Old Colony Hospice is committed to continuing education so we can help you help your patients. Courses are designed to stimulate new thought processes and encourage dialogue.
“Much education today is monumentally ineffective.
All too often we are giving people cut flowers when
we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.”
-John W. Gardner
Continued Education Course Offerings:
Each program offering provides 1.0 contact hour for Registered Nurses, LPN’s, and Social Workers.
1. Everything You Wanted to Know About Hospice but were to Afraid to Ask
The what, where, who, when, why, and how about Hospice.
2. We Only Have One Chance to Get it Right; (helping your patient with a good death)
The skills needed to provide quality end of life care cannot be underestimated. This lecture reviews signs of impending death, summarizes care and comfort techniques, and presents ways to help families cope after the loss of a loved one.
3. Help us Help You (working together for those who need it the most)
Hospice in Long Term Care facilities can be a vital asset in minimizing pain and symptoms, but how can we co-exist without stepping on each other’s toes?
4. Crossroads…Ethical Dilemmas at End of Life
When two core values conflict, what’s the right thing to do? Ethical dilemmas occur often at the end of life; this workshop-formatted presentation explores these difficult situations.
5. When Comfort Foods Don’t Comfort (Part I – Clinical Perspective)
Artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life can be both helpful and harmful. Part I of this two part series explores the clinical aspects of nutrition and hydration at end of life.
6. When Comfort Foods Don’t Comfort (Part II – Patient and Family Perspective)
When our loved ones are not able to take food or drink it is sometimes difficult for families to cope. Part II of this series covers the family and patient perspectives.
7. Aaaaaand Action!! – Behind the Scenes of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
What happens behind the scenes of the hospice benefit, a look at the different levels of care and eliminating perceived barriers to hospice access.
8. Pain is NOT an option
Unfortunately, the dying process can be painful; here we discuss proper assessment and treatment of pain while dispelling some myths and misconceptions.
9. Something Just isn’t Right
Here we review the anatomy of a nerve-cell and what happens in the course of progressive neurological diseases, specifically Parkinson’s, ALS, and MS.
10. Good Cell/Bad Cell (an introduction to cancer)
Good cells grow and divide to form new cells and divide to form new cells and replace dead cells. Bad cells don’t play by the same rules.
11. Finding the Light at the End of the Tunnel (treating delirium)
Delirium or terminal agitation ca be one of the more difficult symptoms to manage at end of life. This program explores different interventions for treating delirium.
12. Cutting Edge of Palliative Care
What is Palliative care, how is this different from hospice care and where do the two overlap?
13. Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light (when is someone hospice appropriate)
Assessing for hospice can be difficult. There is no crystal ball. This offering explores each terminal diagnosis and its Medicare criteria for hospice admission.
14. Caring for the Caregiver (compassion fatigue)
Caring for the sick/elderly can consume a lot of one’s energy and compassion. What happens when the well runs dry?
If you would like more information or would like to schedule a program, please contact Marylou Sullivan at 781-341-4145 Ext 266 or email msullivan@oldcolonyhospice.com. If you don’t see what you need, customized programs are available upon request.