For Professionals
Continuing education and other resources for hospice and bereavement professionals
Utilize our expert-led continuing education courses to help you and your staff achieve personal, professional, and organizational excellence. Explore our vast library of publications, outreach activities, and research opportunities to enhance your practice and bring you closer to the communities you serve. Or invest in your professional development by becoming an HFA member.
Expert-led online courses
Live and on-demand courses, Living with Grief® programs, and Five Wishes ACP courses improve the care you provide.
Books and publications
HFA’s print materials help you advance as a professional and enhance your community outreach.
HFA membership benefits
Join like-minded professionals and receive free access to live and on-demand CE courses and much more.
The Challenge of Caring: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Death
Working with people confronting grief, loss, trauma, and tragedy is an intensely personal endeavor—one that carries well-documented risks for practitioners, including burnout, moral distress, and compassion fatigue. Yet current research and clinical wisdom show that the demands of this work can be managed effectively and may even promote personal and professional growth. Drawing on recent developments in positive psychology, neuroscience, and contemporary psychotherapy, this session presents evidence-based strategies to strengthen emotional resilience, sustain meaningful self-care, and enhance clinical effectiveness.
Registration Options
- Individual: Includes live and on-demand access for one learner.
- Organization/Company: Designed for staff training. Includes live and on-demand access for up to 25 employees at one location.
- Community License: Ideal for multi-site organizations and organizations serving their broader community. Includes live and on-demand access for employees and community members across up to three locations.
Please Note: Individual memberships and registrations are not eligible for organization or community use.
Continuing education included with registration
Living with Grief® series
HFA’s signature professional development series and books are perfect for staff development. The 2026 installment is Best Practices in Hospice Care for Advanced Dementia. HFA’s new, comprehensive book, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: A Guide for Hospice Clinicians, is now available.
Click here to learn about the exceptional care programs that are profiled in the 2025 course, Improving Dying.
From Caregiver to Patient courses
HFA, in partnership with TGBeyond, offers the award-winning documentary A Butterfly Has Been Released and an accompanying professional education program, From Caregiver to Patient: Hospice Nurse Allyson’s Final 39 Days.
Whether you rent the film for personal viewing, are earning CE credits, or starting community conversations, Allyson’s story will change how you see both death and life.
Five Wishes® ACP courses
This comprehensive suite of training courses focuses on advance care planning with humanity and compassion. Courses are designed for those who facilitate advance care planning conversations and for those who deliver community education presentations.
Living with Grief® books
These companion books cover a wide range of topics. Available in print or on Kindle.
Free non-CE programs
Informational programs about hospice and grief for your staff, volunteers, and families.
Featured CE programs
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Food as Ritual in Grief
Price range: $25.95 through $135.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Spirituality and Hospice Care in the Black Community
Price range: $39.95 through $160.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
The Use of Virtual Reality in Hospice Care and Bereavement
Price range: $25.95 through $135.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
