraland staffing components to consider when forming a pediatric hospice program, and explore specialtyconsiderations in caring pediatric patients, such as those related to medications and special family, ethical, legal,and grief issues.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Enduring Qualities of Hospice Excellence Self Study(SSQHC) | Hospice professionals are drawn to this person-centered care for individual and sometimes very personal reasons. Yet, meeting the needs of patients and families with professional excellence, while sustaining one’s own sense of purpose, can be a challenge--due as much to external factors as to what each team member brings to their job. Join Dr. Joy Berger to explore answers to these powerful and timely questions: What brought you to this end-of-life care work? What experiences keep you in this work? How do you best negotiate the compliance and regulatory demands facing the hospice profession while staying true to your own mission? To ensure enduring qualities of hospice excellence in the future, what can you be preparing to do now to grow and give for the work ahead?1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 09/09/2024 |
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Spiritual Needs of the Dying(SSSND) | Understanding a dying person’s spirituality is a critical step in helping clinicians to empower clients in utilizing their spiritual strengths in coping. The webinar defines three spiritual needs of the dying person and offers a hands-on approach to techniques such as spiritual autobiography, planning and developing rituals, life review, and assisting clients to utilize other spiritual practices such as prayer or meditation. Yet effectively meeting the spiritual needs of the dying greatly depends on the wellbeing of clinicians. Compassion fatigue can create a barrier between clinician and patient, preventing both from finding meaning in the death and dying experience. Self-reflection and awareness when caring for the dying can empower clinicians to restore themselves and fulfill the spiritual needs of those being cared for.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Spirituality as a Foundation for Advance Care Planning(SSSPP) | Making medical decisions for oneself requires understanding the medical realities and treatment options available. But it also requires a safe space to think about one’s true preferences and values. Unfortunately, most healthcare professionals are either uncomfortable or not equipped to address what may be the most important part of a person’s value system, their spiritual life. In this webinar, Pastor Corey Kennard and Dr. Jessica Zitter discuss the importance of spirituality in advance care planning discussions.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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The Evolving Role of the Trained Death Doula in End-of-Life Care(SSTDD) | Death doulas, individuals who provide non-medical care and support, are playing an increasingly important role in helping dying persons and their families. Alua Arthur, founder of Going with Grace, examines this growing field and how trained death doulas can complement the care that hospice and end-of-life professionals provide, including the challenges and opportunities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Transforming Loss: Finding Potential for Growth(SSTFL) | Although we have little choice about loss and the ensuing grief, we do retain choice on whether we will grow up or down, or grow bitter or better, as a result of our loss. This program explores the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief, emphasizing that loss engenders not only grief, but also growth. The presentation addresses the phenomena of posttraumatic growth, noting research on the concept as well as strategies professionals can use in assisting grieving individuals. In addition, individuals struggling with loss will learn self-help strategies as they cope with loss.2 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 35.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Trauma-Informed Grief Counseling(SSTGC) | Although grief and trauma have its unique definitions, characteristics, and approaches, they can often intermingle in the counseling process. It is imperative that professionals have a trauma-informed approach when engaging with grieving individuals to reduce the chances of re-traumatization and support the client’s growth. This program will address the principles of trauma-informed care and how to integrate this approach with grief counseling.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Therapeutic Ritual at the End of Life(SSTHRT) | This presentation explores how clinicians can utilize ritual in supporting individuals who are dying or grieving a loss. These rituals include therapeutic group rituals and individual rituals, some of which can be purposely rethought and incorporated in funeral and memorial services. The program will discuss delineating the therapeutic value of ritual and then examine which rituals may be the appropriate interventive strategy, especially in situations where the dying or grieving process is especially challenging.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Trauma-Informed Hospice Care(SSTRH) | This presentation will discuss what trauma-informed care means, how it started, and what it looks like in end-of-life care. Trauma sources, symptoms, principles, and treatments are unique within hospice care, and how they can be addressed using a trauma and end-of-life framework is multi-disciplinary and agency-wide.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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The Tasks of Mourning After 35 Years: Why They are Still Clinically Relevant(SSTSK) | Dr. William Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning model was a significant addition to the field of grief and bereavement. Join Dr. Worden, a pioneering researcher and clinician, in conversation with Dr. Kenneth Doka to discuss how this model has evolved over time and how professionals can utilize the model in a wide range of bereavement situations.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Supporting Teens and Young Adults Grieving a Suicide, Homicide, or Overdose Death(SSYA) | The type of death can be an important factor that influences the way teens and young adults grieve. This presentation will discuss grief after death due to suicide, homicide, or overdose. We will explore some of the special circumstances and challenges teens and young adults experience, including the impact on family dynamics, societal stigma associated with these types of death, and related intense emotions. We will share ideas for providing support and ideas for how professionals and clinicians can support teens and young adults in coping with these difficult grief reactions.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/02/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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HFA CE course Sample(SS) | This is the description from the program information sheet. | 25.95 | 08/09/2024 | 08/12/2024 |
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HFA Self Study Sample(SAMPLE) | This is the description from the program information sheet. | 25.95 | 08/12/2024 | 08/12/2024 |
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The Grieving Brain(SSBRAIN) | What does grief do to our brain? Using an integrative view of clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, author of The Grieving Brain, shares her decades of research on how our brain reacts to the loss of a loved one and how it adjusts to life without that person, shedding new light on the trajectory of grieving while dispelling popular, unscientific models of grief. In addition, Dr. O’Connor will address how empirical research (including neuroscience) has helped to define prolonged grief disorder and how targeted psychotherapy is an effective treatment for this disabling condition.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/20/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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The Impact of Disenfranchised Grief on African American Communities(SSDGAA) | Disenfranchised grief occurs when a loss is stigmatized or is not socially validated. At times the stigmatization and invalidation of grief is intertwined, consciously or unconsciously, in racial bias and racist ideology that results in a lack of empathy for the bereaved. Therefore, empathic failures (or the lack of empathy) can negatively influence grief support and disenfranchise the grief of African Americans, who have faced discrimination throughout US history. This program will identify how African American grief is disenfranchised, its effect on African American communities, and how to correct injustices that result in a paucity of grief support for African Americans.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/20/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Key Considerations for Working with Survivors of Suicide Loss(KEYS) | Suicide is now among the top 4 causes of death for some age groups in the United States and the 11th cause of death in the entire US population, leaving many bereaved survivors, including children and teens, in need of informed grief support and guidance. Join Joanne Harpel, President of Coping After Suicide, to learn the most prevalent grief reactions of suicide loss survivors; how suicide bereavement is similar yet different from other traumatic loss; how suicide loss may affect family systems; and strategies for effective grief support.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Cultural Competency(CMPT) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address patient and family care at life’s end through the lens of cultural competency, offering awareness, skills, and knowledge that take clinical practice a step beyond the commonly accepted concept of cultural humility.Cases will include situations familiar to clinicians, including issues of family conflict in end-of-life decision making, a distrust of the healthcare system due to historical inequities around access to care, and helping dying patients cope with pain and suffering in the face of long-held beliefs.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Communication with Patients and Families(PATFAM) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address some of the ethical challenges that arise when communicating with patients and families about end-of-life care. The webinar will provide skills and knowledge to enhance clinical practice through an examination of common challenging situations that can occur when caring for people near life's end.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 02/11/2025 |
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Dignity Therapy: Honoring a Patient's Life Story and Legacy(DIGNITY) | While hospice and palliative care is multidimensional, its overall goals are relief of human suffering and improvement of quality of life. One aspect of this care is providing dignity seriously ill persons, recognizing them as unique human beings. Join renowned clinicians Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and Dr. Susan Bluck to discuss work and research focusing on how using Dignity Therapy (DT) to help patients examine how they narrate their life and legacy can provide communion with others, the opportunity to make meaning of challenging events, and a sense of purpose.1.5 hour CE program1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Exploring the Opportunity of Tissue Donation for Hospice Patients(TISSUE) | Tissue transplants can restore a meaningful quality of life and even be life-saving for many people. These transplants are only possible because of the generosity of donors and their families who make the decision to donate tissues such as corneas, skin, bone, heart valves and vessels. While organ donation is not possible for hospice patients, the opportunity to donate tissue following death may provide meaning-making opportunities and comfort for hospice patients and families through their legacy of donation. This webinar will review donation eligibility, recipient outcomes, and clinical applications of donated tissue, the referral process, and the aftercare support provided to donor families.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 03/04/2025 |
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Grief River: A New Approach to Understanding and Supporting Loss(RIVER) | The Grief River® model evolved organically out of the popular “waves of grief” metaphor. It makes use of the phases of a river (headwaters, rapids, run, delta, and rejoining the sea) and other water analogies to provide a coherent narrative that places one’s current loss within the context of the entire life journey.This model allows opportunities for connection and consolation through fostering relationship in nature, as well as offering validation and inspiration by using the expressive arts, religion & spirituality, and philosophy. Hospice and health care clinicians can use this model to provide a compass and additional supplies to companion the bereaved.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 03/04/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Patient Options(POPT) | An engaging session on end-of-life options including Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED), and the request to discontinue implanted cardiac devices. After attending this presentation, participants will leave with a better understanding of the medical options and ethics surrounding the request for, and management of patients who chose end-of-life options to hasten their death.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 08/20/2024 | 03/04/2025 |
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12 Core Strategies for Treating Traumatic Bereavement(SS12S-CA) | When a death embodies both trauma and loss, the ensuing traumatic bereavement poses special challenges and demands more than mere grief facilitation. Drawing on cutting-edge information from psychology, traumatology, and thanatology, Dr. Rando identifies 12 essential core strategies for effective clinical intervention after deaths from acute natural causes, accident, disaster, suicide, or homicide. | 25.95 | 08/20/2024 | 09/20/2024 |
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A Shifting Landscape for End-of-Life Ethics(SSEE-CA) | Hospice Foundation of America's 30th Living with Grief® program uses a case study approach to review and explore well-established ethical principles of end-of-life care in the presence of emerging legal, social, and technological change. A panel of experts will act as an ethics committee, discussing the ethical principles illustrated by six case studies and providing recommendations for resolution. Cases studies will include topics such as futile treatment, communication, opioid usage, concurrent care, voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, medical aid in dying and more. 2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 08/25/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Extraordinary Experiences at the End of Life - Current Research and Clinical Applications(SSNDX) | Extraordinary experiences at end of life -- such as deathbed visions, out-of-body journeys and near-death experiences -- have been recorded since the beginning of human history but did not enter the realm of contemporary academic research until the 1970s. Since then, the topic has been widely studied, and reports from resuscitated patients have entered the medical mainstream through the work of contemporary researchers. In this presentation Dr. Terri Daniel and Dr. Kenneth Doka discuss the most current research in this area and how it can be used to support patients having these experiences and promote acceptance of these experiences in clinical settings. Dr. Doka draws upon examples from his new book, “When We Die: Extraordinary Experiences at Life’s End.”1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/30/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Innovative Techniques in Managing Grief Groups(SSTMG) | This self-study course examines the newest thinking about providing grief support in a group setting, including a discussion of group structure (closed or open-ended) and group make-up (loss-specific, gender-specific). The presentation will also look at how to deal with difficult dynamics that may arise between group members. 1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/30/2024 | 09/10/2024 |
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Supporting Disenfranchised Grievers(SSSPD) | This presentation describes disenfranchised grief as grief that is not openly acknowledged, socially sanctioned, or publicly mourned. The presentation explores the contexts and causes of disenfranchised grief as well as complications arising from disenfranchisement. The seminar emphasizes the cultural factors that can disenfranchise grief. A strong emphasis of the presentation is on interventive strategies that can enfranchise grief.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 08/30/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Disenfranchised Grief: History and Contemporary Applications(5DG-L-CE) | Dr. Kenneth J. Doka published his seminal book, Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, 35 years ago. Grief experts are now using Dr. Doka's concept to describe and support the grief experiences of often overlooked populations. Join Dr. Doka as he discusses what led him to identify disenfranchised grief, along with psychotherapist Doneley Meris and Dr. Tangela Sawyerr, who apply Dr. Doka's work to loss in the LGBTQ+ community and adult sibling loss.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, references and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 08/30/2024 | 02/21/2025 |
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Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Risk Factor for Complicated Grief(SSADV-CA) | Current research is showing links between trauma and poor physical and psychological outcomes, includingat the end of life and during bereavement. Dr. Burke and Dr. Crunk will discuss the clinical implications ofthe relation between adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and complicated grief and offer some recommendations for intervention. They will also provide ways to incorporate trauma assessment and intervention into bereavement settings.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/02/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Applications of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Hospice and Palliative Care(SSMMD-CA) | A significant subset of patients receiving hospice and palliative care experience clinically significant existential distress, depression, and anxiety, ultimately compounding their suffering. As health deteriorates, connections to sources of meaning in life may be challenged. There is thus a compelling need offer meaning-centered interventions. This program will describe applications of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for patients receiving hospice and palliative care. MCP is a brief, manualized intervention that systematically explores existential concepts and their relevance to patients’ lives. MCP helps patients recognize their ability to choose their attitude in the face of suffering, to connect with sources of meaning in their lives, and to choose how they tell their story. Cases will be discussed, and how to adapt the intervention with various populations and clinical scenarios will be explored.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/02/2024 | 10/22/2024 |
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#grief: Social Media and Mourning(SSGSM) | Both adolescents and adults are using social media both to explore and to cope with grief. This presentation reviews the strengths and limitations of social media – offering sage advice to counselors on ways to monitor and utilize social media with their clients.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 0.00 | 09/03/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Cumulative Grief in the Black Community(SSCGB-CA) | Disproportionate COVID-19 deaths, due in part to healthcare disparities, and recent social unrest oversystemic racism, have brought the experiences of Black Americans into sharp focus. This webinar examineshow centuries of inequity and trauma, both acknowledged and ignored, have manifested as cumulative grief in the Black community; how that reality impacts health, health care, death, and loss; and what can be done to affect positive long-term change.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/03/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Dementia: The Impact of Isolation on Families(SSDMT-CA) | The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust us all into lives of social isolation, but few people have experienced the negative unintended consequences more than persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their families. In this session, we review the unique impact that social isolation has on persons with cognitive impairments and the challenges this poses for family members as they care for PLWD either in community or care settings and discuss strategies to support them.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/03/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Dignity Therapy: Honoring a Patient's Life Story and Legacy(DIGNITY-CA) | While hospice and palliative care is multidimensional, its overall goals are relief of human suffering and improvement of quality of life. One aspect of this care is providing dignity seriously ill persons, recognizing them as unique human beings. Join renowned clinicians Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and Dr. Susan Bluck to discuss work and research focusing on how using Dignity Therapy (DT) to help patients examine how they narrate their life and legacy can provide communion with others, the opportunity to make meaning of challenging events, and a sense of purpose.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/03/2024 | 11/04/2024 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Communication with Patients and Families(SSPATFAM-CA) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address some of the ethical challenges that arise when communicating with patients and families about end-of-life care. The webinar will provide skills and knowledge to enhance clinical practice through an examination of common challenging situations that can occur when caring for people near life's end.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/03/2024 | 03/11/2025 |
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Autism and Grief(AGCE) | This presentation is designed to empower social workers, nurses, paraprofessionals, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and other caring professionals in their service to adults with autism experiencing grief and loss. Expert panelists examine the disenfranchisement that can occur for grieving people with autism and discuss ways to enfranchise them during their grief journey. The program also addresses grief after non-death losses, anticipatory mourning, and how adults with autism may best be supported.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and board approval list. | 0.00 | 09/03/2024 | 02/21/2025 |
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Autism & Grief: The Role of Clergy and Faith Leaders(RCSA) | This presentation is designed for clergy, chaplains, pastoral care professionals, youth ministry leaders, religious educators, and others from any spiritual or faith tradition focusing on supporting adults with autism cope with grief and loss. The program explains ways in which adults with autism may experience and express grief. The expert presenter provides tools, resources, and strategies for clergy to use in their faith communities in order to enfranchise and support those with autism throughout their grief journey.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and board approval list. | 0.00 | 09/03/2024 | 02/21/2025 |
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Diagnosis: Prolonged Grief Disorder(LWG24) | The 2024 Living with Grief® program highlights prolonged grief disorder as a new addition to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev.) (DSM-5-TR). Panelists will explore the nature of the disorder and, using a case study approach, examine the diagnosis of the condition, when to refer for treatment, and effective evidence-based approaches to treatment.2.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 89.00 | 09/03/2024 | 04/15/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Cultural Competency(SSCMPT-CA) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address patient and family care at life’s end through the lens of cultural competency, offering awareness, skills, and knowledge that take clinical practice a step beyond the commonly accepted concept of cultural humility.Cases will include situations familiar to clinicians, including issues of family conflict in end-of-life decision making, a distrust of the healthcare system due to historical inequities around access to care, and helping dying patients cope with pain and suffering in the face of long-held beliefs.Course materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/04/2024 | 03/20/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Patient Options - No CEs(POPT-CA) | An engaging session on end-of-life options including Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED), and the request to discontinue implanted cardiac devices. After attending this presentation, participants will leave with a better understanding of the medical options and ethics surrounding the request for, and management of patients who chose end-of-life options to hasten their death.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/04/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Enhancing Resilience and Finding Balance in Uncertain Times - No CEs(SSFB-CA) | Working with people facing grief, loss, serious illness, and trauma poses critical challenges for the highly motivated and empathic professionals who care for them. Burnout, secondary traumatization, and moral distress are ongoing risks in this intensely emotional work, all dramatically heightened in the ongoing pandemic. How can professionals best access these deeper wellsprings of caring and put empathy and compassion to work in a way that enhances both clinical effectiveness and personal and professional growth? Dr. Dale Larson will explore this question, drawing upon recent discoveries in positive psychology, neurobiology, and psychotherapy that are revolutionizing understanding of empathy, compassion, altruism, resilience, teamwork, and the helping relationship.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Ethical Issues in Effectively Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care - No CEs(SSETH-CA) | When there is tension between values/beliefs of an individual health care professional and the ethical imperative to treat all patients with dignity and respect, conflict (and legal issues) may arise. This webinar will explore potential conflicts and offer strategies and tools for professionals in effectively serving the LGBTQ communities.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Ethics in Action: Dilemmas at the End of Life - No CEs(SSETA-CA) | The principle that good clinical practice requires sound ethical practice can be especially true when dealing with patients facing the end of life. Working knowledge of key medical terminology is a pre-requisite in therapeutic conversations that determine course of treatment. Mental health professionals can play a pivotalrole in end-of-life care where dilemmas of the human condition and intersection of diversity factors often complicate medical decisions. In this workshop, case examples from a hospital-based palliative care service will allow attendees to simulate ethical decision-making and interdisciplinary team participation while providing mental health assistance to patients at the end of life.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Five Essential Frameworks for Grief Support - No CEs(SS5Grief-CA) | Join grief experts Dr. Jillian Blueford and Dr. Kenneth Doka for an overview of grief and effective counseling techniques. Grounded in contemporary grief and loss theories and frameworks, this presentation expands to consider issues of culture, trauma, and lived experience of the bereaved, providing essential knowledge to anyone in a grief support role striving to improve their knowledge and practice.1 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Grief Impairment Scale: Research and Clinical Implications - No CEs(SSGIS-CA) | Although most mourners are resilient, a significant minority experience a profoundly disruptive course ofbereavement that substantially impairs their ability to function in crucial life contexts. This presentationreports the development of a brief and efficient 5-item screening instrument, the Grief Impairment Scale orGIS, which assesses the impact of loss on cognitive, behavioral, health, social role and interpersonaldomains. Results document the coherent factor structure, internal reliability, construct and discriminantvalidity, sensitivity and specificity of the GIS in evaluating clinically significant functional impairmentassociated with grief and support its use in health and mental health settings for both epidemiologicalresearch and treatment planning.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Grief River: A New Approach to Understanding and Supporting Loss - No CEs(RIVER-CA) | The Grief River® model evolved organically out of the popular “waves of grief” metaphor. It makes use of the phases of a river (headwaters, rapids, run, delta, and rejoining the sea) and other water analogies to provide a coherent narrative that places one’s current loss within the context of the entire life journey.This model allows opportunities for connection and consolation through fostering relationship in nature, as well as offering validation and inspiration by using the expressive arts, religion & spirituality, and philosophy. Hospice and health care clinicians can use this model to provide a compass and additional supplies to companion the bereaved.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Grief Through the Lens of the Body - No CEs(SSLENS-CA) | Traditional counseling approaches pay little attention to the physical manifestations of grief and yet our bodies are not separate from our thoughts and hearts. Grievers experience a wide range of physical reactions such as heart palpitations, shoulder tension, stomachaches and headaches. This webinar focuses on ways to integrate the body in the grief narrative. Working collaboratively with clients to help them notice, track and regulate their physical sensations can relieve discomfort and help them develop useful resources in their grief journey.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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The Evolving Role of the Trained Death Doula in End-of-Life Care(SSTDD-CA) | Death doulas, individuals who provide non-medical care and support, are playing an increasingly important role in helping dying persons and their families. Alua Arthur, founder of Going with Grace, examines this growing field and how trained death doulas can complement the care that hospice and end-of-life professionals provide, including the challenges and opportunities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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The Grieving Brain(SSBRAIN-CA) | What does grief do to our brain? Using an integrative view of clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, author of The Grieving Brain, shares her decades of research on how our brain reacts to the loss of a loved one and how it adjusts to life without that person, shedding new light on the trajectory of grieving while dispelling popular, unscientific models of grief. In addition, Dr. O’Connor will address how empirical research (including neuroscience) has helped to define prolonged grief disorder and how targeted psychotherapy is an effective treatment for this disabling condition.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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The Impact of Disenfranchised Grief on African American Communities - No CEs(SSDGAA-CA) | Disenfranchised grief occurs when a loss is stigmatized or is not socially validated. At times the stigmatization and invalidation of grief is intertwined, consciously or unconsciously, in racial bias and racist ideology that results in a lack of empathy for the bereaved. Therefore, empathic failures (or the lack of empathy) can negatively influence grief support and disenfranchise the grief of African Americans, who have faced discrimination throughout US history. This program will identify how African American grief is disenfranchised, its effect on African American communities, and how to correct injustices that result in a paucity of grief support for African Americans.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/05/2024 |
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The Impact of End-of-Life Experiences on Bereavement - No CEs(SSELX-CA) | This presentation will focus on published research that describes and validates patients dreams and visions at the end of life. Dr. Kerr will explore how these near universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning as well as insight into the life led. The presentation includes videos of patients and families describing the meaningfulness of these powerful end-of-life experiences.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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The Tasks of Mourning After 35 Years: Why They are Still Clinically Relevant - No CEs(SSTSK-CA) | Dr. William Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning model was a significant addition to the field of grief and bereavement. Join Dr. Worden, a pioneering researcher and clinician, in conversation with Dr. Kenneth Doka to discuss how this model has evolved over time and how professionals can utilize the model in a wide range of bereavement situations.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Therapeutic Ritual at the End of Life - No CEs(SSTHRT-CA) | This webinar explores how clinicians can utilize ritual in supporting individuals who are dying or grieving a loss. These rituals include therapeutic group rituals and individual rituals, some of which can be purposely rethought and incorporated in funeral and memorial services. The program will discuss delineating the therapeutic value of ritual and then examine which rituals may be the appropriate interventive strategy, especially in situations where the dying or grieving process is especially challenging.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/08/2024 |
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Transforming Loss: Finding Potential for Growth - No CEs(SSTFL-CA) | Although we have little choice about loss and the ensuing grief, we do retain choice on whether we will grow up or down, or grow bitter or better, as a result of our loss. This program explores the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief, emphasizing that loss engenders not only grief, but also growth. The presentation addresses the phenomena of posttraumatic growth, noting research on the concept as well as strategies professionals can use in assisting grieving individuals. In addition, individuals struggling with loss will learn self-help strategies as they cope with loss.2 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 35.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Trauma and Loss - No CEs(SSLWGT-CA) | Part of HFA's Living with Grief® annual series, this program focuses on the specific issues raised when losses are sudden and traumatic, shattering the bereaved individual’s assumptions that the world is safe, benevolent, or predictable. These deaths can be the result of accidents and disasters; suicides, or overdoses; homicide and terrorism; military or service-related deaths; or the unpredictable trajectories of illnesses. In Part One of program, we explore the factors that complicate grief. In Part Two we use case studies to highlight ways that such losses can be treated. The program concludes with a discussion of vicarious traumatization and strategies for self-care.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/06/2024 |
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Trauma-Informed Grief Counseling(SSTGC-CA) | Although grief and trauma have its unique definitions, characteristics, and approaches, they can often intermingle in the counseling process. It is imperative that professionals have a trauma-informed approach when engaging with grieving individuals to reduce the chances of re-traumatization and support the client’s growth. This program will address the principles of trauma-informed care and how to integrate this approach with grief counseling.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 10/31/2024 |
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Trauma-Informed Hospice Care - No CEs(SSTRH-CA) | This presentation will discuss what trauma-informed care means, how it started, and what it looks like in end-of-life care. Trauma sources, symptoms, principles, and treatments are unique within hospice care, and how they can be addressed using a trauma and end-of-life framework is multi-disciplinary and agency-wide.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Understanding Ambiguous Loss - No CEs(SSAML-CA) | Dr. Pauline Boss, who coined the term ambiguous loss, will discuss its two types, research updates, and whether there is some ambiguity even in the finality of death. She explains why traditional grief therapy does not work with ambiguous losses and offers ways of thinking both/and, which helps people manage the stress of “not knowing.” Instead of closure and acceptance, the therapeutic goal with ambiguous loss is to build enough resilience to live with the stress of this unique and ubiquitous kind of loss. Six guidelines are offered to assist therapists and counselors in this work.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Using the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement to Improve Your Practice - No CEs(SSDLP-CA) | Dr. Henk Schut elaborates on the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement (DPM). The model is presented in a historical perspective. What lead to the development and building of the model? How did it develop over time and what are recent developments? It also is critically considered in terms of its weaknesses and aspects that still need further exploration and empirical underpinning. The program discusses practical applications of the DPM for clinical practice and research, including a discussion of how the DPM can be used to help those coping with grief in the midst of COVID-19.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Using Theater to Encourage Advance Care Planning - No CEs(SSDSK-CA) | Gil Everette has had a heart attack and is now in congestive heart failure. On the eve of his 68th birthday, Gil and his adult children, with a medical social worker on hand, explore Gil's wishes regarding life sustaining treatment options.HFA’s recorded Zoom production of "Dusk" by Bryan Harnetiaux is a play written specifically to explore the challenges and opportunities for advance care planning and family dynamics at the end of life. After the performance, playwright Bryan Harnetiaux, researcher/physician LJ Van Scoy, and hospice executive director Carlos Graveran explore issues raised in the play, including advance care planning (ACP) and management of complex family dynamics, and also discuss creative ways to encourage ACP conversations in communities.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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When Grief is Complicated - No CEs(SSCPG-CA) | While most individuals experiencing loss face grief, most grievers can cope with loss and subsequent grief in ways defined by their culture as appropriate and can fulfill, after brief and intermittent impairment, their social and workplace roles. However, research shows that between 10 and 20 percent of individuals who experience loss experience more disabling reactions, including Complicated Grief or other conditions triggered by the loss, such as PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, or substance abuse. Complicated Grief reactions may also be a factor in physical illness. This program looks at how to identify disabling grief reactions and when referrals to specially trained clinicians or professionals may be indicated and necessary. This is HFA’s 2017 Living with Grief® program.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and viewer guide. | 35.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Supporting Teens and Young Adults Grieving a Suicide, Homicide or Overdose Death - No CEs(SSYA-CA) | The type of death can be an important factor that influences the way teens and young adults grieve. This presentation will discuss grief after death due to suicide, homicide, or overdose. We will explore some of the special circumstances and challenges teens and young adults experience, including the impact on family dynamics, societal stigma associated with these types of death, and related intense emotions. We will share ideas for providing support and ideas for how professionals and clinicians can support teens and young adults in coping with these difficult grief reactions.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Supporting People with IDD and Other Cognitive Disabilities in Developing ACP - No CEs(SSACPD-CA) | Having a cognitive disability does not mean one is incapacitated in all decision making. People with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) or other cognitive disabilities can be supported to develop advance directives, including identifying their clear wishes or values and choosing someone to honor their care preferences. This webinar will address best practices, strategies, and resources for supporting people with IDD or other cognitive disabilities in developing advance directives.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Spirituality as a Foundation for Advance Care Planning - No CEs(SSSPP-CA) | Making medical decisions for oneself requires understanding the medical realities and treatment options available. But it also requires a safe space to think about one’s true preferences and values. Unfortunately, most healthcare professionals are either uncomfortable or not equipped to address what may be the most important part of a person’s value system, their spiritual life. In this webinar, Pastor Corey Kennard and Dr. Jessica Zitter discuss the importance of spirituality in advance care planning discussions.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/10/2024 |
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Spiritual Needs of the Dying - No CEs(SSSND-CA) | Understanding a dying person’s spirituality is a critical step in helping clinicians to empower clients in utilizing their spiritual strengths in coping. The webinar defines three spiritual needs of the dying person and offers a hands-on approach to techniques such as spiritual autobiography, planning and developing rituals, life review, and assisting clients to utilize other spiritual practices such as prayer or meditation. Yet effectively meeting the spiritual needs of the dying greatly depends on the wellbeing of clinicians. Compassion fatigue can create a barrier between clinician and patient, preventing both from finding meaning in the death and dying experience. Self-reflection and awareness when caring for the dying can empower clinicians to restore themselves and fulfill the spiritual needs of those being cared for.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Overview, Opportunities and Challenges - No CEs(SSPED-CA) | The presentation provides an overview of pediatric palliative and hospice care, including the history anddifferences between the two levels of care. It explores the definition and practical application of concurrent carelegislation and its impact on children and families, as well as exploring challenges and barriers that influencetiming of pediatric concurrent referrals. In addition, this presentation provides recommendations for structuraland staffing components to consider when forming a pediatric hospice program, and explore specialtyconsiderations in caring pediatric patients, such as those related to medications and special family, ethical, legal,and grief issues.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 01/12/2025 |
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Key Considerations for Working with Survivors of Suicide Loss (SSKEYS-CA) | Suicide is now among the top 4 causes of death for some age groups in the United States and the 11th cause of death in the entire US population, leaving many bereaved survivors, including children and teens, in need of informed grief support and guidance. Join Joanne Harpel, President of Coping After Suicide, to learn the most prevalent grief reactions of suicide loss survivors; how suicide bereavement is similar yet different from other traumatic loss; how suicide loss may affect family systems; and strategies for effective grief support.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 11/14/2024 |
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Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss - No CEs(SSLWG20-CA) | Holistic treatment of individuals who are terminally ill or bereaved should include the needs of the whole person. Yet the most basic of human desires, those that include intimate and sexual relationships, are frequently avoided, dismissed, or unaddressed by healthcare, social service, clergy and bereavement professionals. Patients, family caregivers, and clients can be inhibited by the deeply personal nature of intimacy and sexuality and often do not raise concerns with professionals.In this Living with Grief® program, Hospice Foundation of America identifies barriers to intimacy and sexuality for terminally ill persons and the bereaved. The program emphasizes the knowledge and skills that professionals must have to sensitively address intimacy and sexuality and suggest interventions that can help dying and bereaved persons address these elemental human needs.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Improving Communication Between Healthcare Professionals and Families About Hospice Care - No CEs(SSCOMM-CA) | Medicare wisely created an interdisciplinary benefit four decades ago, to support dying patients and their chosen families. However, major deficits still exist in the understanding of the hospice benefit among healthcare professionals, and as a result those patients’ and families’ perceptions about disease trajectory and expectations about the dying process. This program aims to help healthcare team members to close the gap between perception and reality.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Hospice and Palliative Care for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - No CEs(SSINT-CA) | This webinar will explore hospice and palliative care for people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program will begin with an overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities, including an exploration of the demographic imperative that has emerged as a result of the increased life expectancyof people with intellectual and developmental disabilities coupled with the persistence of health disparities that impact access to timely end-of-life care. The program will then offer insight into the challenges and opportunities that exist for increasing access to hospice and palliative care for this population, including practice, regulatory, and ethical considerations presented through real-life examples from the field.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 25.95 | 09/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 |
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Disenfranchised Grief: History and Contemporary Applications(SS5DG-CA) | Dr. Kenneth J. Doka published his seminal book, Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, 35 years ago. Grief experts are now using Dr. Doka's concept to describe and support the grief experiences of often overlooked populations. Join Dr. Doka as he discusses what led him to identify disenfranchised grief, along with psychotherapist Doneley Meris and Dr. Tangela Sawyerr, who apply Dr. Doka's work to loss in the LGBTQ+ community and adult sibling loss.1.5 hour online courseCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, references and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 09/04/2024 | 03/10/2025 |
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Disenfranchised Grief: History and Contemporary Applications(5DG-CE) | Dr. Kenneth J. Doka published his seminal book, Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, 35 years ago. Grief experts are now using Dr. Doka's concept to describe and support the grief experiences of often overlooked populations. Join Dr. Doka as he discusses what led him to identify disenfranchised grief, along with psychotherapist Doneley Meris and Dr. Tangela Sawyerr, who apply Dr. Doka's work to loss in the LGBTQ+ community and adult sibling loss.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, references and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 09/04/2024 | 03/04/2025 |
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Exploring the Opportunity of Tissue Donation for Hospice Patients - No CEs(TISSUE-CA) | Tissue transplants can restore a meaningful quality of life and even be life-saving for many people. These transplants are only possible because of the generosity of donors and their families who make the decision to donate tissues such as corneas, skin, bone, heart valves and vessels. While organ donation is not possible for hospice patients, the opportunity to donate tissue following death may provide meaning-making opportunities and comfort for hospice patients and families through their legacy of donation. This webinar will review donation eligibility, recipient outcomes, and clinical applications of donated tissue, the referral process, and the aftercare support provided to donor families.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 49.50 | 09/04/2024 | 09/08/2024 |
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Assessing and Addressing End-of-Life Needs of Veterans(5VET - L) | The varied experiences of our country's veterans call for different approaches to end-of-life care. As younger generations of veterans enter hospice and rules around care change, hospices and their staffs face new face challenges. This webinar addresses the needs of veterans and their families at life's end; recent developments in concurrent palliative and hospice care; and how hospices work with veterans in their communities to provide quality care that honors their service.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 09/05/2024 | 02/21/2025 |
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Innovative Programs to Support Family Caregivers(5FAM - L) | As an integral part of hospice care, family caregivers now more than ever find themselves unprepared, overtired, stressed, and without the knowledge and resources they need to provide sufficient care to their loved ones or themselves. Join representatives from three hospice programs to learn about their innovative approaches to enhance family caregiver support while improving patient care and the family caregiving experience.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 09/05/2024 | 04/11/2025 |
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Diagnosis: Prolonged Grief Disorder(LWG24-CA) | The 2024 Living with Grief® program highlights prolonged grief disorder as a new addition to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev.) (DSM-5-TR). Panelists will explore the nature of the disorder and, using a case study approach, examine the diagnosis of the condition, when to refer for treatment, and effective evidence-based approaches to treatment.2.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 89.00 | 09/06/2024 | 04/16/2025 |
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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations(FWF1-CE) | This is the foundational Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in facilitating compassionate, effective conversations with individuals, families, and decision-makers in healthcare settings. This course provides an introduction and overview of the benefits, components, and characteristics of effective advance care planning, and outlines how to use the Five Wishes® framework to guide conversations and ensure they address what is most important in facilitating high-quality advance care planning. This course prepares learners for more advanced Five Wishes advance care planning courses.1 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, which includes the list of board approvals. | 55.00 | 09/12/2024 | 02/07/2025 |
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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Facilitator Communication Skills(FWF2-CE) | Building on the course titled Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations, this Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course is designed to enhance your knowledge, ability, and skill in facilitating compassionate, effective conversations with patients, families, and decision-makers. This course provides an overview of essential communication and conversation skills, important areas for assessment and exploration, and special considerations for sensitively engaging in advance care planning discussions. You will learn behaviors and practices that demonstrate compassionate, person-centered communication, and help you effectively facilitate values-based end-of-life care discussions.1 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, which includes the list of board approvals. | 55.00 | 09/12/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Five Wishes Advance Care Planning for Serious Illness(FWF3-CE) | This Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning course provides an overview of key concepts and skills for facilitating effective and sensitive advance care planning and goals of care conversations with people at various stages of serious illness. It outlines considerations to ensure that advance care planning and goals of care conversations empower and equip people to make medically-informed treatment and end-of-life treatment choices that are consistent with their goals and values, and are likely to be honored.This course is appropriate for clinicians who have completed the Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations course and the Five Wishes® Advance Care Planning Facilitator Communication Skills course, or for those who have a firm understanding of the purpose, process, and components of effective advance care planning, and who possess a basic level of the communication skills involved.1 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, which includes the list of board approvals. | 55.00 | 09/12/2024 | 01/10/2025 |
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Five Wishes Presenter Foundations(FWP1-CE) | This Five Wishes® course is designed to enhance your knowledge, ability, and confidence in providing Five Wishes advance care planning educational presentations to communities. This course provides an introduction and overview of the definition, benefits, and characteristics of good advance care planning, and explains the importance of community education. In addition, the course describes the Five Wishes approach, and outlines the most important information to cover in delivering a presentation about Five Wishes® in your community.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, which includes the list of board approvals. | 70.00 | 09/12/2024 | 02/21/2025 |
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Assessing and Addressing End-of-Life Needs of Veterans(5VET - CA) | The varied experiences of our country's veterans call for different approaches to end-of-life care. As younger generations of veterans enter hospice and rules around care change, hospices and their staffs face new face challenges. This webinar addresses the needs of veterans and their families at life's end; recent developments in concurrent palliative and hospice care; and how hospices work with veterans in their communities to provide quality care that honors their service.1.5 hour Course materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 10/07/2024 | 12/10/2024 |
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Assessing and Addressing End-of-Life Needs of Veterans(5VET - CE) | The varied experiences of our country's veterans call for different approaches to end-of-life care. As younger generations of veterans enter hospice and rules around care change, hospices and their staffs face new face challenges. This webinar addresses the needs of veterans and their families at life's end; recent developments in concurrent palliative and hospice care; and how hospices work with veterans in their communities to provide quality care that honors their service.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 10/07/2024 | 04/01/2025 |
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Managing Challenging Hospice Dilemmas(5HDL - L) | Copy the link below to your browser to view the live program 12/10/24 at noon ET:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81828331502?pwd=an1P7IGPw7g9NwdjnKgJ5sno4Vcmri.1Passcode:203862Using a case study approach, this course addresses frequent but difficult medical and ethical situations that every hospice professional encounters. Cases studies and best practice presentations include:Providing hospice care to patients with mental health conditions.Use and discontinuation of artificial nutrition and hydration in hospice, including communication with families and patients.Effective pain relief at the end of life using non-opioids, including use of non-opioids for patients with substance abuse disorder.The viewing link will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the live program. It will also be available here.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 10/10/2024 | 04/11/2025 |
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Autism and Grief(AGCE-CA) | This presentation is designed to empower social workers, nurses, paraprofessionals, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and other caring professionals in their service to adults with autism experiencing grief and loss. Expert panelists examine the disenfranchisement that can occur for grieving people with autism and discuss ways to enfranchise them during their grief journey. The program also addresses grief after non-death losses, anticipatory mourning, and how adults with autism may best be supported.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and board approval list. | 0.00 | 10/16/2024 | 10/16/2024 |
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Autism & Grief: The Role of Clergy and Faith Leaders(RCSA-CA) | This presentation is designed for clergy, chaplains, pastoral care professionals, youth ministry leaders, religious educators, and others from any spiritual or faith tradition focusing on supporting adults with autism cope with grief and loss. The program explains ways in which adults with autism may experience and express grief. The expert presenter provides tools, resources, and strategies for clergy to use in their faith communities in order to enfranchise and support those with autism throughout their grief journey.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and board approval list. | 0.00 | 10/16/2024 | 10/16/2024 |
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Innovative Programs to Support Family Caregivers(5FAM - CA) | As an integral part of hospice care, family caregivers now more than ever find themselves unprepared, overtired, stressed, and without the knowledge and resources they need to provide sufficient care to their loved ones or themselves. Join representatives from three hospice programs to learn about their innovative approaches to enhance family caregiver support while improving patient care and the family caregiving experience.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 10/16/2024 | 12/10/2024 |
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Managing Challenging Hospice Dilemmas(5HDL - CA) | Copy the link below to your browser to view the live program 12/10/24 at noon ET:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81828331502?pwd=an1P7IGPw7g9NwdjnKgJ5sno4Vcmri.1Passcode:203862Using a case study approach, this webinar course addresses frequent but difficult medical and ethical situations that every hospice professional encounters. Cases studies and best practice presentations include:Providing hospice care to patients with mental health conditions.Use and discontinuation of artificial nutrition and hydration in hospice, including communication with families and patients.Effective pain relief at the end of life using non-opioids, including use of non-opioids for patients with substance abuse disorder.The viewing link will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the live program. It will also be available here.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 10/16/2024 | 12/10/2024 |
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Demystifying the Funeral Experience: The Role of the Funeral in the Grief Process(DFE) | This course was created for hospice professionals and volunteers to familiarize them with funeral customs, options, procedures, and regulations. An educational experience that gives hospice professionals and volunteers useful information about funerals and the funeral service industry, as well as fuller understanding of the emotional and spiritual benefits of funerals. With this knowledge, hospice professionals and volunteers can more effectively support families through the process of funeral preparation and planning. The program is a 2-hour session facilitated by licensed a Funeral Director. The training venue is a selected funeral home, and the program includes a tour of the location. | 0.00 | 10/31/2024 | 04/14/2025 |
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Demystifying the Funeral Experience: The Role of the Funeral in the Grief Process - Virtual (DFE-V) | This course was created for hospice professionals and volunteers to familiarize them with funeral customs, options, procedures, and regulations. An educational experience that gives hospice professionals and volunteers useful information about funerals and the funeral service industry, as well as fuller understanding of the emotional and spiritual benefits of funerals. With this knowledge, hospice professionals and volunteers can more effectively support families through the process of funeral preparation and planning. The program is a 2-hour session facilitated by licensed a Funeral Director. The program includes a virtual tour of the selected funeral home. | 0.00 | 11/08/2024 | 04/14/2025 |
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Innovative Programs to Support Family Caregivers (5FAM - CE) | As an integral part of hospice care, family caregivers now more than ever find themselves unprepared, overtired, stressed, and without the knowledge and resources they need to provide sufficient care to their loved ones or themselves. Join representatives from three hospice programs to learn about their innovative approaches to enhance family caregiver support while improving patient care and the family caregiving experience.To view the live program, Please click the link below to join the live online course: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84726936824?pwd=xWby9ATB694YTIR5bl17Yhatq2CzaN.1PASSCODE: 3345511.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 11/12/2024 | 04/11/2025 |
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Live Discharge: Repercussions and Mitigation Strategies - live(5DIS - L) | Expert PresentersKimberly Dansie, MBA, HFALiza Johnson, RN, MBA, CHPNStephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 11/12/2024 | 04/16/2025 |
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Live Discharge: Repercussions and Mitigation Strategies(5DIS - CA) | Expert PresentersKimberly Dansie, MBA, HFALiza Johnson, RN, MBA, CHPNStephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-CCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios.Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82186795708?pwd=HnMIEJaQublJuEgf5vp6ggspV3qsv7.1Passcode:386468 | 35.00 | 11/13/2024 | 01/15/2025 |
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Key Considerations for Working with Survivors of Suicide Loss(SSKEYS) | Suicide is now among the top 4 causes of death for some age groups in the United States and the 11th cause of death in the entire US population, leaving many bereaved survivors, including children and teens, in need of informed grief support and guidance. Join Joanne Harpel, President of Coping After Suicide, to learn the most prevalent grief reactions of suicide loss survivors; how suicide bereavement is similar yet different from other traumatic loss; how suicide loss may affect family systems; and strategies for effective grief support.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 11/14/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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Funeral Customs and Rituals: Differing Ways to Say Goodbye(FCR) | “Funeral Customs & Rituals: Differing Ways to Say Goodbye” is a program for hospice professionals and volunteers. The program is offered as a continuing education course to familiarize hospice workers with the customs and rituals that surround funeral service. The intent of the program is to provide an educational experience that gives hospice professionals and volunteers useful information about how specific faith rituals and customs influence and impact a family during the funeral process. With this knowledge, hospice professionals and volunteers can more effectively support families through the process of funeral preparation and planning. The program is a 2.0-hour session facilitated by a licensed Funeral Director who has successfully completed facilitator certification training. The training venue is various locations nationwide. | 0.00 | 11/26/2024 | 04/14/2025 |
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Caring for Communities in Need - Live(5COM - CE- L) | Hospices play a vital role in supporting both community members and professionals in the wake of tragic events, natural disasters, and other challenging situations. This course will spotlight three innovative initiatives that offer education and resources to clinicians, first responders, and community organizations during times of crisis. Presenters will share examples of the extensive support provided to hospices in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, a hospice co-response team that trains first responders in dementia care, and the continuous care required for both professionals and families after a traumatic community event.Click the link to join the live online course: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81196619595?pwd=f2SEXJgXywutaCtLFhQwQQfOtdOeeX.11.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 12/04/2024 | 04/18/2025 |
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Caring for Communities in Need CA(5COM - CA) | Hospices play a vital role in supporting both community members and professionals in the wake of tragic events, natural disasters, and other challenging situations. This course will spotlight three innovative initiatives that offer education and resources to clinicians, first responders, and community organizations during times of crisis. Presenters will share examples of the extensive support provided to hospices in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, a hospice co-response team that trains first responders in dementia care, and the continuous care required for both professionals and families after a traumatic community event.Click the link to join the live online course: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81196619595?pwd=f2SEXJgXywutaCtLFhQwQQfOtdOeeX.11.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 12/04/2024 | 02/11/2025 |
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Managing Challenging Hospice Dilemmas(5HDL - CE) | Using a case study approach, this course addresses frequent but difficult medical and ethical situations that every hospice professional encounters. Cases studies and best practice presentations include:Providing hospice care to patients with mental health conditions.Use and discontinuation of artificial nutrition and hydration in hospice, including communication with families and patients.Effective pain relief at the end of life using non-opioids, including use of non-opioids for patients with substance abuse disorder.The viewing link will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the live program. It will also be available here.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 12/10/2024 | 04/11/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Cultural Competency (SSCMPT) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address patient and family care at life’s end through the lens of cultural competency, offering awareness, skills, and knowledge that take clinical practice a step beyond the commonly accepted concept of cultural humility.Cases will include situations familiar to clinicians, including issues of family conflict in end-of-life decision making, a distrust of the healthcare system due to historical inequities around access to care, and helping dying patients cope with pain and suffering in the face of long-held beliefs.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 12/12/2024 | 01/23/2025 |
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End-of-Life Ethics: Communication with Patients and Families(SSPATFAM) | Using a case study approach, this webinar will address some of the ethical challenges that arise when communicating with patients and families about end-of-life care. The webinar will provide skills and knowledge to enhance clinical practice through an examination of common challenging situations that can occur when caring for people near life's end.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 01/02/2025 | 01/23/2025 |
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Live Discharge: Repercussions and Mitigation Strategies(5DIS - CE) | Expert PresentersKimberly Dansie, MBA, HFALiza Johnson, RN, MBA, CHPNStephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 01/15/2025 | 04/16/2025 |
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Dementia and End-of-Life Care: Clinical Responses and Interventions(5DEM-L) | People with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia are the fastest growing segment of the hospice population. This program will address strategies to help hospice and end-of-life clinicians understand the complex challenges that these diagnoses present at life’s end. Experts will share information about various types of dementia, their progressions, and how to support the emotional and logistical challenges faced by patients and families. The program will also stress the role of hospice and palliative care professionals in raising awareness about dementia.To view the live program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87837722341?pwd=xFy0MNx81eJDgVlQbzVbP8ntSUWkCP.1Passcode:9880021.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 01/17/2025 | 04/18/2025 |
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Dementia and End-of-Life Care: Clinical Responses and Interventions(5DEM-CA) | People with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia are the fastest growing segment of the hospice population. Dementia and End-of-Life Care: Clinical Responses and Interventions will address strategies to help hospice and end-of-life clinicians understand the complex challenges that these diagnoses present at life's end. Experts from Agrace will share information about various types of dementia, their progressions, and the critical role of education in assisting patients and families. Panelists will discuss common end-of-life symptoms that present in these patients and how to support families' emotional and logistical challenges. The program will also stress the role of hospice and palliative care professionals in educating their broader communities about dementia. To view the live program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87837722341?pwd=xFy0MNx81eJDgVlQbzVbP8ntSUWkCP.1Passcode:988002 | 35.00 | 01/17/2025 | 04/01/2025 |
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Dignity Therapy: Honoring a Patient's Life Story and Legacy(SSDIGNITY) | While hospice and palliative care is multidimensional, its overall goals are relief of human suffering and improvement of quality of life. One aspect of this care is providing dignity seriously ill persons, recognizing them as unique human beings. Join renowned clinicians Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and Dr. Susan Bluck to discuss work and research focusing on how using Dignity Therapy (DT) to help patients examine how they narrate their life and legacy can provide communion with others, the opportunity to make meaning of challenging events, and a sense of purpose.*Please note this is not a Dignity Therapy training course.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 01/21/2025 | 02/10/2025 |
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Caring for Communities in Need(5COM - CE) | Hospices play a vital role in supporting both community members and professionals in the wake of tragic events, natural disasters, and other challenging situations. This course will spotlight three innovative initiatives that offer education and resources to clinicians, first responders, and community organizations during times of crisis. Presenters will share examples of the extensive support provided to hospices in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, a hospice co-response team that trains first responders in dementia care, and the continuous care required for both professionals and families after a traumatic community event.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 02/11/2025 | 04/01/2025 |
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Building Resilience in Caregiving Families(SSBCR) | Family caregiver burnout is real and a challenge for many families who feel underprepared and overwhelmed during their hospice caregiving experience. This webinar will include a summary of clinically-relevant results of several recent studies investigating strategies to support family caregivers of hospice patients. It will highlight actionable steps hospice teams can take to promote resilience among patients’ family members alongside efforts to bolster supports necessary to decrease caregiving stress.1.5 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 25.95 | 02/24/2025 | 03/12/2025 |
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Disenfranchised Grief: History and Contemporary Applications(SS5DG) | Dr. Kenneth J. Doka published his seminal book, Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, 35 years ago. Grief experts are now using Dr. Doka's concept to describe and support the grief experiences of often overlooked populations. Join Dr. Doka as he discusses what led him to identify disenfranchised grief, along with psychotherapist Doneley Meris and Dr. Tangela Sawyerr, who apply Dr. Doka's work to loss in the LGBTQ+ community and adult sibling loss.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, references and panelist bios. | 25.95 | 02/25/2025 | 03/10/2025 |
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Living with Grief® : Improving Dying(LWG25 - L) | HFA's 2025 Living with Grief® program highlights interventive, creative, and adjunct evidence-based strategies used to assist dying patients and their intimate networks find meaning, value, and comfort. End-of-life care providers from across the country will share insights into programs such as pet therapy, art and music therapy, and the use of virtual reality, which improve the dying experience, offering patients and their networks enhanced quality care, an improved perception of care, and the amelioration of grief. Hospice providers, in turn, may benefit from satisfied clients, recognition in their communities, and enhanced staff morale.2-hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 0.00 | 02/26/2025 | 04/18/2025 |
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Living with Grief® : Improving Dying(LWG25 - CA) | HFA's 2025 Living with Grief® program highlights interventive, creative, and adjunct evidence-based strategies used to assist dying patients and their intimate networks find meaning, value, and comfort. End-of-life care providers from across the country will share insights into programs such as pet therapy, art and music therapy, and the use of virtual reality, which improve the dying experience, offering patients and their networks enhanced quality care, an improved perception of care, and the amelioration of grief. Hospice providers, in turn, may benefit from satisfied clients, recognition in their communities, and enhanced staff morale.2-hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 0.00 | 02/27/2025 | 04/16/2025 |
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Dementia and End-of-Life Care: Clinical Responses and Interventions(5DEM-CE) | People with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia are the fastest growing segment of the hospice population. This program will address strategies to help hospice and end-of-life clinicians understand the complex challenges that these diagnoses present at life’s end. Experts will share information about various types of dementia, their progressions, and how to support the emotional and logistical challenges faced by patients and families. The program will also stress the role of hospice and palliative care professionals in raising awareness about dementia.To view the live program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87837722341?pwd=xFy0MNx81eJDgVlQbzVbP8ntSUWkCP.1Passcode:9880021.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 03/11/2025 | 04/18/2025 |
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A Group Therapy Model for Treating Prolonged Grief Disorder(5PRG - L) | In this session, participants will review current understanding of prolonged grief and its implications for the life of grieving persons, contemporary best practices to address prolonged grief and what is known and under investigation in prolonged grief in marginalized grievers whose grief may be disenfranchised in the health care system. We will share findings from a multi-method investigation of Black grief in persons whose family member died in the health care system and efforts to adapt prolonged grief group therapy to the unique support needs of Black grievers.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 0.00 | 03/13/2025 | 04/16/2025 |
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A Group Therapy Model for Treating Prolonged Grief Disorder -CA(5PRG - CA) | In this session, participants will review current understanding of prolonged grief and its implications for the life of grieving persons, contemporary best practices to address prolonged grief and what is known and under investigation in prolonged grief in marginalized grievers whose grief may be disenfranchised in the health care system. We will share findings from a multi-method investigation of Black grief in persons whose family member died in the health care system and efforts to adapt prolonged grief group therapy to the unique support needs of Black grievers.1.5 hour programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 0.00 | 03/13/2025 | 04/16/2025 |
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Assessing and Addressing End-of-Life Needs of Veterans(SS5VET) | The varied experiences of our country's veterans call for different approaches to end-of-life care. As younger generations of veterans enter hospice and rules around care change, hospices and their staffs face new face challenges. This webinar addresses the needs of veterans and their families at life's end; recent developments in concurrent palliative and hospice care; and how hospices work with veterans in their communities to provide quality care that honors their service.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 25.95 | 03/20/2025 | 04/08/2025 |
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Diagnosis: Prolonged Grief Disorder(SSLWG24) | The 2024 Living with Grief® program highlights prolonged grief disorder as a new addition to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev.) (DSM-5-TR). Panelists will explore the nature of the disorder and, using a case study approach, examine the diagnosis of the condition, when to refer for treatment, and effective evidence-based approaches to treatment.3 hour CE program, exam and course evaluation required. If you would like a Certificate of Attendance, please email [email protected] materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, viewer guide, and program slides. | 35.95 | 03/20/2025 | 04/10/2025 |
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Funeral Customs and Rituals: Differing Ways to Say Goodbye - Virtual(FCR-V) | “Funeral Customs & Rituals: Differing Ways to Say Goodbye” is a program for hospice professionals and volunteers. The program is offered as a continuing education course to familiarize hospice workers with the customs and rituals that surround funeral service. The intent of the program is to provide an educational experience that gives hospice professionals and volunteers useful information about how specific faith rituals and customs influence and impact a family during the funeral process. With this knowledge, hospice professionals and volunteers can more effectively support families through the process of funeral preparation and planning. The program is a 2.0-hour session facilitated by a licensed Funeral Director who has successfully completed facilitator certification training. | 0.00 | 03/21/2025 | 04/14/2025 |
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Supporting Adult Child Loss(5ADC - L) | The impact of the death of an adult child on parents is often overlooked, especially when the parents may be older or facing health challenges themselves. Experts will discuss current research; how hospice clinicians and bereavement professionals can better support grieving parents; and the use of life narratives as a way of coping.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 04/07/2025 | 04/17/2025 |
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Five Conversations You'll Navigate in Dementia End-of-Life Care(5DMC - L) | Deanna Rymaszewski will share practical interventions and strategies for clinicians facing common questions from patients, families, and caregivers:Are they in pain?Why aren’t they eating?They were fine last time I saw them – what happened?Where is my spouse?How much longer do they have?1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on “Files” to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 04/09/2025 | 04/17/2025 |
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Grief River: A New Approach to Understanding and Supporting Loss (clone)(SSRIVER) | The Grief River® model evolved organically out of the popular “waves of grief” metaphor. It makes use of the phases of a river (headwaters, rapids, run, delta, and rejoining the sea) and other water analogies to provide a coherent narrative that places one’s current loss within the context of the entire life journey.This model allows opportunities for connection and consolation through fostering relationship in nature, as well as offering validation and inspiration by using the expressive arts, religion & spirituality, and philosophy. Hospice and health care clinicians can use this model to provide a compass and additional supplies to companion the bereaved.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet and program slides. | 24.95 | 04/11/2025 | 04/18/2025 |
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Innovative Programs to Support Family Caregivers (clone)(SS5FAM) | As an integral part of hospice care, family caregivers now more than ever find themselves unprepared, overtired, stressed, and without the knowledge and resources they need to provide sufficient care to their loved ones or themselves. Join representatives from three hospice programs to learn about their innovative approaches to enhance family caregiver support while improving patient care and the family caregiving experience.1.5 hour CE programCourse materials can be accessed below. Click on "Files" to view the program information sheet, program slides, and panelist bios. | 35.00 | 04/11/2025 | 04/11/2025 |
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Hospice and Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Heart Disease, from Diagnosis to Death() | 0.00 | 04/21/2025 | 04/21/2025 |
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