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Voices of Palliative Care 2010
We are the Medicine: Assessing and Healing Spiritual Pain
Featuring Richard Groves, JCL, MA, MDiv.
Founder of the Sacred Art of Living Center
Who Should Attend:
Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals, Clergy, Pastoral Care Providers, Social Workers, Grief Counselors, Medical Professionals, Students and Community Members
Time:
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Olinger Crown Hill
7777 W. 29th Avenue, Denver, CO 80033
Registration Fee:
$79/Person (By September 8th)
$90/Person (After September 8th)
Register:
Lindsay Vassar
(303) 398-6326
Breakfast at Brookdale
Grief: Out of the Closet
We live in a society that grieves well and mourns poorly. We have become experts at stuffing our emotions, avoiding the pain of our losses, and diverting our attention through addictive behaviors. There comes a time when we need to air out our losses, experience and express the intensity of our emotions, and understand that our losses must be integrated into our lives, not avoided.
Presentation: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Q&A: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Oakhurst Towers
8030 E. Girard Avenue, Denver, CO
Registration:
Lizabeth Geiser
(720) 291-7917
Prepare to Care Please join other healthcare providers in the region to learn about important issues and topics related to caring for people with chronic, advanced, or terminal illnesses. Together, we will prepare to care. Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location: Sangre de Christo Hospice West 601 Greenwood Avenue, Canon City, CO 81212 (719) 275-1261 Registration: $49 (Check ONLY, no Credit Cards) Lunch and Drinks Provided Registration Contact: Kim Huffington Lorraine or Debbie: (719) 275-1261
Called to Care: Caring Conversations about Caregiving
Viewing End of Life through the Spiritual Lens
When working with patients and their families, pastoral caregivers and healthcare professionals must understand how patients perceive illness. Punishment? A test of faith? Biological defect? Luck of the draw? There is not a “right” answer nor a universal truth regarding illness. By being sensitive, respectful, and attentive to the influence of spiritual beliefs regarding end of life decisions, we are better able to compassionately address the ethical dilemmas so prevalent in healthcare today and thereby hopefully avoid divisive confrontation. We must seek to understand before we seek to be understood.
Dinner: 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Presentation: 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Bethany Lutheran Church, Great Hall
4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO
Creating Communities of Care
with the Alzheimer's Association
This presentation addresses the growing need for caregiving in our nation and the resulting stress experienced by primary caregivers Creating Communities of Care is a 2 day class (2 hours each) designed to explore a model of caregiving that reduces the demands on any one person by dispersing the responsibilities of care among a community of caring people.
Dates:
Session 1: November 2
Session 2: November 9
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Alzheimer's Association
455 Sherman Street, #500, Denver, CO 80203
Vickie Mohr
(303) 813-1669
Family Systems and Caregiving
Chronic/terminal illness is not an individual challenge. Rather, it is a challenge presented to a family wherein the concerns and emotions of each person within the context of the family must be considered if the family is to function effectively and meet the demands of the illness.
Heritage Club Denver Tech Center
4091 S. Monaco Street, Denver, CO
How is it with Your Soul?
What is existential suffering, and why is it so often a concern at the end of life? Explore the relationship between spirituality and existential suffering in order to determine appropriate assessment tools and subsequent effective interventions.
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